Gosh, i'm tired this morning.  Yesterday it felt like the week was whizzing right by, but today it has slowed down to an almost complete stop and is saying to me "hey... you... yeah, you... you think this'll be easy? nah... it ain't gonna be easy honey... it ain't gonna be Friday just like that just because you want it to be".

I got an e-mail at 4:30 after work yesterday from a friend, telling me that a friend of ours was in the hospital because of an asthma attack of some kind.  I figured she'd be eating dinner around that time, so I changed really quickly and took the dog for a run.  For the running portion, we went 1.5 miles in 20 minutes - 8 of that running.  We did lots of walking before and after, too.  Back at home, I cleaned up and drove to the hospital and was there for a couple of hours.  My friend had a coughing fit, couldn't breathe and so came to the hospital.  By the time she reached the hospital, she was okay again but they admitted her anyways which I think is a good thing.  But she hasn't had any tests yet, they haven't even drawn blood, so she has no idea what's going on.  She doesn't know for sure if it's asthma or if it's some sort of infection - well, I only hope she'll be alright and they'll figure out what's wrong.

Once I got back home, I realized I had to cook dinner for myself.  Blah.  By that time, I was wiped and was debating skipping the meal in favor of a bath and sleep.  But I persevered - I threw some whole wheat spaghetti on the stove, and some marinating salmon into the oven.  I wouldn't mix those two things on any other day, but it seemed like the quickest choice at the time!

I'm still coughing, but at this point they're very weak coughs because my ab muscles hurt so much from the SHRED workout!  And the coughing doesn't seem to be having an effect on my running, so i'm going to continue to take it easy this week and maybe next week kick it up a notch.

Running is on the menu for today - another easy 8 minutes (which really isn't all THAT easy for me) with the dog and the running buddy.  This time i'm going to use my Garmin GPS watch.  I bought a new charger for it, brought it to work with me yesterday to get the settings worked out, then left it there overnight!  Duh!  I should also look for my heartrate strap for my chest and use that as well.  If I find it!

That's it for tonight, but wishing I had a date for the weekend.  Plans for Friday night to play cards with friends, which is fun don't get me wrong - I just wish we could do something that involved meeting single guys!!!

When I got home from work yesterday, my mom and her friend were out in my backyard, cleaning up the garden and the flower beds and everything.  It's starting to look like fall in my yard now, all the big vines are cut down, the rose bushes are just little tiny branches sticking out of the ground, and the garden is almost completely void of vegetation.  Gosh, if they wouldn't have done all that work - well, it just wouldn't have been done by me.  Yay!

I was tired yesterday.  It was a full day at work, so by the end of the day all I wanted to do was sleep.  After entertaining my mom and her friend for a few minutes and showing them around my house, I changed into my workout clothes and pushed the coffee table out of the way so I could start my SHRED DVD.  I'd forgotten how difficult this DVD is when you're first starting it.  Suffice to say, I was a big sweaty mess by the end of it.  But it felt great!

A bath, a strawberry-banana smoothie, some reading, and off to bed.

Eats yesterday - coffee, water, almond oatmeal crunch with 2% lactose-free milk, whole wheat spaghetti with baked chicken, smoothie.

Today after work I want to visit my grandpa's grave - one year today he passed, and I miss him and I miss him and I miss him.

Going running at 6 with the dog and the running buddy.  No other plans besides watching Survivor!

I started the running off nice and easy yesterday.  I ran 8 minutes out of a total of 20 minutes, not including warm up and cool down.  I went 1.75 miles in about 27 minutes total.  I took my dog with me which I think went fairly well - I will be doing it again, it's great exercise for her too.

This morning my chest is breaking up and i'm coughing a little more than usual, which is giving me another headache (surprise, surprise).  I guess maybe I pushed it a little too much, but I really felt great yesterday while I was running.  Just don't feel so great today!

Eats for yesterday: coffee, water, whole wheat pasta, baked chicken, cooked carrots.  Oh, and I had some kind of pastry for a late breakfast.  It was wierd, tasted like soft pie crust.

My plan for today is to do Jillian's Shred workout before dinner.  And then get into my pj's, make a cup of hot tea, and continue reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime".  Hilarious book, and i'm only on page 20.

'Mornin.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes.  One more day until my prescription runs out, so we'll see what happens after that.  I can tell my cough is getting a bit better, but I really know nothing about why the antibiotics haven't cleared it up completely yet.  Day by day.

The Dog Jog went really well on Sunday.  I'm glad to say that I didn't overdo it by running the distance, instead I stayed behind and helped with other things.  It was such a beautiful day - i'm so glad I decided to head out and take part.

Other than that, just trying to get better.  I made it to the grocery store and stocked up on good foods - yogurt, fruit, etc. so I have started eating better again.  Now all I need is for the minute amount of energy I had to return to me so that I can get back to running!

Psst - I will be trying to run tonight.

I need to get my head outta my you-know-what. I'm gaining weight like crazy because i'm spending all my time being sick and eating because i'm bored.  Grr!

