Wanted to give a great big thank you to loftmama, my SS! Despite all the respite stuff she's had to deal with, she really made my late winter/early spring! Thank you so much lofty! (And I did receive your other packages - thought I post, but maybe only in my head?) My older daughter swiped my bracelet, though, and Justin swiped my bookmark. Sigh. At least they are still in my house?
kerc - meant to say before too bad about the jobs. I wish sometimes the universe would be more clear if it's trying to tell me something, you know? But maybe a great other opportunity is going to open up for you both!
Balancin1 - I'm glad your mom's doing okay so far. Hopefully chemo will go very gently for her. In case you (or anybody else with chemo going on in the family) need it, my hospital dietician gave me a great set of recipes and ideas for when food doesn't taste right or it's hard to eat due to chemo.
I also wanted to give a shout out to my friend Ann in case she's lurking. She's a fellow runner whose kids swim on swim team with mine. She won that awful windy race I did - in just under 35:00 for 8K! And she has 5 kids from 2-11! I've tried to get her to chime in, but with no luck so far. Her dh won the men's race in some ridiculous time also - 27 min or so?
I don't feel great, and I'm so hoping this is nothing but PMS. My left lower abdomen feels achy, worse when I step hard on it, but running was not bad last night. Sigh. Maybe it's all race anxiety?
kerc - meant to say before too bad about the jobs. I wish sometimes the universe would be more clear if it's trying to tell me something, you know? But maybe a great other opportunity is going to open up for you both!
Balancin1 - I'm glad your mom's doing okay so far. Hopefully chemo will go very gently for her. In case you (or anybody else with chemo going on in the family) need it, my hospital dietician gave me a great set of recipes and ideas for when food doesn't taste right or it's hard to eat due to chemo.
I also wanted to give a shout out to my friend Ann in case she's lurking. She's a fellow runner whose kids swim on swim team with mine. She won that awful windy race I did - in just under 35:00 for 8K! And she has 5 kids from 2-11! I've tried to get her to chime in, but with no luck so far. Her dh won the men's race in some ridiculous time also - 27 min or so?
I don't feel great, and I'm so hoping this is nothing but PMS. My left lower abdomen feels achy, worse when I step hard on it, but running was not bad last night. Sigh. Maybe it's all race anxiety?
Sorry, i couldn't help myself!
Thanks for the welcome, that makes it easier to jump right in.
I'm getting better, though. I figured out that if I start where there's nobody around, then I'll keep going when I do come across people, because I'm so motivated to keep going at that point, that it just doesn't matter as much to me anymore. but it's still a little difficult for me. I'm in awe that so many of you run in races. Maybe I can get there at some point?! I still end up walking a fair amount. I jog until I get winded, then walk quickly for just long enough to catch my breath, and then start jogging again. I've made so much improvement in the last few weeks though, so I'm really hopeful about getting better at this.
It really is. We're glad you jumped in. 
)" day for me, so I'm trying to get my nerve up to go to the Zumba dance fitness class this morning. It is so completely out of my comfort zone, but I really want to try it.
that pic. So awesome.
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: that i'm not exactly having the babymoon i envisioned. 
: i'm worried about dh of course, but every time he has to take a pain pill it throws us out of whack. no hope of a sense of feeling on top of things until this is over.
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