Dead tired

Yesterday I experienced a new feeling...being dead tired. I was so exhausted from work and lack of sleep that by the time I got home I literally just wanted to lay down and die.

Things that contributed to my exhaustion yesterday:
Sleep: Lack of sleep was unexpected. I went to bed at 12:00 am thinking that since it was so late I would have no issues falling asleep and staying asleep till 6:30 when I get up to go to work. Well, falling asleep was without any issues, but at 2:00 am I woke up because I was getting eaten alive by mosquitos in the room. After that I woke up every hour because of mosquitos and because the bites were itching. At 5:00 am I finally fell sound asleep just to be awaken at 6:30 by my alarm clock.

Subway: I usually close my eyes and drift away while in subway, but not yesterday, I decided that it's time for me to finish the novel that I have started, and even though I am rather far away from being done with it, at least I am getting closer.

Work: yesterday was just chaos. I had so many things that had to get done urgently, that I had to put everything I was planning on doing aside and do what was needed for upper management first. It was draining, because it required a lot of tidious work that had to be done quickly yet accurately and because it had to be done in a very short time period. Anyway, lots of things to do, plus very tight deadlines made my day quite a bit stressful and tired me out.

So, all together yesterday when I got home at 7:30 pm I was so tired that I sat on the couch and just could not physically get up for awhile. After washing dishes, I finally decided that my day ought to be over and went to bed around 10:30 pm.

I guess I should say that I haven't experienced this exhaustion for the first time, it's just that the last time has been awhile ago, and I guess I forgot how it feels. The last time I felt that tired was when I was going to school full-time, had 2 full-time jobs (1 was part-time, but the other was was full-time with overtime, so really i consider it 2 full-time jobs) and on top of that I was dating Matt. That is the last time I remember myself being so physically exhausted. Back then I used to live in the state I was in yesterday. I would go day after day being so tired and running on only 4 hours of sleep, 6 hours was a luxury for me back then. But it's been about a year and a half since the last time I felt this tired and now I can't imagine that I lived in that state for years. I don't know how I survived back then, because yesterday after just one day of extremely little sleep and a lot of work, I just wanted to come home and die so nobody would touch me and I would sleep forever :)

Today I am a bit more rested and when I get home I have laundry to put away, and maybe I will watch a movie, but I am still planning on going to bed early, because this whole week my work has been crazy busy and I need some rest.