Bitten By the Bug

Oy, I think I caught p.j.'s illness of last weekend.  I swore I wouldn't get it, so maybe it's just something else.  Either way, I feel pretty ick today.

Last night found me lying on the couch, thumping my Nike+ sensor on the couch in order to rack up some time.  This cheat was justified by my iPod cheating me on my morning run.  While p.j. was dropping me off, I noted that my iPod was dead.  Oh.  No biggie, I can still run.  But I want credit for my run!  I timed the run and clocked the mileage on the way to work, then duplicated it as best as possible with the cheat for my records.  Let me tell you, it's not so easy to fool Nike+.  It was hard work getting it to buy my faux run!  This morning p.j. did another drop off, and this time I had a fully charged iPod, and Nike+ did its thing as I did mine. My lungs labored more than normal, for sure, but the rest felt great.

In the mornings, I have been bundling up the nekkid spots in order to avoid having that one miserable piece of flesh in agony.  I am even warming my air.  p.j.'s is loaning his windstopper/face warmer to me, which is keeping my nose from the intense ache of huffing on cold air.  A fleece earwarmer headband and a fleece beanie both keep my ears and head nice and cozy.  p.j. is also loaning me a fleece neck warmer.  Fleece gloves, a flashlight and...other protection are the final touches.  Did I mention all of these items are black, as were my pants?  p.j. took a picture (while snickering), which I will try to post.  The whole ninja effect was ruined when I donned my bright orange jacket.  Oh, well I guess ninjas don't generally wear white running shoes either, eh?

Goal Checkup!

A revisit of yesterday's goals:

1. Running frequency:  I planned another run via drop off by p.j. this morning, but realized I had no long running pants or shirts left to wear.  That's a potential problem of not planning well in advance, I suppose.  I was sad to miss driving out with my man.  I still have plenty of time to get in those runs this week, but do not want to put it off.  I plan to run tonight (can wear less clothes due to day time warmth!) expediting the process so as to be able to shower and be presentable in time for our core group, or tomorrow morning after washing running clothes tonight. Tonight I plan to wash running clothes.
2. Water consumption:  I got a full quart in before noon, but didn't get the Kerr refilled because the filtered water is so far away.  At least 50 feet.  Yeah, I know.  At about 6pm I gave up on a migraine battle and took a shot of Imi, which knocked me out for 12 hours, and I wasn't drinking while sleeping.  A quart is improvement, though, so today I will concentrate on not being grossly lazy; when the first quart is empty (it's over half way there now), I shall get up and refill it!
3. Eating:  Throughout the day, I was attentive to what I ate, avoided grazing and had regular sized meals, not going back for seconds.  I was fully satisfied and felt pretty good about how it went.  Of course, I'm sure that sacking out at 6pm helped out by shortening the day.  I'm instantly down 3 of those 5 pounds, so I have to assume it was largely (ha ha) water weight.  Today, I will keep up the intentional eating.
4. God date:  Yesterday I sacked out on the couch from the Imitrex shot, but when p.j. got me up to go to bed, I couldn't go back to sleep.  So I got up and chatted with God, read some Bible & study stuff.  I felt the reconnect, wow, and I don't want to drop that again.  I know He honors my time spent being in His presence.  Today we have a tight schedule, so if I don't have time for running and devotions, I will spend time with God and shift the running to tomorrow morning.

On maintenance of other goals achieved, I am still taking all supplements and am still off of Topamax.  I can't remember any other goals, so I think that's it. Journaling this stuff has been an immeasurable help.  Oh yeah, and I have kept up my unspoken/unwritten goal of journaling through this process.  I have been praying about all this for so long, in little snippets here and there and in longer bouts.  Sometimes I am really surprised that God wants to change my character to deliver something good into my life, rather than just zap me and make me better.  That shouldn't surprise me by now!  I love losing the old me, whom I am leaving behind, and I embrace the renewed creature I am (very slowly) being changed into!