http://courtneymandryk.com/2009/05/08/tired/ personal website hub Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://courtneymandryk.com/2009/05/08/tired/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Preeta Sat, 09 May 2009 10:40:39 +0000 http://courtneymandryk.com/?p=232#comment-1398 Hello Courtney! It will get better in a bit, I'm pretty sure -- most women have a lot more energy in the second trimester, and I, who am a generally low-energy person, had such an astonishing SURFEIT of energy -- I could walk so far and so fast, do so much, stay up so late, think about so many different things at once. I forgot what fatigue and sadness felt like. I felt like a whole new person. Then, yes, it gets worse again -- now I'm back at only wanting to sleep and eat. I eat on the couch so I can lay down and sleep as soon as my bowl is empty. Sometimes it takes me half an hour to walk what used to take me 5 minutes. After my morning routine (by which I simply mean pee, brush teeth, shower) I immediately feel like I need another nap. *Everything* makes me feel like I need a nap. BUT by this point the Big Reward feels so so so close that I don't mind the lack of energy like I did in the beginning. It feels less frustrating, and, somehow, appropriate and natural, this growing heavy and slowing down the way the cows and sheep and horses around us all do before pushing out their lovely babies. Hello Courtney! It will get better in a bit, I’m pretty sure — most women have a lot more energy in the second trimester, and I, who am a generally low-energy person, had such an astonishing SURFEIT of energy — I could walk so far and so fast, do so much, stay up so late, think about so many different things at once. I forgot what fatigue and sadness felt like. I felt like a whole new person. Then, yes, it gets worse again — now I’m back at only wanting to sleep and eat. I eat on the couch so I can lay down and sleep as soon as my bowl is empty. Sometimes it takes me half an hour to walk what used to take me 5 minutes. After my morning routine (by which I simply mean pee, brush teeth, shower) I immediately feel like I need another nap. *Everything* makes me feel like I need a nap. BUT by this point the Big Reward feels so so so close that I don’t mind the lack of energy like I did in the beginning. It feels less frustrating, and, somehow, appropriate and natural, this growing heavy and slowing down the way the cows and sheep and horses around us all do before pushing out their lovely babies.

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