Friday and Bill comes home tonight after being gone for 2 weeks!

nothing

After the two good run days, decided today was a break day.

It's Friday, so I decided to take a break as I'll run both Saturday and Sunday.

Decided to take Monday off this week. Tomorrow's goint to be a busy day.

Another nothing day. Really could have/should have done something, but didn't.

Ok, I SCREWED UP today. I didn't get up to exercise and thought I'd do it tonight. Then after work we had to get ready for Lighthouse Run and pack for vacation. I woke up Saturday morning and realized I never exercised Friday at all. I was soooooo mad at myself, I didn't even think of it. It never even crossed my mind....which I think that was more upsetting to me than the lack of actually exercising. It totally is not habit or a "feeling of necessity" and I so easily forgot. Arrrrrghghghghgh! So close, almost 6 full months and I mess up just 11 days before the end. Pisssssssed off!

A nice leisurely Sunday today. We took our time getitng going this morning, but we volunteered to help with the Racine Spirit of Racine Triathalon today. Spent about 3 hours at the finish line directing runners to medical or food (and keeping families and others from walking into the running area). It was a nice day, sunny though, therefore I know I'm sunburn!

No exercise today other than a little walking.

Another lazy day going out for breakfast in the morning, then just bumming all day. No exercise.

I'm pretty darn sore after the workout last night---my thighs are the worst. Therefore I don't feel like running or doing anything as it's just difficult to walk. So, nothing today.

Went to work today and the hives were better again, but still in parts. As the day went on I noticed they were seeming to get better. Also as the day went on, my head got fuzzy, arms got tingly, and got dizzy. It wasn't getting better so I thought my blood pressure may be out of whack. Went to Assoc Health and Wellness and sure enough, it was really high--142/90. That's not good.

Called my doctor and got myself seen right then. There it was 140/80--better, but still high. Apparently the steriods I'm on, and the Benadryl, can cause high blood pressure and whacky blood sugar. They recommended I don't take the drugs anymore, even though I have 2 doses of steriod left.

Went to dinner out with Bill and lower lip swelled a bit before bed. Decided to take the Benadryl only, no steroid and see what happens.

No exercise again.

Hives are a bit better today, but still not great. Therefore another quiet day around the house, no exercising.

Got up this morning and the rash is still bad. Decided not to meet the group and run as I don't want me sweating to make it worse. Went to coffee with the group, though, and sat outside at Panera with them (in the sun).

Got home and realized the rash was still bad. Getting annoyed now, and my face is swollen a bit under my eyes. Both of us got on the internet to see if we could figure it out. It seems I have hives, a normal part of an allergic reaction---and they get worse with heat, sun, sweat, and physical activity. Makes sense now...why they are worse in the morning after being snuggly in bed all night, and why they are so prominent my backside and back of my legs--I'm sitting on those areas so they are always hot.

Therefore now I know I must stay out of the sun, stay cool (we have the air conditioning on now), and definitely NO EXERCISING.

Bummer as it's still beautiful outside! :(

Happy 4th!

So the swelling is mostly gone, but rash is worse. It's spread to alot more areas. Took it real easy today and stayed inside most of the day. For dinner, we ate outside on the deck as it's soooo beautiful today. Then after dinner we took a walk around the neighborhood as I just needed to get out. Then later we took a drive around and ended up catching part of the Racine fireworks from the car.

Nothing much as the rash stayed bad all day, infact even got worse after a brief afternoon nap--seems to get worse when I get hot or sweaty--really shows up in the sweaty areas. Taking Benadryl now, so maybe that will help also.

Ok, so last night we went out for dinner after working out and then just watched TV till bed. Right before bed I felt my lip was funny--it had swelled up quite a bit. I thought it was because of the cold I have so I tried not to worry about it.

Well, I woke up this morning and both my lips and eyes were swollen, my hands itched, wrists had a rash and swollen, and a rash across my belly and hips. Off to walk-in care as I'm obviously having an allergic reaction to something. Who knows what?

They gave me a benadryl shot and one of a steroid, then a prescription for the steroids to take. It took till nearly 5pm for my face to go down alot and the rash to disappear. Therefore decided to take it easy and not exercise.

Bill had a mandatory trap meeting tonight and it was a team picnic so we had to get out there this evening. It was a nice time and we didn't get home til nearly 9pm. This is Bill's first day of not running and he was a little sad, but also relieved to not have to do it. I had taken my tennis shoes to work today to maybe walk for lunch, but I was busy and didn't get out to do it. Therefore nothing today.

So we flew in and landed in the early morning hours, getting home about 3am or so, so we slept in and got ready slowly today. Just bummed around all day. Unfortunately I'm logging this several days later and I don't remember if I actually exercised or not all day. I know I didn't run, but I can't remember doing anything else either. Therefore I'm going to say it was a 'nothing' day.

Today we had done an excursion--a zipline tour in the mountains. 11 short ziplines zig-zagging back and forth. It was so much fun!!! We were the only two on this excursion so we got the instructors and course all to ourselves (there was a large group that must have had a time about 2 hours before us as they were leaving when we arrived--it was a large group therefore I'm sure they didn't get the personal attention we got). Unfortunately on the way back to the resort, the bus broke down. Luckily they called the zipline people and the leader came down in the excursion's truck and gave us a personal ride back (another great thing that it was only the 2 of us so we fit easily into a truck). Got back a little later than planned, but it was OK and a great experience overall. The leader, Ezekiel, was awesome, spoke english beautifully, and made the whole experience, even the downed bus, a great memory.

Bill still needs to do his mile-a-day, but I just wasn't in the mood to exercise after all of that. I decided to take a day off.

Jeff, Tina, and the kids came in tonight for the Lighthouse Run tomorrow so we did dinner with them. Although Bill ran his mile later after we got home, I really didn't want to. I've been nursing this sore muscle in my right gluteal area all week (don't have any idea when/how I strained it) and with the Lighthouse in the morning, I just wasn't in the mood to run on a full stomach less than 12 hours before that long run.

Got home from work and knew Bill wouldn't be home for a bit from his Chicago workshop. With all the rain this past weekend, the grass grew alot, but it was sunny enough today to dry a bit. Got out and cut the lawn and string-trimmed it all before Bill got home. He had brought running clothes with him to the trainstation so he could run there (new scenery), so he had already run. We went to dinner, then drove around Racine looking at all the river flooding. By the time we got home, I didn't really want to do any more. Guess the lawnmowing will have to be all the physical activity I'll get today.

I should have got up this morning to run as I knew I wouldn't at night, but just couldn't get going. So I took my tennis shoes to work and thought I may do at least a 15 minute walk during the day as it looked like it would be a nice day. Mid-afternoon it started to sprinkle and never stopped. Therefore I didn't get out for a walk, then had drinks with Jackie in Milwaukee after work. Got home about 8:40pm or so and didn't want to do anything then. Another day of nothing. This is the 3rd day in 7, that's bad!