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Is anyone else tired?

18 years ago

I've got an hour and 45 minutes left to work before the 'weekend' gets here and I'm tired. I'd like to either lay my head down and take a nap, or dump work and go 'play' in my garden.

Is anyone else tired too early today? What's your remedy?

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alisande
18 years ago
Funny you should mention that. I've felt the same way for two days.

Oddly enough, my most reliable remedy is to mow the lawn. I use semi-self-propelled push mower. I don't know what it is about lawn mowing, but on days with no other exertion is even possible, a half-hour of mowing makes me feel infinitely better, even when I can barely drag myself to the barn to get the mower. I have fibromyalgia, and sometimes it feels as though my energy plug has been pulled. Lawn mowing seems to restore it, but I don't know why.

It worked yesterday, and I'm going to try it again today.
glenda_al
18 years ago
Fixing to take my dailyin just a few!
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liz
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I used to call 3pm arsenic hour...it's when the kids would come home from school and I would be exhausted from going like a house afire all day...we're on summer hours now...so I haven't had that tired feeling for awhile...but it'll start again August 13th! sometimes I would drink a Mountain Dew...that caffeine pick me up would see me to bedtime!
socks
18 years ago
Sometimes a cup of coffee or tea can perk you up for the rest of the day. It's Friday, and it's normal to be tired.
grittymitts
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Used to really tickle me when I was a kids to hear one of my Dad's friends, in his 80's used to say, "I'm plumb wore down!"

Some days I feel like that myself- especially when I have to drive in a big city now that we live in the country where a traffic jam is 7 cars at the Post Office.

NO mowing for me this week; it's 99 degrees here & even the weeds are drooping. Saw a neighbor mowing earlier & with no rain for ages it's so dry the dust was flying. Don't know how he could see where he was going, much less breathe!

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okwriter
18 years ago
I'm tired.....of the HEAT!!!

{{!gwi}}
intherain
18 years ago
Yes.

Naps.

I couldn't do without!

Sheryl
girlsingardens
18 years ago
Yes, After spending Thursday up all night in the hospital and not able to stay asleep tonight I am shot. Plus I am hosting my 15 year reunion and making most of the food for that, just hoping for a good turnout. Between 3 kids, a sick DH and 6 months pregnant, I am exhausted.

Stacie
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sharon_fl
18 years ago
I used to be full of zip but each day it lessens.for no reason. Here's something you might be interested in knowing about. At the Health Food stores-they carry a B-12 pill that dissolves under your tongue. You only take 1 daily..I take it at the time of day I feel like my 'energizer batteries' are getting ready to die! They seem to last (for me), about 5 good hours, so if I have a busy evening planned, I take one 5-6pm...AND they don't even keep you awake at night when taken that late in the day!These aren't like a diet pill-no buzz-they just literally make you feel invigorated! It may take your body a day or two to see any change-the 1st week I started taking them? One day I found myself cleaning dresser drawers & thought "Good grief! WHAT am I doing????" Just ask the clerk for a bottle and try them...let us know if you see a difference!
paula_pa
18 years ago
I have a 3 1/2 week old baby. Does that answer your question?
Kathsgrdn
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Yep, been working alot of overtime with only one day off in between. I have three days off now and am still running around it seems. Tomorrow I'm going to relax and take it easy so I can go back and work some more overtime.

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