I got out of bed as soon as my alarm went off this morning. I used to always do that when we were back in normal times, but now since COVID-19, I never know just how many times I am going to try to snooze my alarm. Some mornings I just want a little more sleep, and since my hour and a half commute one way has now dropped to zero minutes, I figure if I want to sleep in a tad, so be it. I’m never late to work now, how could I be?? The spare bedroom is just not that far away.
That’s one of the weird things that I have noticed about myself during this pandemic — I’m getting plenty of sleep, but I still just want more every morning. It’s like my alarm goes off and I feel like I just closed my eyes 10 minutes before. It’s irrational — I know that I went to bed at an OK time and that I should be fully rested, but my body just disagrees. Maybe it’s just because there are so many other irrational things going on the past few months, I’m craving sleep to make sense of it.
This morning I finally broke my trend — I got right up when my alarm went off and got right in the shower. Typically I have been working out first thing in the morning, so I’ll shower later (or after I go do a little weeding in my garden during my lunch break — no one can see me in my workout clothes, don’t judge me!). But today I had a 9 a.m. meeting and ended up saving my workout for early evening after work. And you know what? I’m still tired! Maybe I do need that little extra sleep in the morning right now.
Notes from a Self Quarantine 