Tired

I actually started to write this yesterday...here's what I started with:

I've been meaning to blog forever, but life has gotten in the way just a little bit. That doesn't mean it's been bad, just busy. :-)


Here's some of the random stuff that's happened, and that I've been thinking of:


-Last week on my birthday the sun came out for much of the day. This was significant because the sun hadn't been out for a few weeks at least. It was also sunny on Friday. This really made for a great birthday gift. :-)



-Although I love coffee, I drink tea most of the day at work because a) coffee has way more caffeine, and b) I drink it too quickly. Last week I re-stocked my tea supply at work, and one of the boxes I bought was a variety of Yogi tea. I love it because on each tag it's got a little inspirational saying. I hope that's not too dorky, but I really do like it.

Other than enjoying the sun and getting a few smiles out of my tea bags it's pretty much been life as usual. I've become concerned, though, because I've felt unusually tired lately. It's normal for me to be a little fatigued for a couple of weeks at especially busy times, but never for two months straight and in a relatively calm period. It's also normal for me to be a little tired in winter - harder for me to get up in the morning, have a bit less energy, etc. - but I feel like it's been way worse this year. I'm to the point where I feel like working out in the morning, and really working out at all, is turning into a struggle.

I called in sick today because yesterday late afternoon my throat started to hurt when I swallowed, which I think is stemming from my being simply exhausted. I called & left messages for everyone at about 6am, and went back to sleep until 11. I haven't been able to sleep that late for months, even when I've tried. I've tried to figure out what the issue is, too:

• My diet is normal, and healthy. I've even plugged everything I've eaten into my Blue Cross Blue Shield tracker, which confirms that I've got a good ratio of Carbs/Protein/Fats.
• I've never gotten a ton of sleep - I've always averaged 6 1/2 hours of sleep on weeknights and a little more on weekends - but I've been upping it lately, and I've been waking up less frequently during the night.
• For a while I thought that maybe it was because I'd been less active right after Christmas an in to January, so for the past month I've made a very conscious effort to stick to my workout routine, and to make sure I keep up with my daily walking (to & from the train station, and a short walk at lunch).

I can't figure out what else it could be, save something like a low iron count or screwed up thyroid, so I'm calling my doctor and getting myself in to see what she says. Anyone else have any insight to this?