LONG 2 weeks

Sep 22, 2013

Ok, I have been out, but I have very valid reasons.

 Wednesday 9/4 I left for Texas!  I visited with my niece, her hubby and their turning 1yr old son - my littlest superhero!  We mostly stayed around the house or ran errands to get ready for the big "FIRST" birthday party.  I ate some crazy stuff, but did ok overall.  I stayed until late evening Sunday 9/8 and headed home.

I got home around 0315 Monday morning. COMPLETELY exhausted - I'd had to stop several times to get out and walk or even nap a few minutes.  At 0619 my dad called me to come to their house - never a good thing. I ran down there and he was unable to awaken my mom.  She would flutter her eyelids, demand to be left to sleep and drift back off.  We called an ambulance and later that day she was admitted to ICU where she stayed for 6 days and 5 nights.   She was septic from a bladder / UTI, which caused her CHF to act up, which caused her BP to drop dangerously low. Her potassium was also dangerously high.  She was hallucinating and drowsy.  Tuesday night we called in family from Texas because the docs said her kidneys were failing and they put in an access port for dialysis to start the next day.  Wednesday the docs postponed dialysis because she was doing a tiny bit better.    Friday the kidney doctor said "Those are not the same kidneys she had on Tuesday".

THANK YOU, GOD!

While she was in the hospital I ate like a crazy person. Seriously.  Seriously.   And only trained one day (when I thought she was doing ok).  SO - from Wed 9/4 until Thursday 9/19, ONE training session.  And horrible food choices (quality AND quantity).

My mom was discharged home on Wednesday , 9/18.   I started back with the trainer on Friday, 9/20.  It was ugly. UG - LY. I literally fell doing box jumps  :(  so embarrassed.   And then , after all of that hard work - I ate like a crazy person all day long again.

I am exhausted.  Mentally, physically , emotionally.  So I know that plays a big part for me in how I eat and make my food choices. No rest in sight as I am on day 2 of 12 work shifts.  All until midnight.  That wraps up with the last shift on Thursday 10/3 and my Triathlon is Saturday 10/5.   I am going to suck.  I had planned to laminate a photo of Dr. Friedman and take him with me on the Tri, as a way to dedicate my efforts to him and his fight against cancer.  I am afraid it would horrify him to know he was with me and I sucked.

I have missed 3 weeks now of my half marathon long run training.  It is Nov 17.  I am going to suck. Again.

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