Judo adventures - Homework

Discovery: There's enough room in my office to practice somersaults and shrimping. And possibly also other stuff.

I suck at all these things, so that's good. Homework!

Shrimping is what gives my hair the most trouble, so it's good that I can practice that at home; it'll give me an opportunity to figure out if I can find a hairstyle that can work for judo.

So far, I haven't had a lot of luck - I found one potential solution with a huge-ass claw clip that I'm going to test tonight, but I'm not optimistic. I have to braid both sides and tie the braids together then clip it. I just have so much hair and if I put it up, it doesn't stay up for long, ugh. Which is why I have never successfully worn it up in all 36 goddamn years of my life.

I think I'll make an appointment to get like, six inches cut off, anyway. Wouldn't hurt.

What do you mean there might be a reason for my low energy

Some discoveries lately.

I felt pretty ill toward the beginning of the month.
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The doctor wasn't sure what was up. So in addition to some medication for the nausea, he ordered a blood test.

I've since concluded that I probably just had a stomach virus or something, because I feel better now. But the test (which I wasn't able to go in for until this week) did turn up something unexpected. My TSH levels are low, apparently. Not enough to be super worrying, but enough to warrant trying to adjust it.

He said that this can cause a whole bunch of issues, and then he listed off a ton of minor chronic problems that I've been dealing with for most of my life. The most important one is lack of energy - what do you mean it's not normal to be tired for no reason all the time? I thought I was just a delicate fucking flower who wasn't trying hard enough to have good sleep hygiene. (I have better sleep hygiene than anyone I am acquainted with offline. That's the joke.)

Anyway, uh... if these pills he prescribed me help even one of the minor-but-frustrating chronic bullshit issues, I'll be happy.