Turning into a bit of a hermit - refusing to do things with anyone because a) i'm sick, or b) i'll get them sick.  Last night refused to let a friend visit, tonight refused to go to a friend's to play cards... the list goes on.  However, I will try my damnedest to be at our first annual Dog Jog on Sunday afternoon.  That, I must attend as i'm on the committee.  AND they're taking pics for the paper.  I like making it into the local paper, hee hee.

Still coughing and sniffling away, trying hard not to let this get me down but it's sure taking its toll on me.  And this stupid headache... anyways, i'm glad it's Friday.  Really.  I know I need to stay positive, so the positive thing about today is that after it I don't have to work for two whole days!!!!

I went to the doctor yesterday and he put me on antibiotics for a week after simply asking if I smoked and throwing his breathing-checker-thingy quickly onto my back (serious brain fry going on today).  I dislike being so blatantly discarded.  You may be overworked, my friend, but you are not alone.  Show some (insert swear-word of choice) compassion fella!

A co-worker and former nurse here at work thinks maybe it's whooping cough since I can't get myself to stop coughing for more than five minutes at a time and am showing other symptoms as well.  I pray the antibiotic I was prescribed will be enough to get rid of any infection, whatever it may be.  All I know is that it is not pneumonia, thank goodness.

In the meantime, I am eating myself out of house and home.

I wish this damn cold would just go away (please excuse my frustrated attempt at swearing).  It feels as if I have come full circle and am back at the beginning with sinus congestion again.  I am still coughing as well.  Gawd, I just feel crappy and I could miss work and just go home, but then nothing will get done and blah blah blah.  When I was taking Buckley's, I felt better, but now that feeling is starting to wear off and the Buckley's is not working so well anymore.  It was so great yesterday too, I could even taste the meals I had prepared for myself.  Maybe I should make a doctor's appointment.

I had a meeting last night, so I decided not to overdo it by running and then having to think afterwards, lol.  The meeting went well I think, so that was a nice change.  when I got home I had a snack of cereal and milk, then read for a bit and went to bed.  That cereal is yummy - Oatmeal Crunch with almonds and honey.  I think i'd better find something a lot less yummy so that I won't start eating it right out of the box!

Yeah.  That's about it.

I just phoned the clinic and made myself a doctor's appointment.  I think I will go home for the afternoon.  Which means I probably won't be commenting much today - so I hope you are all having a wonderful week!  Take care of yourselves!

What a week that was.

When I finally get rid of this cold, I betcha i'll feel like a million bucks.  That's such a strange saying, how can you feel like a million bucks?  I'd rather HAVE a million bucks.  So.  anyways.

On Saturday my cold finally started to break.  As of this morning, I am still coughing loudly and embarassingly, but I don't feel exhausted like I did last week.  I hope this means I am slowly recovering.  True Story - I went grocery shopping yesterday and literally made myself sweat with only a slight amount of walking and lifting.  Life.  Sometimes sucks.  I am probably not ready to start running again, but if the offer presents itself today, i'm going.  I've already given up one week, I refuse to let this cold take another one!

My mother came by yesterday and cleaned out some of the garden for me.  She was a great help - I wouldn't have had the energy for it if I would have had to do it myself.  I spent the weekend tidying the house, doing laundry and getting groceries.  I feel like I still accomplished something even though I was feeling under the weather.  I finally gave the dog a bath even - she smells wonderful now.

I ate a regular breakfast today!  Cereal with milk.

Coffee, iced tea.

pasta with cucs, carrots and pasta sauce.

I've threatened Mr. Cold with Mr. Buckley's, but he is still persisting in hanging around.  I didn't think it could be possible for me to put in so many hours of sleep in one week.  One eye keeps watering and is quite annoyingly twitching every so often, I feel feverish and have congestion deep in my chest for which I cannot get rid of no matter what I do, crappy headache won't go away, I caved and ate chips and half a block of cheese for supper last night, and I haven't been running since Sunday!  The only good news in this whole week is that i've been consistently drinking 3 litres of water each day.  Well, iced tea.

I am certainly feeling sorry for myself these days :)

I would love to say so much more, but my mind has gone blank.  Hopefully not permanently.

So I spent most of Monday feeling good about myself and my accomplishment.  I took the day off from running... geez, I don't think I did anything at all that evening.  I felt utterly exhausted, but figured it was just from over-exerting myself on Sunday.  Tuesday morning I woke up with a sore throat and a whole lotta muscle aches.  Caught myself a cold.

I slept hard Monday night, probably got 10 hours of sleep.  I barely got through the morning on Tuesday - I had to orientate a new employee and I just bumbled my way through as best I could.  I decided to take the afternoon off so that I could catch up on some things I haven't been doing at home, but as soon as my butt hit the couch I was asleep.  I slept from 1pm until 5pm; went to a friend's for supper and to watch some tv; then was back in bed by 11pm and woke up at 7am this morning, still exhausted and hurting!

So you can imagine what my day's been like.  I had to sit through a morning meeting, then come back to my desk where hell awaited.  My entire desk was covered with work - I am so exhausted and overwhelmed by it all I want to scream and cry and throw a hissy fit.

Apparently all it takes to throw me off course is a fever, congestion, and overall acheyness.