Not So Positively Tuesday-Battling Covid Fatigue

     Depending on  where I look, and what I am doing, at times, the world looks normal. If I leave the house, I grab my keys my phone, my wallet-perfectly normal Oh yes, then I need to make sure I have hand sanitizer and a clean mask. When we are all home, I wash said masks each day and back in each of our pile. So very not normal. I battle with my husband bringing  his masks to me to get washed. I tell him he need to think about them like underwear. He wasn't pleased with my analogy.  It's not that he's rebelling; he just doesn't think about it, even though he needs to wear his mask inside at work, though I know they are often  not unless a customer is with them. 

     Fortunately my nephews came back negative, which meant they were not possible carriers to my MIL, or other family members unknowingly. Sadly though, it seems to have confirmed  their view in their family that the whole covid is nothing, which means we'll be less likely to spend time at the cabin when they are there, as they will continue to do their own thing, with little regards to those of us trying to keep cautious. I'm hearing of weddings and graduation parties, that perhaps smaller, are still going ahead, and college and military send off gatherings. There's a forced normal happening as those would say, we just need to get on with life. 

     The anti maskers are full of hate on Twitter, attacking all governors that put measures in place like masks and restaurant requirements. They virtually scream it isn't about health, it's about control. I find that utterly  stupid as with all the things in  a state or country to try and control, forcing people to wear a mask is going to be the tool a fascist ruler uses? OK. So thousands of countries are pooled their collective fascism together and invented a story around a common cold gone rogue, all in the name of getting people to wash their hands more frequently and wear masks. Governors are called murderers for opening schools in person. putting money and the economy  over lives. Governors are called lying liberals if they require schools to open with a distance learning model only. An action has equal parts venom and sugar, with healthy over the top sentiments of both. 

     I'm so tired of it all, and no escape really. I have done well to stay off any negative or riling posts on Facebook. I try and scroll past Twitter, but admittedly, get sucked in a bit. I can't avoid completely as part of my job, but I must do better following only the things I need to follow. I'm wore out from work, and trying to think of every scenario and making a plan for it, knowing whatever we decide, no matter how detailed it was researched, debated, and coordinated, it will be met with anger over going to far or not far enough. I know  no one will be happy-it's just a matter of who is pissed off the most and how vocal they are. I can't control any of that, so need to focus  on managing my own  fatigue to the situation-writing out this post is an effort to do so. I woke up with a major case of Covid fatigue, but no, like others, I just need to get on with my day, while hoping there will be days to come that are truly normal. 

Edit: I popped over to yesterdays post to read and reply to comments. I feel a bit better having looked at the sunflowers again, and the sunny comments from you all. It made my day.

Edit 2: Thank you all for the comments, which reassured me I am not alone in my thoughts and experience.