A Balance-Time to get back on the wagon...

Sun, Nov 09, 2008

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Just focusing on sleep. Had a few loose ends to tie up and then in the afternoon was off to the airport. I'm actually now in New Orleans. Everyone on the homefront and myself included seem to be getting back to normal. No running while I'm here. I didn't want to push my luck so I left my running stuff at home. This is the first time I've ever done that. Really stinks as this meeting has 40,000 attendees and has a 5K race on Tues morning but I didn't want to tempt myself as I know I have no self control. Right now get healthy and when I'm back to my "normal" routine next Monday I'll give it another go... So I may not bothering updating until then. But then again why not at least it allows me to think about running for a few minutes each day even if I'm not doing it. Hey at this point I'll take what I can get...

Sat, Nov 08, 2008

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Sometimes good things happen for bad reasons. Since Sandra was now feeling under the weather I got to spend the day with Kaitlyn. We spent the morning running errands. However, Sandra got worse and due to being 35-wks pregnant we had to take her in for tests. So we spent three hours of the afternoon at the hospital. Good news is she and the baby are fine. Better news is that Kaitlyn took her nap in my lap while waiting for the tests. Bad news, well the obvious we are all sick now...

Fri, Nov 07, 2008

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Well I thought I was feeling better. Had a busy morning then went to a post-doc retreat. However, an hour in I was feeling horrible again and left early. Took a two hour nap and then lounged around. Sandra has now been having some of my same symptoms...

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Well I spoke too soon. At about 2am in the morning I woke up getting sick. Then about every hour thereafter. At 6am when I was supposed to have already been in to work I started thinking about not going in. This would be my first sick day in a decade. By 8:30am Sandra told me to go back to sleep and she took Kaitlyn to school. I didn't wake up again until about 12:30pm. I went into work because he had a visiting speaker coming this afternoon but by about 3:30pm I was done and just packed up and went back home without going to the talk... I sure hope this passes quickly. It isn't even funny how weak my body has been the last few weeks, between not running, throwing out my back, a cold, and now a stomach flu I'm convinced I'm falling apart... Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Wed, Nov 05, 2008

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Today was just a good day. My aches and pains didn't seem too bad and work went by like a breeze. I even managed to get twice as much done this morning as I had predicted so I don't have to go in early tomorrow. Between the weather and not wanting to push my luck I just did two easy miles on the treadmill.

Tue, Nov 04, 2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Miles are miles and I will take them. With the car situation I ran into work today. Door to door it is 2.5 miles. Luckily I missed the rain but I was super over dressed. I took some Aleve for my back so I can't feel my knee but the knot in my back is still there. Well I have a meeting with my boss in an hour and then another full day. One of these days I'll get to type about running again instead of this complaining about "life" stuff...

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Mon, Nov 03, 2008

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Even working until 11pm last night I didn't get done everything I needed so into work before 6am again. After a long day with a sore back and then an even longer work night (done at 11:30pm) I finally finished one of the three things I had on my to do list and called it a night. With the weather turning south Sandra will need the car more so before I went to sleep I dropped off a change of clothes and my work stuff in lab. No run, wanted to give my back another day rest and knee about the same. Good news is today is the first day I didn't have to take Dayquil, so at least the cold seems like it is gone.

Sun, Nov 02, 2008

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Well what can I say when it rains it pours. I ended up having to work most the day. In the AM I had house chores to take care of. Moving around some more furniture and trying to back away more stuff to finalize the prep for "Little Sister". I was trying to move the treadmill and threw out my back. It has wheels on the front but for whatever reason my back just locked up anyway, boy I am an old man now... In the PM I did get to spend a little family time but had to work most of the afternoon and evening. Oh well, I guess that is life sometimes. Remember to be thankful for what you have. In this economic climate I have to remember at least I have a job, it may be too much but it is work... With all of that going on, the lingering cold, and an ache in my knee from yesterday's run today was a day of "rest"...

Sat, Nov 01, 2008

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Long run, all things relative. Full night's sleep and then breakfast with the family. Kaitlyn and I then went for a run to the park. We stopped to feed the geese and watch a guy fly his model airplane and helicopter. The weather was perfect today. I'm now in lab as I have a mock up of my next meeting on Monday and have to have my poster prepared (including a new set of data that I didn't even get until last night). So I'll have a work filled weekend. The run overall went fine. We kept it very slow and my knee is definitely tight now I'll stretch a second time tonight.

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 155 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 300 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / /

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Happy Halloween. In to work early this morning so that I could leave early. Left at about 3:30pm so that we could go Trick-or-Treating at Foothill Village. It is nice that the shops to that for the community. It makes life a lot easier. It was packed but still fun. After that we went to dinner and then hit a couple more houses. After bedtime I did a few easy miles on the treadmill. I bumped the pace to a blazing 7:30... Felt ok and just made sure to keep up with the stretches afterwards.

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 155 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 295 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / /

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

One step at a time. The cold started bugging me again at about 2pm. I forgot to bring a second dose of Dayquil. After work we did some pre-Halloween trick-or-treating... Then I did two easy miles on the treadmill to get warmed up enough to stretch well. I was coughing a little but the run overall made me fell a little better. My leg was stiff but I think that was because of all the twisting and poking yesterday.

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Wed, Oct 29, 2008

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100