The Ups and Downs

So much has happened since my last post!! I'll try to take it in steps so it's not too overwhelming.

I think I mentioned my brief encounter with some flu like symptoms Tuesday morning. What I thought was going to be brief....turned into a three day battle for my livelihood. It was insane. I had the worst fever and body aches Tuesday night that I have ever experienced. I seriously wanted to die. The vomit was nothing but relief. I couldn't believe it. It took me two days to recover. All I could do is lay around all day, completely wiped out.

On top of my deathly flu, I was supposed to be preparing for a garage sale. That was nearly impossible. Luckily on Thursday I felt well enough to do a few things around the house while NP was at work. Then when he got home, we just starting hauling things out. We ended up with a LOT more stuff than I had expected. The sale was really successful on Friday with lots of street traffic, but a total flop on Saturday. We still made around $200, but it could have been a lot better. Now I have to deal with the mountain of leavings in my living room. Unfortunately, it may just have to stay there for a week or two.

By Sunday, I was finally feeling a bit more normal so I decided it was time to head out for a run. The weather was awful and I was lacking all motivation. I drove down to the WWT and sat in my car for around 15 minutes trying to talk myself into it. Then I got out with shorts on and a fleece. I started to run, but then realized I hadn't turned on my watch. While I was waiting for it to locate I got SO COLD! My legs were freezing and I finally had to get back in the car. I took my shoes off so that I could slip my wind pants back on....DANGEROUS. I had a serious urge to just start the car and head home, but I didn't. I put my pants on and my shoes on and I headed off. I thought I was going to die in the first minute, but then I leveled off a bit. It was pretty slow going, but I got through it.

Yesterday was my second session at IST. It was good. Not as hard on my shoulders as last time, and no cardio intervals. Kind of disappointing since I liked those. I'm a bit torn as to whether or not this is the best option for me. If it was more reasonably priced, I could see going down there all the time. But it's not. I just want to make sure that I'm getting my monies worth!! I don't think I'm going to end up as any sort of a power house with a once a week work out though. Bummer.

The worst part about those work outs is that I can never sleep the night after. It's kind of crappy. I was supposed to get up and run to the gym this morning, but I just couldn't do it. Now I'm going to have to do it in the yucky traffic after work today. Blah.

I'm not sure where tomorrow will take me. I've tentatively planned to go back to IST tomorrow after work. I'm not sure if a morning workout would be a good idea or not. I need the days at the gym though. I'll probably give it a shot.

Tomorrow night I have a mushroom growing class at 6:30, not those kind of mushrooms. Shitakes and stuff. Then I have to come home and pack. Yikes, it's going to be a crazy day.

I suppose I should finally get to that laundry today!!!