Return to destination crazy tired

For the strangest reason, I struggled to get out of bed this morning at 6am. The bed felt really softer than normal. And in my dreams, the alarm was singing but I was still in my dream land. It was a good thing that Shalom jumped up the bed to get me out of bed...

Met Tiger for a morning meet at 8am and I pretty much slept during the drive to Bandar Enstek and on the way back to KL while hubby and Tiger chatted during the journey.

It was warm outside and cool inside the car. And I just basically slept. Floating in and out of dreams. We stopped for petrol and we switched off the engine. I dreamt again. Or was I hallucinating? I dreamt that I was snoozing by a warm sunny beach.

Oh...I must admit that never have trouble sleeping. I'm tired out most days with a long day at work, housework, running and my kickboxing.

Either way, at the rate that I am feeling now at 245pm I think I've returned to a land called Crazy Tired. I hope its only a one day trip. I dread if its anything more. Tonight, I shall knock off work early and sleep. I must sleep at least 8 hours to recharge. There must have been a reason they said to play 8 hours, rest 8 hours and work 8 hours. Hmmmmm let's try recharging 8 hours straight tonight first...

Destination: crazy tired...

I've always enjoyed my Wednesday. Its kickboxing day at TNT and its Pink Wednesday thereafter. 

Strangely on 29th November, I didn't really enjoy both the kickboxing and ice cream as much as I normally did.  It started with my left leg being a lil over stretched by my partner who was "busy" chatting with someone else. And then Baskin Robbins ran out of bananas for my Banana Royale. The chit chat at Baskin Robbins too didn't seem right. Didn't make sense at all. I always loved my Wednesdays! 

Friends felt I was pushing myself a wee to much with my morning runs and kickboxing. I honestly don't think I was pushing myself since I feel really good after each workout. And sleep real well at the end of the day.

As it turned out, I was exhausted. It was a strange exhaustion that I never before. 

Remedy: Sleep. It was time for me to hibernate. 

Hit home and slept like a baby the next few days. Decided that the ad hoc off days was needed. So took Thursday and Friday off. No work. No clients. Nobody nobody but me mattered now. 

The schedule continued for the weekend. All I did was sleep and eat. A lil of meeting people (I am generally not a hermit). Good laughs and giggling...but just a little...I was too busy sleeping.

How do I feel now? 

Cheeky and stubborn.

And trying to stay out of mischief.

*Sulk* Yes I am sulking because my left leg just doesn't seem to feel like mine. Feels detached from me:-( Perhaps I should hibernate for the next few days?

Caffeine

Yes...good or is it bad caffeine?

I have a love hate relationship with caffeine. It perks me up when I need that extra kick in the system. Somedays, the body and brains just don't want to work. LOL.

However it becomes a hate when I have such lousy caffeine intolerence. I used to be able to have my at cup of tea - yes Malaysians love our good ol teh tarik by 6pm. These days, the last caffeine form coffee or tea has to be the latest 11am - yes before lunch time. Failing which, I am still very awake even at 4am. Yes, even after more than 12 hours after my caffeine intake, I am wide awake.

So what to do? How do I stay awake after lunch? Green tea, chocolate, even coke is just a bad idea. The caffeine in it will still keep me very wide awake?

I know that when we are sleepy, we should sleep or rest. But not during working hours... So what do I do?

On an interesting note on caffeine. Do you know that caffeine increases the level of circulating fatty acids. This has been shown to increase the oxidation of these fuels, hence enhancing fat oxidation. Caffeine has been used for years by runners and endurance people to enhance fatty acid metabolism.

Interestingly I also read that green tea, unless it is decaffeinated, also contains caffeine. Normal green tea itself may contain more caffeine than coffee, but the length of infusion with hot water, and the number of time you use the green tea leaves can greatly reduce your caffeine intake.