Up and Running!

I am finally feeling like a normal human again, two weeks later.  Yesterday was the first day I went back to the health club and boy was it sad.  I completed a half an hour on the elliptical and sounded like I had been smoking a pack of cigarettes a day,  But I completed it!
I was exhausted but looking forward to getting back into my routine.

I also felt like today was extremely productive.  Woke up early, went to Mass, grocery shopping, errands, and even cleaned my room which has been in drier need for quit some time.

I am looking forward to being able to do a whole days work and not feel like I just ran a marathon.
All I say now is, Bring it on. 

Quarantined

Well, it has been a while.  Today I woke up late and looked out my window to a winter wonderland.  I was surprised.  I knew that there had been a snow warning for the last 48 hours but I have been quarantined to by bed with a cold that is so miserable that I have taken to gurgling salt water because, well, nothing else has worked.  Oh let me back track a little bit so you know what is going on.


I have been going to the Sandpoint Middle School special ed room, for one of my classes.  It has been very rewarding and eye opening.  The teacher is wonderful, and so are the kids, except at least half of them are sick.  Oh yes recycled air in a middle school in winter!   Anyways,  I started to get a sore throat on Wednesday, and sounded like a man on Thursday.  Went to work on Friday, which if any of you came by you in the AM then you might of heard me, not pretty. I had called my sister, and one of her daughters answered the phone "mommy there is a man on the phone for you." was what they heard, they didn't even know that it was there Aunt!! Saturday was even better and I didn't talk to people because it hurt too much.  Sunday I was so tired I slept through my two alarm clocks, and was only up for 5 hours then went back to bed, so I could open Monday and Tuesday.

Now for this being just a cold it is kicking me my butt.  I am so tired, and just moving from one place to the other is exhausting.  Wednesday I stayed in bed all day and now today I am finally doing homework and trying to find somebody to work for me tomorrow.  I don't know what his is but I am going to be really happy once it is done because you never get the same things twice, right!

Well I want to end on a positive note, and that is I am only sick, not dead or in the hospital.  It could always be worse...

The Wall

Well I have decided that I have hit my wall.I would love a vacation.  A vacation from everything.  No homework. No school. No work. No paperwork.  No bad knees.  No phones.  Just me in some foreign place where I know nobody.  ahhh.  But that is not to be.

  I am a PACE student. A student that doesn't know what a summer vacation is.   A student that doesn't get the luxury of a three day holiday weekend.  That must work full time time to pay bills and school.  An individual that spends their days off in a middle school so that she can graduate on time. 

I know that there are others out there who are like me who are just tired.  Who would love to go somewhere and not look at a computer screen for a month!  It is also those who keep on trucking and see the light at the end of the tunnel.  That keep encouraging one an other and make our vacation that could be as simple as going out to dinner with friends.

Knowing that there are others out there, also in misery makes me stronger.  ( I know that is morbid, but it is true.)  These ladies give me strength, friendship, and encouragement.  They in a sense are part of my foundation.  So knowing that I have hit my wall, I also know that it will soon crumble for I have the foundation that will stand through anything.

Running... not a good idea

So I had said that I was going to try running after not being a active runner for many years.  Well today I realized that I had been making the right choice all along.    I got on the treadmill, (dreadful things) and stated off at a nice stroll slowly building up speed.  I was going along at a fine pace, moving my arms, breathing and all the good stuff thinking that this isn't so bad, when all the sudden it feels like my IT band is a rubber band.   I immediately got off the treadmill and stretched and walked around.  It has been a few hours and still I feel miserable.   Of course I had to try out my new adventure on a Friday night and a three day weekend! Classic.  Oh well lesson learned.  No more running for me!

Running

Well today I'm going to try something new.  I am going to go running. I haven't ran since I played soccer and that stopped in 8th grade.   I have done other activities, but running is not one of them.  I have always claimed "bad knees" and now that I have "bad knees" I'm actually going to try it.  I know it makes no sense, but that is why I love it.
I'm just go to see how far I can go before I fall over and wand to die because I'm not getting enough air in my lungs. Oh the things that we do to entertain ourselves...

Exam 1.

I just finished taking a 12 page exam for one of my classes online.  I was not very impressed.  Considering that I am learning how to make a valid exam I know that the exam was not valid in any way.  Anyways  I had to spew.  I just love the classes that are so beneficial to my education! 

Sunday!!!

Well I now have Sundays off which is amazing.  I really wanted to go back to bed after church and watch old movies, and sleep.  Well that was not to be.
I decided to be a good student and do multiple quizzes, assignments, journals, and a book review.  I was extremely disappointed. I didn't want to spend my day looking at my computer screen, racking my brains till it hurts.  But now I can "be ahead" for a few days. 
After I complete my studies for the day I will be going to the health club and attemp to get back in shape in the pool.  Hopefully I don't drown! haha