Hurty Gertie

Craving ice, which according to Dr Google and the adult opinions around here is anemia. That would explain the feeling better without feeling better I didn’t know how to quantify. I’m less … dragged by a giant anchor though still not as buoyant. A morning out with the kids didn’t wipe me, either.

Adding back in my prenatal with iron to the vitamin mix. Either my meds are kicking in, it’s the allergy medicine, or both. But I “feel” perky, even if I don’t think I quite have the energy for it …

Actually, both are true. I need to lose at least 80 pounds, though I’ll be happy with 60. And the mattress is twice as old as my eldest kid.

But I’ve put up with being stiff and sore in the morning for several years, since shortly after the birth of my last kid. No, I take that back, it’s got to be longer than that – I’ve been buying new pillows every few years for at least eight years.

Like my allergies, it’s just been something I’ve gotten used to, sleeping in until the last minute, tossing and turning, and taking a huge shower in the mornings to “get going” for the day. But the last couple of years it’s been worse. I figured it was first job ennui and then job loss ennui.

Thanks, PsA. Not.