Today is one of those days that I could crawl straight back into bed. This is not normal for me.
My bed is back upstairs so I have managed not to make the dive onto that firm mattress after sending the kids off to school, although I almost allowed myself to sneak onto the sofa but refrained knowing my long “To Do” list would sit unchanged.
Why am I so tired? Is it because of the rainy glum day? because of the tetanus shot that I got yesterday? Or maybe the stress from worrying about the tetanus shot because after the last one, ten years ago, I ended up in ER when my arm swelled to twice its size? Or am I just tired and need a break?
I don’t know, but what I do know is that I didn’t allow myself to go horizontal. I used my basketball training, that part of me that when playing in college made me push myself at practice when I was tired and didn’t want to run another set of lines, or made me show up at practice when I didn’t want to go at all.
Now once my “To Do” list is complete and I come home from work this afternoon, I’ll be able to crawl under the covers early, without any regrets. (And a few less things to worry about tomorrow.)
How do you keep yourself going on dreary tired days?
