I can't tell whether I'm tired because I've been mentally expending myself, or if it's because my workouts have been pretty much non-existent for a week now. I get tired when I don't work out. Try it. Go a few weeks of working out on a regular basis, then just stop. And sit on the couch in front of the computer all day.
Today I asked myself "What is it I'm supposed to be doing with myself right now?"
It's not like I don't know the answer to that question. It's that I don't like any of the answers to that question.
Finals is like a reset button almost. I've been studying hard all semester, so finals is not the time for me to relearn everything I should've during the semester. It's a time to review, a time to get good sleep, and a time to take a break from the constant influx of new information that I get throughout the school year.
I've now got all this quiet time I should be spending studying. It's time to shut myself in doors and ensure an A on all my finals (ok, except for Calculus III, and I'm ok with a B in that one). But I'm done studying, I don't want to do it anymore (not really done, as in complete- done as in over it).
Generally I like to clean my house when I'm trying to come up with an excuse not to study. It needs it. Somehow the dishes keep piling up and the floors look horrendous. I managed to dust my room and take out the trash. That's about it. I go into the kitchen and see the sink full of dishes and walk right back out.
I would normally be spending more time working out, but I've been fighting off something awful for over a week now. I may be approaching victory. I feel quite a bit better, although I'm still a little concerned about the mass amount of swollen lymph nodes that continue their march all along my body. One of the really frightening websites I consulted about this mentioned that the ones along the neck and under the jaw are usually due to benign causes such as a virus or infection. So I've got that going for me. Also I read I should see a doctor if they last for more than a few weeks. It's only been one. And if I recall, this is somewhat normal activity for my lymph nodes when fighting something off.
So I haven't been exercising much lately either. Yesterday I almost rode my bike up the dreaded Hick's Road. I craved a good workout. I was glad I didn't. Just an hour out on a flat, meandering bike path was enough to make my throat a little sore and for my slight body aches to return. I imagine I should still be taking it easy. It's so hard to tell.
So I sit inside and think about all the things I should be doing to prepare for my last final. And instead check out Facebook to see what everyone is up to. Some people have finished their finals already. Frowny face.
I bought a high quality pair of computer glasses. A few weeks ago I started to wonder about my health. I was scary tired, and had a weird pressure behind my eyes that made me feel constantly cross-eyed. I was beginning to worry about all sorts of things. As I stood behind my physics professor in lab one day, trying to focus on the multitude of cords he had going every which direction, and trying to make a mental note of each one, my eyes started closing and I wondered how I'd ever make it through the lab. Electrical circuits are not exactly my thing.
I went home and googled some stuff, trying to figure out what was going on with my eyes and/or brain.
Due to my mass increase in computer time, I wondered if it had anything to do with computer eye strain. It's some sort of syndrome now I guess.
I read some reviews on computer glasses and came across Gunnar Optiks. Computer and Gaming eye-wear. The pair I purchased looked so sexy on the model. I've always wanted to be one of those girls who puts on a pair of glasses and suddenly looks like some sexy model/secretary/astro-physicist.
Well that's never been me in a pair of glasses. And these do not help at all. Well with the looks anyway. I'm happy with their performance as long as I don't look in the mirror. I'd post a photo but it's finals week, and I can't have any permanent evidence of how I do or do not function during finals week.
Maybe later.
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