Sleeeepy
I’ll admit, I’ve always been a sleepy person. If I had to choose between being a morning person or a night person, I’d be a morning person. More accurately, I’m a sleepy person. I still remember my grandfather sweetly mocking me saying how tired I was. In college, if a paper or studying wasn’t totally done by the time I faded, I shrugged and figured that’s as good as it would get and turned in. All nighters? Not for me. I need my (at least) 8 hours. Fighting it is futile, and I’m okay with that.
With swimming twice a week for 90 minutes and running about 25 miles a week, I have been using V’s naptime as a nap for myself as well. And as Calliope, E’s Mama, Mel, and N can tell you, I have been REALLY tired. I’ve since cut out the swimming for a few weeks, but I’m still pretty snoozy. Of note, both my folks are hypothyroid. I didn’t even realize, but apparently my mom even was taking thyroid supplements in her twenties! Having a slow thyroid can definitely do a number on one’s energy level.
One of the great things about the steps we take for adoption is that they require a full physical, and my doc always checks my thyroid levels. As anyone who dealt with fertility issues know, having unexplained fertility sucks so much worse than having something you can treat. So with that knowledge, I was almost hoping for a medical explanation for my fatigue.
Well, the doc’s nurse called me yesterday, and it seems that my thyroid is indeed sluggish! I’m going in for more tests today, but hopefully, relief is on the way. Otherwise, I might have been sleep running on my long slow runs!
