Where do I start?

Training for: Springtime Tallahassee 5K

 

Cardio: 2-miles walking (on breaks) - 200

Weights: none

Calories Burned: 200

 

Food: Breakfast - Quaker Take Heart Blueberry Oatmeal (160)

         Lunch - Chicken Salad Pita w/ Havarti Dill (360)

         Snack - Dannon Yogurt (60)

         Snack - Popcorn (100)

         Dinner - Probably Greek Chicken Pasta - (??)

Total Food: 680 (if I eat my popcorn - I haven't eaten it the past 2 days, so, we'll see) +Dinner

 

Self-Confidence: 7ish

 

Ugh.  What a crazy last two weeks.  I apologize for not posting more regularly.  Early last week, I was pretty sick, with ALLERGIES!  I hate that bad allergies can make you feel crappy/achy/fatigued like a regular cold would.  I don't feel like an allergy attack is a good enough excuse to use sick leave - though, I really really wish I had called in sick.  But, even if I wanted to, I couldn't.  I took off last Friday and this past Monday from work.  Steve and I drove up to NC to visit our new nephew, Declan.  He was born January 13, and is SUPER cute.  Definitely brought the "baby fever" back.

 

Needless to say - my training efforts have been little to none.  I think I ran last week once, and I can't even remember if I lifted.  I think I just ran last Wednesday, and that was it.  Tuesday, I attempted to run.  I made it 17 minutes into my workout, and, I got a friggin' nosebleed on the treadmill.  So, I of course scurried to the locker room.  I'm sure if anyone had actually *noticed* they would have wanted to kick me out of the gym.  Embarassing as it was, I'm almost glad I was at the gym when it happened, vs. tooling around Tom Brown park - its not like there are bathrooms stocked with tissue readily available along the mountian biking trails.  So, that attempt was pointless.  Though, I really felt like I was running through mud or wet sand.  Not to mention, the treadmill was killing my knees (as usual).  Which, is why I'm glad the weather is getting better.  Running outside is so much better on my joints.  Which, is what I did yesterday.  I did a nice run through Tom Brown, but stayed on the paved trail in order to take it easy, and work my way back up to harder training since I've been out sick and out of town.  It was VERY slow going, but felt good.  Needless to say, I was exhausted afterwards.  I didn't even cook dinner - Steve picked up wing-stop.  Which, made the run almsot pointless. Oh well.

 

Now for the drama: 

 

About a month ago, my gpa on my step-dad's side got pretty sick.  He was in ICU for a week or so, and they didn't know whether or not he would recover.  Eventually, he got better, and was taken of the crazy machines he was on.  I never really heard much on his condition after this point.  But, Wednesday, I got an email from my stepdad saying he had passed away.  Most of the memories I have of him are from when I was around 10 or 11 and when we were still living at PAFB, FL.  My gma and gpa would come babysit us frequently, or we would go visit them, as, like many retired people in FL, they had their own little mobile home about 10 minutes away from us where they would stay when they were down here.  I'd say overall, my memories of them are plesant.  But, since my stepdad & mom split, I don't think I've seen them.  This pretty much means I haven't really seen them in almost 20 years....it is really weird to think its been that long.  I may have seen them once when I was in HS - but, I don't really remember.  Either way, the point of this is, I was never close to him.  So, while I am saddened, I don't have the typical reaction that most people might have when their grandfathers pass away.  I am however, flying out for the funeral tomorrow.  I haven't seen my step-dad since my wedding 3 years ago.  I'm pretty sad I never made it out to Germany to visit - but at the time, everything was so expensive, and Steve and I get zero vacation time.  I think the recession came too late for that - because now, it seems travel has been getting cheaper due to the fact that no one is travelling!  Anyway, I haven't seen anyone else on that side of the family (aunts/uncles) in about a billion years either.  So, its going to be weird.  But, at the same time, I think it is going to be good - despite the circumstances.  They are afterall, still family, whether we're close or not.  This will also give me a chance to see my real dad, who has been pretty sick with pnuemonia.  He apparently had been carrying the bug for 2 years and went undiagnosed!  That in itself is a different story.