How tired is too tired?

So unless you're about as perceptive as a possum, you may have noticed the last couple of days haven't been the greatest. My moody craziness seeping through now? Normally, I would not have admitted to anyone that I was feeling that out of whack, both Friday and Saturday, I couldn't think of one non self loathing thing to post about.  I still wasn't able to sit down and really articulate exactly what was wrong, but I'm hoping that will come with time. I could sit here and list the reasons for my mood; we were almost late to Princess's first dance class, we got in a fender bender and Mac completely blamed it on me, I was tired because I stayed up late both nights, and just for argument sake, I'm sure Mac and the kids were being pretty annoying but the confusing thing is, the list of great stuff those two day's is even longer; Princess had her first dance class and we were not late, Pickle started guitar lessons, I took a 2.5 hour nap on Friday, hung out and had a movie date with Mac Friday night, saw a movie without the kids on Saturday while Mac cleaned the house TOP TO BOTTOM, Pickle had a friend stay over and went shopping for fun clothes for Princess... A dream weekend for most. The moral of the story, my mood wasn't proportionate to what was going on.

Now that I can take a clear look at things, I think I'm going to focus on the cause being how tired I was. Both Thursday and Friday I stayed up until about 2 am and got up around 8 (of course Friday I did have a 2.5 hr nap). For most, this may have made them a little tired and grumpy but I don't think my level of being tired was really, I don't know, "normal." By 5 pm on Saturday, I was in tears because Mac wanted to go out and I didn't. We even got in a huge blow up steaming from the fact I didn't want him to go without me, part because I was mad I couldn't go because I was so tired and part because if he goes out late, I have trouble sleeping until he gets home... AND I NEEDED SLEEP! Either way, it was 100% a stupid fight.

I think I'm going to investigate a medical cause for this. I workout 2-4 times a week, I quite smoke 3 years and 3 months ago, I eat lean meat and very limited fast food. The only way I could see that I contribute to this, is when I eat too many sweets and I do like to drink, which I do 1-3 times a week (but didn't do Friday or Saturday).

Now that everyone is snoozing, please don't stop reading my blog. I promise, I will have cute, clever, funny, hopefully well written posts mixed in with my moody, self reflection post. I'd love to hear comments! good, bad or otherwise.

 Promise update - bed a 11 and up at 8 then a quick resleep until 9 - feeling a lot better

Promise 6 - Do some research on vitamins and supplements that may help with energy and being tired. I'm not currently on any vitamins, so this seems like a good place to start!

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