Tired of Being Tired
April 18th, 2006 - 3:43 pm
Yesterday was interesting in that altogether annoying kind of way Mondays usually are. Let’s see … we had rolling blackouts due to an energy shortage caused by the most extreme temperatures I have ever seen so early in April. It was over 100 degrees in my back yard yesterday! That’s just crazy for this time of year. I do not have high hopes that summer this year is going to be survivable by human beings. We are doomed, I tell you!
On top of that, we had Kenny having heart failure over getting his taxes done before the deadline. I’m not even going to rant about that at the moment. I already have a headache, and going off on a rant about how Lin did Kenny’s taxes for him and then ran the envelope to the main post office just before midnight. Nope. Not going into it. I started a post about it last night, and you’ll just have to wait and see if I bother to finish it and post it. All you really need to know is that Kenny needs to grow the hell up right now, and I have had ENOUGH.
Then, of course, there was all the normal Monday stuff to do which I didn’t really end up doing much of. Still felt totally non-energetic. I’m not talking about being a little tired. I’m talking about sleeping 8 hours out of every 24 and still feeling like I haven’t slept in weeks and could sleep for days on end if life would let me (it never does). I’m still going to continue blaming it on Spring Fever and seasonal allergies for now, but I can’t think of a time when I felt so damn tired while also feeling mostly healthy. I don’t feel bad, I just feel like I am wearing a three inch thick lead suit and walking through chest high water … everything is so hard to do, and I don’t have the energy to do any of it.
Though I did have a bit of joy and fun yesterday when Lin taught me two new chords on the guitar and started teaching me how to play House of the Rising Sun. I’m not really all that gung-ho about learning guitar, but Lin likes that I am interested enough to listen to him and learn from him, so for his happiness I will walk around with red, puffy and numb fingertips for a while. Eventually he will see that I just can’t play guitar … or maybe I will see that I can. The bottom line is I have never really been all that interested.
Today isn’t really going much better. At least Kenny isn’t whining about his taxes, and the electricity doesn’t seem to be going out, and it isn’t quite as hot as it was yesterday (though the day isn’t over yet, and it’s darn close to being as hot). I am still utterly fatigued and lazy and not really getting anything done. I should go do the shopping today, but I don’t wanna, so I’m not gonna. Instead, I think I’ll pick up some of the junk flying around the house, take out the trash, groom the cat, and then get out Lin’s guitar and play for a while. By the time my fingers have declared themselves on strike, it’ll be time to make dinner … or maybe I will be able to squeeze in a quick nap. I sure would like a quick nap. 
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7 Responses to “Tired of Being Tired”
I just found your post during a search for something and google sent me here. I couldn’t resist replying to your complaints about being so tired all the time. I used to be that way. The reason is this: You are getting too much sleep!!! You are probably overweight (most of us are.. i am) and you are probably not eating the right foods. (I fail here too.) Just a kind word of advice. Eat right (Yes, lots of fresh fruits and veggies… cut out the red meat so much… Good steaks are ok, but hamburger is evil!!! Quit eating straight sucrose/glucose/fructose laden foods/pops/etc and frickin get off the computer and EXCERCISE !!! Don’t go crazy, but just walk 10min /day.. and build up from there. if you are too lazy stubborn to accept this kind advice (really this does work) then just sit there on your computer and rot…. Sorry didn’t mean to be mean, but really now…
Well,
Bye and good luck…
me
But really now …
Too much sleep? Hardly. 5-6 hours out of every 24. Sometimes less, sometimes more depending on how active I have been.
Overweight? Hardly. At 115, I could stand to gain a few more to be considered average.
Eating poorly? Red meat (steaks) once a week. Hamburger once a month or so. Mostly yogurt, fresh veggies and fruit, fish and chicken and loads of turkey sandwiches and soups. Junk foods are a treat around here. Almost all meals cooked in house from scratch and fresh ingredients, though we do have a pizza night once a week or so. Yup, sort of have that eating thing down, and I hardly think one can of pure cane sugar Dr Pepper daily is going to kill me.
Exercise? Yoga and walking, not to mention the workout I get just doing the things I do every day … and dancing in my living room most afternoons just for the fun of it. Not to mention when I increase my activity to a higher level than it currently is at, I lose weight, and at 115 pounds, that’s not really a good thing. There is such a thing as too thin.
Don’t mean to be mean? You might want to work on that, especially since you read one post, didn’t bother even noticing the photo up in the corner (which might give someone a clue that I am far from fat) and decided that your problems are my problems. Don’t mean to be mean, but perhaps you should take your own advice before dispensing it to those who don’t need it.
Get a clue, stop judging people by your own weaknesses and get off the computer, start working out, eat right and get your sleep patterns in order. I mean … really now.
Sorry, didn’t see your picture. I see it now. You are, indeed, not fat. I did, by the way, read more than one post before offering my advice. I guess this is where you vent and don’t really want anyone to reply. I also did not decide that your probs were my probs and I have already taken my advice, since I went from the lethargic, no energy state you described to plenty of energy and sleep, etc just by making some simple lifestyle modifications. So really, now, I don’t care if you use this advice or not.
Sounds like you have a bit of a temper and are somewhat depressed, so I wont provide any more advice, although you really should go see a doctor and get a full checkup. You could have something physiologically wrong. I am not judging you either by my weaknesses. You ever heard of someone just trying to help?
Go ahead and say some more sassy things to make yourself feel better.
Kindest Regards,
Just Wondering.
Any more judgments about my lifestyle or health you’d like to make without knowing anything about me or my lifestyle and health? It’s just sort of rude to pop in from nowhere and begin dispensing advice to people you don’t know.
You are right. I am being rude by just “popping in and dispensing advice to someone I don’t know”. But, you know, if you don’t want others “in your business” then quit posting your stuff on the web for all to read. That is why you do it isnt it? You sound like a rather intelligent, kind, caring, individual that is going through a rather tough thing called life. Well, guess what. We all have to do the same thing. We all have our problems, burdens, hopes, dreams, gripes, etc.. So I hope that you can work out whatever you need to and wish you a very happy life.
Kindest Regards,
Just Wondering…
Just Wondering I have been a loyal fan of Orb for a long time and if she was the one giving out unneeded advice to someone who didn’t ask for it in the first place then I might tend to agree with you that she might need some help, but since she ralates what she does to people who understands what she relates because they are more than just a POP IN I would tend to think that someone who butts in without being informed is the one who needs some help.
FYI she works out her own problems just fine and sometimes if she asks for it she does so with the help of her loyal friends/fans. If you want to be in that group then don’t be so quick to judge something you nothing about. As for being sassy I think she good learn a lot from you in that regard.
Confucius said,
“Without steadfastness, the gentleman would not command respect, and his learning would not be sound. Advocating loyalty and trustworthiness, he has no friend who is not his equal. He would not hesitate to correct his faults.
Tsens Tzu said,
Each day I examine myself on three counts:
Whether I am loyal to those on behalf I act;
Whether or not I am trustworthy in my dealings with friends;
Whether or not I practice what is imparted.
“overweight”!!! LMAO. Just Wondering, obviously you must not have seen any pictures of our leader,Orb. She has a body that a lot of 20 years old would die for. But one could get the ideat from reading this blog that Orb does sleep a lot. But what I think it is, Orb sleeps in spurts, and this gives the impression that is all she does. Orb fat? Not this week.