It’s like riding the COVID roller coaster 🎢

Some days I feel so good and other days I come crashing back down. Truth is that the days when I feel good I’m just hiding how truly sick I am and I pretend I’m feeling better when I’m really not.

For a while yesterday, I felt so good. ☺️ I think seeing the positive COVID test was a relief. But I also was ignoring how much my throat was burning at times, I really wanted it to be over so I could get on with life as normal. It was a nice day and I had so much energy. On this last day of the year, not so much.

It was a struggle to get out of bed 🛏️ and then I ended up sleeping 💤 a good portion of the day. I did some reading 📖 and now I’m off for my evening walk 🚶 but I still don’t feel awesome. I ache and still feel like my throat is raw. COVID is no joke 🃏, even if you are fully vaccinated like I am. I wanted to get down to the library in my truck to work for a while, or maybe to Five Rivers to work on my laptop and maybe go for a walk on such a nice day, but I couldn’t make it happen.

It will get better at some point. If things don’t improve in the day or two, I’ll make an appointment with my doctor after the holiday. While I doubt I’ll be back to work come Thursday, hopefully by Monday this will be over. I am so sick and tired of being stuck at home, but I really lack the energy to get out and travel. Of course, I have been able to do a fair amount of reading, and I’ve really started to get a good understanding of x86 Assembler code and C/C++ and various GUI libraries like Qt and GTK+. I have been doing a lot of coding, and while I’ve been sick, I’ve tried to use my time as productively as possible.