My days are getting away from me...

[mousme]

Once again, I have found myself in that weird place I swore I'd leave behind, in which I have no time for anything anymore. No time and no energy.

Because of my job, I've had to cut back my social stuff almost 90%. Other commitments I thought would be over by now are stretching out, and might still be here by summertime, by the looks of it. As much as I enjoy these things, I can't help but just feel tired thinking about it. My weekends go by in a blur of engagements and obligations (ones I enjoy, but obligations nonetheless), and when Monday comes I'm still exhausted and have ten thousand things left to do.

The apartment is still clean, but I need to give it some serious attention in some areas. Starting Monday I'll be going to the YMCA three times a week, and once more for yoga, which means my mornings will be halved in terms of time, and that'll leave me with *one* free morning a week in which to do all the Other Stuff that needs to be done during the week (because I usually don't have time on the weekends).

Also, I'm tired. I go to bed and I'm tired. I wake up and I'm still tired Part of this is the usual starting-a-new-job tiredness that usually stays with me for three or four months until I settle down properly into the routine. Except that there's more to it. I haven't actually felt properly rested since August of 2006. There was that bout of Mystery Tired™, which started at the beginning of August. Then I started work at Dial-A-Husband, and while I had plenty of nervous energy because of New Job Stress™, I was constantly exhausted (and I do mean exhausted: I could barely muster the energy to make myself food and go to bed on most days). Of course, I was working 50 to 60-hour weeks, so I attributed it to that. Then November was NaNoWriMo, which means being tired is par for the course, and then in December I started a new job (again), and my entire schedule shifted *twice*.

So I don't know if the fact that I constantly feel drained now is just residual stuff from having two new jobs in a short period of time, or if there's something more going on that I've simply ignored since August, or what.

There are also other things I want to do, but I don't know when I'll ever be able to conjure the time to do them.

Anyway, I don't know what to do about any of this. I'm just whining, I guess. Don't mind me.

Comments

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Huh. There's a thought. I'm often congested in the morning. About ten minutes after I'm awake it goes away (though not the tired it).

I shall look into that. What kind of air purifier did you get, and (if I may be indiscreet) by how much did it set you back?

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

Be indiscreet me dear...its ok lol.

It was a question of having extra money. I picked up a big honeywell column (if you want model numbers, you'll have to ask me later when I'm home) which is rated for 169 square feet or something. I paid 139 I think at Walmart.

There are cheaper models but I wanted 1) one that could handle a decent sized room, and 2) that had re-useable washable filters (didn't want to be stuck buying them over and over).

I leave it running all day (low setting)

If you are congested in the morning, check humidity, maybe your bedroom is too dry too. The humidifier I picked up (also with a filter...go figure) was cheap.

I think it was a combo of the two that made a difference imho but again, I have known for a while my place is extremely dry.

[joane.livejournal.com]

Oooh... I didn't even think of this before, but do you have any idea if you snore? Rich's constant exhaustion turned out to be sleep apnea, but we only discovered it after I crowbarred him out to the door to go do a sleep study. He never would have noticed on his own (naturally, being mostly asleep through it all) that he actually stopped breathing frequently during the night. One of his symptoms that we now know was connected was breathing issues (raw throat, stuffed nose) when he woke up in the mornings.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

No idea. I didn't when I lived with my parents, but that was five years ago. I have no one to tell me if I snore. :P

I suppose I should check to see if I can get some sort of test done for that...

[joane.livejournal.com]

It might be worth asking if you can get an appointment for a sleep study; they would be able to check if there's anything disturbing your rem cycles even if it's not apnea.