Things have gotten a bit crazy. Sorry for the lack of posts. I've redone my schedule, in light of recent events so I'm going to try something different. Posting every day! Well, every weekday. I think trying to remember posting one larger post once a week plays into my ADHD too much and I get distracted by other things. I'll likely remember more if it's smaller posts throughout the week. This post will be a bit longer though, to catch everyone up on life's happenings.
As for what's been going on, I've been dealing with school and physical health, which unfortunately take priority when they go wrong. Let's start with physical health....
First the good news:
Now the bad news.....that image is 3 weeks old. The below image is what happened half a week after I achieved that:
So long story short, my shin splints got much worse. I eventually had to cut back on running until I finally caved and went to my doctor. She put me on crutches for my left leg, which was the worse of the two, and referred me to the campus orthopedic. A week later I saw him and after looking me over said I might have the beginnings of a stress fracture and that we will treat them as serious shin splints for the time being. He then referred me to the campus Sports Med physical therapist, and instructed me to do everything he said. Soooo another week later I see him (last Friday), and after being evaluated he insisted on taking a closer look at my leg and we found that I actually have 2 stress fractures in my left medial tibia. We determined the cause was I increased my training in too short a time period without realizing it. Hey, I don't have a trainer so I didn't know. :( Also, I tend to push a bit harder depending on the music choice that's playing. Dragonforce is a favorite.
Soooo he fitted me with a boot to befriend my crutches (I'll have pics of that tomorrow), and now I hobble around on those. I'll have to obviously continue physical therapy. I was told to not be surprised if this takes up to 3months to get me back to running just 5mi. So...half of what I was doing. ...sigh. He said if I do everything right, don't cheat, and heal properly, my marathon won't be out of the equation and I might heal quicker.
Speaking of Dragonforce, I don't think Husky likes me listening to them while driving... I swear I'm a safe driver! They're just a really good band to listen to.... Lol.
Anyways, needless to say, the no running has hit me pretty hard. Not only do I really enjoy running but it has a really big significance for me as well. I was never a runner before. My lungs couldn't take the endurance, and so I favored sprinting or sport positions that only required short bursts of speed (defense in soccer, outfield in softball...etc). I could only accomplish becoming a runner because I worked so hard on my endurance and strength through the Insanity Cardio program...but I was only able to accomplish that because I was so fed up with where I was in my life after the divorce (and my brother gave me good motivation to do it too). Regardless of how long the distance, every time I complete a run I feel this overwhelming feeling of "I did this. I can really do anything." For me, running is almost a physical manifestation of the feelings that encompass everything around who I was before and how hard I worked to become the person I am now.
No other sport does that for me like running. So for the first week or so, of no running, I was pretty depressed and irritable. Husky and I had our first argument about it. I'd been dreading that "first argument" mainly because of past experiences. Usually there are only 2 reasons why you have an argument in a relationship: either there is no communication about something or one of you is being a complete idiot.
I wish I could say it was the former. I can handle those in spades. I also wish I could say it wasn't me being the idiot. Both of those would be lies though. Lol. He really was being concerned for me and I should have listened when he said I'd run myself into crutches if I didn't slow down and rest. Of course he knew I knew all this and was just being stubborn, so he wasn't really mad at all. In fact he just acted adorable and then I had no more reasons to be mad either. :)
I <3 him. How could you be mad after that? :)
Anyways. That covers physical health. As for school, well...I'm behind in work. The crutches, while an amazing arm workout, wear me out every day because I am essentially lifting 140lbs (180lbs with my backpack) every second or so, while I walk. So I was exhausted every day for a while until I got used to it and adjusted my sleep times. Unfortunately I fell asleep in a few classes...
And I also just super ADHD distracted, especially this weekend for some reason. So rather than continue farther down the wrong road I've tried turning around and set up weekly meetings with my professor to get extra 1 on 1 time to go over the week's materials. Hopefully I can catch back up. I also revised my schedule to fit in more homework time, without compromising too much time for myself, time with Husky/friends, or time for fun things like this. :)
Other minor things that happened. Husky fixed my piano! YAY! So now I can start practicing again! I was going to sell it but once it was fixed I changed my mind. :P
I also rearranged my room to be more awesome. I do this from time to time. Make me feel happy and it's fun. I even made a ton of paper snowflakes and taped them from my ceiling. It's awesome.
I met a guy who's an Ultra Marathoner. He runs 100mi runs....through mountains and other shit. o_o I was really impressed. Also, I wondered if there was something wrong with me when my only thoughts were "Awesome! I want to do that!"
Work has been great. I made my special trail mix for them and it was devoured....well all but about 1cup. And then someone ate all the M&M's and left the rest. Lol!
I found the culprit and we had a laugh. :)
I think the only last bit of news has to do with the title...
MAKE THE SNOW STOP PLEEEEAAAASE!!
My god it just keeps coming! Do you have any idea how hard it is to walk in a boot and crutches through blizzard conditions?!? Just when you think it's finally done for the winter, Mother Nature is like, "Herpderp! Lol!"
