You ever piss off your parents so much that they hit you with a line like, "I'm getting real sick and tired of you blah blah blah"? I know I certainly have. It doesn't happen nearly as often as it used to, but it definitely used to happen. Were they actually ever sick and tired? Yeah, they probably were, but that had nothing to do with me. Obviously, this is just a figure of speech, but it's a great one. It's been relevant to me for the entirety of my life and I'm sure it has been relevant to just about everyone else as well.

During the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer stated that she was, "sick and tired of being sick and tired". That was an unbelievably great statement. She made that statement in front of the Democratic National Convention and it resonated around the world. While her statement had a strong and different meaning, it's still relevant to people's feelings today. Some people legitimately are sick and tired and for a number of reasons.

I, for one, am certainly sick and tired. It's October 26th and we're just halfway through the semester and I am already exhausted. I have three classes per day and I work five days a week. It's a lot to manage and it's a lot of work. I'm not complaining about it because I did it to myself. I like to keep busy and I actually enjoy being put under pressure when it comes to meeting deadlines and managing my life. It's not easy to manage school and work while also trying to work out, stay sane, and have a social life. By the time Friday night comes, I'm so done with everything that I let loose and that also takes a toll on my body as well. Again, not complaining. But there are negative effects to this. I don't get enough sleep, I'm exhausted in multiple ways, and as a result, I get run down. It's completely normal. I'm sick and tired but I'm fine.

The thing that bothers me the most is that I know what I look like. I probably look in the mirror fifteen times time a day. I know that I look like I died. Maybe I even feel like I died. Point is, I'm living my life so I am well aware of what I'm doing and what the results of what I'm doing are. I look like hell. When people tell me that I look sick or that I don't look too good or I look like I need sleep it is one of my biggest pet peeves.

My favorite is the elderly ladies that I work with. They've seen me since I was 18. They've known me since I started college. They know that I'm studying and they know what I'm studying. Yet, every single day I get the "Oh my god, Anthony what the hell happened to you last night"? I respond with school. The next question is, "why do you have so much work" or "why can't you get it done earlier" and those are both decent questions. But I can't get anything done earlier because I'm here, standing right in front of you. When I get home I'm eating dinner and going to the gym. After that I have homework and I'm probably distracted because I'm either trying to do my work while watching sports or because I'm having a breakdown about something that hasn't even happened yet. So yes, thank you for pointing out that I look like crap and that I need to sleep, but I knew that already. I have no issue with being sick and tired, I just hate when people tell me that I look sick and tired.