Can we talk for a minute about being beyond exhausted? Being a working single mom is energy draining, we can all relate, but I'm talkin' about debilitating tiredness. It's tiredness that comes outta nowhere; yesterday I was fine, today I feel like a fainting goat. I'm also plagued by chronic dizziness, but that's another blog entirely. Some mornings I feel like I'm slogging through quicksand and my brain is fogged in like San Francisco Bay. (See Figure 2)
Figure 2 (brain fog)
Responsibility, attitude, personal hygiene, all play second fiddle to that memory foam topper and the dark, icy cold, coziness of my bedroom. Maybe my body is trying to bank six years of lost sleep due to a 70" Samsung living at the foot of the bed that was ALWAYS ON. I wore a blackout sleep mask for so long my eyelashes started to fall out. Maybe it's stress, a vitamin D deficiency, my crappy diet, lack of exercise, maybe I'm just a lazy sack, or maybe there is an imbalance in my hormones due to menopause. Fatigue is the number one most common symptom of "the change." Seeing as how I'm seven months in to a possible five year sentence, laboring through this with no medication, I might want to consider investing in one of those ridiculous looking nap hoodies. (Figure 3)
Responsibility, attitude, personal hygiene, all play second fiddle to that memory foam topper and the dark, icy cold, coziness of my bedroom. Maybe my body is trying to bank six years of lost sleep due to a 70" Samsung living at the foot of the bed that was ALWAYS ON. I wore a blackout sleep mask for so long my eyelashes started to fall out. Maybe it's stress, a vitamin D deficiency, my crappy diet, lack of exercise, maybe I'm just a lazy sack, or maybe there is an imbalance in my hormones due to menopause. Fatigue is the number one most common symptom of "the change." Seeing as how I'm seven months in to a possible five year sentence, laboring through this with no medication, I might want to consider investing in one of those ridiculous looking nap hoodies. (Figure 3)
Figure 3 (NEED!)
It's taken me two days just to get through this blog, by the way. Brain fog and exhaustion have me firmly in their grip. Overcast days and being painfully rusty with my writing might have a little to do with it, too. What I really want more than anything this moment, is to get another three hours sleep, but there is much left to do today and (shocker) my motivation is nil. Maybe I'll just sit here and watch some videos of fainting goats...sigh.
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