getnthinr
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2006
Contrary to what you might have believed -- I am actually not deceased.
This morning I'm trying to muster up the courage to go visit the scale and see where I stand, because you cannot recognize progress if you have no idea where you're coming from.
Let me see: the girls were in a car accident and totaled our car (no one was seriously hurt, thank God, and the accident was not their fault [this time -- I pointed out to them that everyone makes mistakes and at some point they may be involved in an accident that is their fault, so be very kind to the other driver]), work is crazy, year-round swimming meets are back on the calendar (even though the practices are year-round, there are times when the competitions are spread further apart), and work is crazy.
And did I mention that work was crazy?
The "money thing," as we refer to it here, has tightened considerably what with the prospect of replacing our car. (Insurance does not buy you a new car. In fact, it doesn't even necessarily buy you a good used car to replace your reliable -- and completely paid for -- old car with the newly rebuilt transmission, the lifetime guaranteed brakes, the BRAND NEW tires -- Dang, timing is everything!) Consequently, I am probably not going to be doing any races until much later in the year -- We'll see. I did have to cancel my plans (for the second year in a row) to do the Shamrock Sportsfest 8K and half.
I am very much a "count your blessings" sort of person, though, and today I have so many -- this wonderful group among them! I am employed (although work is crazy), and after the Princess Half, I returned home with the inexplicable feeling that I had somehow turned the corner and should be able to begin regular training again. Reading Debra's post about icing and some aches just being par for the course was oddly encouraging. So, I ache a little -- but it doesn't need to stop me, right?
Last night I searched the iTunes store for podcasts about diet and weight loss -- I love to fill my head with positive things while I waddle away on the treadmill. (My nutritionist referred to it as increasing my self-efficacy.) It feels like Spring in my head -- a time for cleaning out the junk, renewing my resolve, and enjoying all that is beautiful around me. It's a renewed hope thing -- Do you feel that way, too?
I won't make any rash promises yet about how often I'll log in, but I think I'm at least partially back.
This morning I'm trying to muster up the courage to go visit the scale and see where I stand, because you cannot recognize progress if you have no idea where you're coming from.
Let me see: the girls were in a car accident and totaled our car (no one was seriously hurt, thank God, and the accident was not their fault [this time -- I pointed out to them that everyone makes mistakes and at some point they may be involved in an accident that is their fault, so be very kind to the other driver]), work is crazy, year-round swimming meets are back on the calendar (even though the practices are year-round, there are times when the competitions are spread further apart), and work is crazy.
And did I mention that work was crazy?
The "money thing," as we refer to it here, has tightened considerably what with the prospect of replacing our car. (Insurance does not buy you a new car. In fact, it doesn't even necessarily buy you a good used car to replace your reliable -- and completely paid for -- old car with the newly rebuilt transmission, the lifetime guaranteed brakes, the BRAND NEW tires -- Dang, timing is everything!) Consequently, I am probably not going to be doing any races until much later in the year -- We'll see. I did have to cancel my plans (for the second year in a row) to do the Shamrock Sportsfest 8K and half.
I am very much a "count your blessings" sort of person, though, and today I have so many -- this wonderful group among them! I am employed (although work is crazy), and after the Princess Half, I returned home with the inexplicable feeling that I had somehow turned the corner and should be able to begin regular training again. Reading Debra's post about icing and some aches just being par for the course was oddly encouraging. So, I ache a little -- but it doesn't need to stop me, right?
Last night I searched the iTunes store for podcasts about diet and weight loss -- I love to fill my head with positive things while I waddle away on the treadmill. (My nutritionist referred to it as increasing my self-efficacy.) It feels like Spring in my head -- a time for cleaning out the junk, renewing my resolve, and enjoying all that is beautiful around me. It's a renewed hope thing -- Do you feel that way, too?
I won't make any rash promises yet about how often I'll log in, but I think I'm at least partially back.