like a fish needs a bicycle...

so sore

yeah, my whole body aches. girls IM basketball thursday night. co-ed IM football friday afternoon. tons of fun, of course. and the good news is that we won both games! the bad news is that, even though i work out, i'm out of shape when it comes to playing team sports. i just don't have the conditioning or range of motion that i used to. so even if i try to stretch it all out afterwads, i get sore--for at least a few days. basically, when i push myself, i feel it.

it's so strange that i'm barely 23 and i feel old. when i went to college i had the distinct impression that i had far less energy than i did in high school and that i was slowing down. i couldn't do near as much and i needed more sleep. at 18 i felt old. now that i've gone to law school, i'm experiencing that same feeling. i again feel less energetic and less intense--like i'm even older. it's only been 6 years since high school--what could be so different? yes, teenagers and their hormones... i realize that has to make some kind of difference and i probably did physically have more energy then.

but now i have another theory. maybe as i progress through my education and my academic and intellectual demands increase, it can take a toll on my body? of course, i love school. i always have. but perhaps i didn't realize that there's some kind of correlation between mental rigor and physical exhaustion? any one else experienced a similar decline of energy and intensity? did it ever seem related to school or work? thoughts on all this...?