Monday
Getting back to my old good habits is difficult. The hardest part is getting out of bed for running. I have made it out the door three times since I wrote last and it felt great. It is also getting easier to do.
I am struggling with my achilles tendonitis, again. However, I found this morning that if I just give it enough time to warm up, I do not have any problems with it. I walked for a good 10 - 15 minutes and then ran most of the remaining 15 - 20 minutes with no pain. While I am very anxious to get back to where running 10 - 13 miles was pretty easy, I know I have to ease back into it and let my tendonitis warm up to the idea, too.
We started our foster/adopt training classes this weekend and we have 5 more to go to over the next 8 days. Tonight is CPR/First Aid certification Then it is paperwork, paperwork, paperwork and some meetings, etc. There is a lot involved with this process. One of the "funniest" things is that we have to acquire a box that locks to store ALL medication in--even stuff as seemingly harmless as neosporin. I wonder if the carmex will have to get locked up, too?
I have been pondering getting another account with CalorieKing to help me monitor my caloric intake. But, I know how to do this....I'm just not for whatever reason.
Need Git-Up-N-Go
I am having a really difficult time getting back into my running. I ran 3 miles last Saturday; I ran on Monday and I should have run on Tuesday, but I was just so tired and achy. I tried again this morning-no go. Tomorrow is a regularly scheduled run day and I really want to get out there and do it. I feel fantastic once I get out there, but getting out there is the hardest part.
The bathroom is looking much more put together today. I got the painting finished yesterday and started some clean up. I am going to sand the baseboards tonight and then clean the floor. I may get the time to finish caulking tonight--who knows. After that I have to paint the baseboards, then the doors. It seems like so much but so little... This week will be six weeks I have spent in the bathroom. Oy. It seems like it will never end. Oh, and I forgot about the new towel bars and mirrors left to hang, too...
I like to blame the bathroom project for my lack of energy in getting out on the road. I'm afraid it is just a sorry-assed excuse, though. My whole body aches. I am being a baby. I need to just suck it up and go. I miss my gym membership really badly. I loved Lifetime Fitness. We all loved it.
Friday
What an adventure in la la land.... I've be so busy I can barely believe it. But, things are starting to settle down-again.
I've been away since late February, basically. That is when we moved back into our house. I've been in home improvement/repair prison ever since. Almost every minute of my life has been devoted to DOING since then. We were having some pretty severe allergy issues so we decided to rip up the carpeting out of the master BATHROOM and we found black mold in the carpeting and in the foundation. What a surprise, right? Who woulda thought that carpeting in a bathroom could get mold. LOL. Anyway, I had this tile I bought like 4 years ago and I decided to figure out how hard it was to lay tile. Yikes. I started that like 5 weeks ago and just finished last night. Replacing the floor also led to a full-fledged bathroom makeover... You know how that goes. I still have a few weeks of bathroom makeover left, but we are on the downhill side of the project, now.
Anyway, an update on the fitness goals: I have gained some weight back but I am still wearing the same size I was in October--just barely. I've tried to get back into running on a few occasions but I found that I just didn't have the interest without a goal. So, I found a goal: the white rock lake marathon in December. I have no idea if I'll be ready, or even if I'll do it, but it is something to work towards and if I have a goal I try my hardest to meet it. There are a ton of people that run in my immediate surroundings, but there are no running stores and no running groups. Go figure. It's probably just a matter of time before RunOn! opens a store in this area. We have the right demographics for them to succeed out here. They have several other locations in the metro area.
My husband and I have decided to become foster parents in hopes of finding two children to adopt. We start our training next weekend and will probably have a larger family at the end of the summer. I am excited and nervous at the same time. We love being parents and trying to have children of our own will be very costly, painful and not guaranteed to even work. Plus, I am already in my thirties and do not want to have babies past 35. We are hoping to find a pair of siblings that are between the ages of 2 and 8. My son is 9.5 so that would work out well for everyone. Hubby wants at least one girl but not two boys. I want at least one more boy, but not two girls. LOL. I'm not even sure I want one girl... I would be perfectly happy in a household full of boys. My husband couldn't handle that, though. He'd prefer a household full of girls--so he thinks, anyway
. I have a very strong personality and he just has no idea what happens when you have a bunch of strong women under the same roof.
