Need More Rest. Dammit.

    I never thought I would reach a point where my body feels as if I am over training. But that seems to be the best answer for how Body has felt lately. I am sure it is mostly lack of rest that is slowing my recovery and sapping my energy. 8 hours of sleep a night is a rarity these days, I am usually running on closer to 6. Not having my weekends free to catch up on sleep and rest is being more problematic than I had expected. I mean, shit, I am a strong, healthy female, I should be able to handle the physical stress like it was a walk in the park. Right? Right?! Apparently not. The more I research training schedules the more I stumble upon the sage advice that rest is a vital component to training. I guess I have just never before been living my life at such a frenetic pace that rest has become a commodity more precious than a Western Black Rhinoceros. My body is tired, and it hurts. I hurt from fingertips to toes, muscles, joints, even my bones ache. I have been told in the past that it is likely that I would be diagnosed with fibromyalgia if I were to go to my doctor and confess to all the pain, hyper-sensitivity, and weird-ass shit that plagues poor Body and Brain. But since I am inclined to disbelieve in fibromyalgia, and I wouldn't want to sound like a hypochondriac or whiner, my doctor will never know the whole truth. That being said, this last week I have been far more achy than usual, as well as sluggish, tired, and fuzzy brained. I wish I could sleep round the clock, just to feel like I have caught up a bit, but that will not happen. I don't have a day off for another 10 days, and then I am walking a half marathon, so it is not exactly a day of rest.
    Am I whining? Yeah, a little bit. The long and short of it is that I need to figure out how to incorporate a bit more sleep into my schedule. I am not sure how I can squeeze any more time out of my day, but I am beginning to think it is vital, not only to my training schedule, but to my quality of life. I need to get back on anti-inflammatory supplements as well, to try and knock back the joint and bone pain. Muscle fatigue is more manageable, I need to take one day of full rest every week, as much as I hate the idea. My diet is solid and healthy, chock-a-block full of whole grains, lean protein, and plenty of fruit and veggies. I know I am doing everything right, except the rest thing. Damn it, I don't have time to rest. I don't want to "take it easy." I want to keep charging through life at full speed, strong, healthy, vivacious, invincible. Rest? Sleep? I wish I could say earnestly that they are vastly over-rated, but I am learning the truth. Forcefully learning the truth about Body's need for rest. Damn it.