Genie in Japan

Aging (?)

I have bad knees.  I’m 20.  But my knees ache a lot, especially when it’s cold or raining.  I take grandma and grandpa glucosamine pills to oil up my joints. 

And since I got to Japan, I’ve been getting chronic headaches–like the kind you get when you’re a coffee addict but skip for a day? Pounding, pounding, the back of my head, the top of my head, at my temples…

My left arm is still sore from snowboarding.  That was three weeks ago.  I’ve been working it and working it around and had Sunny massage it, but putting on a jacket is still painful. 

Even after seven hours of sleep, I am so tired.  I fell asleep during a prayer meeting last night.  I fell asleep during Bible Study and worship this morning. 

There’s so much fun stuff going on, like gospel aerobics at church or bowling with friends, meeting people for lunch or having a team dinner–but previously, where I would most definitely go and jump at the chance to leave the house and do something exciting, I’ve become a hermit.  Sometimes, I just can’t muster up the energy to go.  Sometimes I have to go, and then it feels like a drag.  Sometimes I really want to go and maybe I can go, but I know better and tell myself to stay home and recuperate…I just want to go home and read or cook or clean or other mundane things like that.  Wtf?!?!

Dude.  I feel like I’m 80.  Maybe I’ve been partying too hard.