Five Minute Friday: Tired
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Today's Word: Tired
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It's interesting that this is the word today as it has been a permanent fixture in my vocabulary for the last few weeks. I've had a cold for a while now and it has sunken into my chest. It hurts to breathe. I feel weak. I spent a day or two in bed, or just lazing in front of the TV because even the minimum amount of activity was difficult. That always makes me feel guilty though, so I pushed myself to work and be mom and wifey again.
Despite the blech that is a respiratory infection, I couldn't resist my favorite Thanksgiving tradition of Black Friday shopping. The way the stores scheduled all their sales this year created an all night shopping bender. Oh so much fun! And I'm not being factitious there! I actually did great all night. I stayed awake and had fun and even decided to spread some holiday cheer by handing out candy canes to the people waiting in line and reminding them to be nice and not fight over the deals. (Wow that was one heck of a run-on sentence!) We got home around 8am. From then until 3am the next morning, I slept on and off. Apparently, I need at least 15 hours of sleep to recuperate from a 24 hour bender. Who knew? But at 3am I was completely awake. No use trying to sleep then. And sleep and I are such good friends. I felt bad neglecting it so!
Just after I finally got my sleep schedule back to normal, I got a horrible stomach bug that had me throwing up all night on Tuesday to Wednesday. In turn, I slept all day on Wednesday. And so the cycle begins once again.
If you know me, you know my favorite thing to do is nap. If you know me, you know that I cannot function on less than 8 hours of sleep unless mass quantities of caffeine are involved and even then, I'm not the most pleasant person in the world. If you know me, you know that if sleep and I are arguing and on the outs, I'm not myself.
Oh sleep, dear sleep, I'm so sorry for neglecting you lately. Can we be friends again?
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I feel the same way (minus the cold)! Sleep, coffee, and functionality are all intertwined in my reality as well! Thanks for sharing and get well soon!
ReplyDeleteYou are soo cute. I hope you get to feeling better soon. I too am a Black Friday shopper. Every year my cousins and I venture to San ANtonio and stay the weekend and do our Christmas shopping. After 10 years I didn't make it this year. Oh how I missed it. Now it's December 2nd and I feel. so. tired. and. behind. :) Thank you for stopping by today on my first 5 Minutes. Blessings.
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