I think that I'm in a phase of my life where I just need to sleep and sleep and sleep. It's horrid!! Now, don't get me wrong because I love to sleep, but what's horrid is that since about 9 AM this morning, all I've wanted to do was go and take a nice fat nap, but I can't!! Why? Because I'm at work, silly!! So, endure, I must.
I'm often tired because I do have a little bit of iron deficiency/anemia going on and I expect some tiredness, but of late, it's been worse (and the whole anemic/iron deficient issue is getting better). I've noticed the change since the end of June, though. Since convention time, really. Hmmm...maybe my body is protesting my time at convention because those are days of REST, both mentally, physically and spiritually! Not only was I able to get a lot of "spiritual food," but I was able to get quite a bit of sleep and rest. Now that I'm back at work, though, I don't get those daily two or three naps and that's kind of rough.
The only other thing that I can contribute this abnormal tiredness to would be food. I've been assessing what I'm eating and I think that I may be untintentionally having more sugar than normal. You see, I've been really tired, so I've been swinging through Starbucks a little more than I normally do, so I wonder if instead of getting the caffeine fix that I'm aiming for, I'm really experiencing more of a regular sugar crash. THAT could very well be.
One other thing that I think is contributing is lack of sleep. I honestly don't know how you mothers out there can do what you do...to regularly be short on sleep because of your children. I really don't know if I could physically hack the role of motherhood because I think that I would be one of those mothers who would be SO incredibly exhausted that they'd do something like set the baby carrier on the top of the car and then drive away without having PUT it in the car!! I have always required a lot of sleep and ever since my cancer surgery in 2003, it seems like it's been worse. If I get anything LESS than 8 hours of sleep, I'm just plumb worn out!! The best situation for me is a good, solid 9-10 hours of sleep on a daily basis. Wow, I know!!!
So here I am on Wednesday and I've spent the majority of the morning wondering how long of a nap that I'm going to take when I go home for lunch. It's kind of a sad state of existence when you stop and really think about it. For those of you who CAN function on small amounts of sleep, appreciate it. Not everyone can do that and people like me who can't, admire YOU for all you're able to still do with such small amounts of sleep.
That being said, I'm now going to head home for a short nap over lunch. I might just fall asleep at my desk this afternoon if I don't!!
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The extra sugar could be causing your sleepyness. I know when I've had long days, no sleep, I drink Mtn Dew to 'keep me going'.. but it doesn't work for long. I've learned to deal with less sleep since becoming a Mom. Once the kids sleep thru the night.. you get more sleep..but the kids are more active so they wear YOU out :)
i never thought i would be able to survive on less than 10, somehow you survive when you have no choice! i've been having trouble with my anemia/iron lately too. like...lay on the floor and dont dare pick up my kids trouble. pretty sure i need to get my act together in the nutrition department!
Sorry you are worn out Jen. I sometimes think that life goes and cycles and for some reason you will go along fine for a while and not be to tired, then a snag comes along and it seems that you are tired all the time. Take a nice long nap on Saturday and see if that helps. Take care, Linda
Hey, Jen! I don't know if you'll see this as I just checked your blog today...I usually pop on from Heather's!!
Anyway, I have been there w/the low iron going on and know what it's like to wake up in the morning and the first thought is, How soon can I get a nap in? Oh nuts, not till after work! I feel for you, my dear. I imagine you are taking iron, like duh!;) one that I used was from the HF store and had just iron, not all the stuff they add to the OTC kind. Another well-kept secret is Cream of Wheat.....it has the highest iron count you can get in food! Hopefully you like that for breakfast!
Anyway, good luck w/this......it is NO fun dragging all the time. Love you, my dear. Karen
btw...when are you going to make a pitstop in Appleton?!
When I eat sugar, I can sleep day and night, if nothing interesting is going on. zzzzz
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