I crawled into bed last night at 10pm, an almost shamefully early hour from the point of view of my peers. And as I laid there with my head throbbing, I thought, ugh, I should’ve lain down earlier. (Probably not those exact words, as I just looked up in Merriam-Webster whether I should have used ‘laid’ or ‘lain’.) My school days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) are exhausting me, especially as I’m trying to research summer job opportunities between classes. I got home yesterday at 4:45 and heated up some potatoes and watched a few hours of TV. Without knitting. Knitting is also taking too much energy these days.
My thought is, if I had taken a nap when I got home (that is, lain down for half an hour, trying not to think so much), would I have relaxed enough to knit later? To do some work later? To not have a throbbing, pounding head later?
I think I’m going to try it on Friday, especially as I’ll be staying up ‘late’ to go to a big semi-formal event at school. Wish me luck? And energy?
I can’t wait to have more energy for knitting and blogging, because right now I’m just drained.
Oh hon, I don’t like that you’re so worn out. I wore myself out during university and as you can tell, never recovered. Take care of you.
I think its the season – my university student has the same complaints and I’m here doing a ton of stuff for her that you are doing for yourself! (Shhhhhh don’t tell her I said that!)
As for the TV, while much of our society uses it to “relax” I believe it to be an energy draining passtime of near rest, posing as utter rest that in reality, only sleep and peace and quiet can actually provide.
I hope the semi is fun fun fun!
This entry makes me paranoid about whether I use ‘laid’ and ‘lain’ correctly. D:
Also, one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to guilt yourself if you’re tired. Just blob around when you need it!