Somehow it always sneaks up on me. My knees start to twinge when I run, then they do it again on the next run, and the next, and finally I start to suspect it's not just my knees. Then I try to remember how long I've been running in my current shoes. This time it had been almost a year, which is way too long. I was in luck though, the newest iteration of my current shoe of choice came with PURPLE stripes! How could I go wrong with purple shoes?
I took them out for the inaugural run and they felt great. Then I didn't run for over a week and a half. I got sick. I never get sick. I couldn't even blame the kids this time; I managed to pick up some virus all by myself. It started out not too bad, a little congestion, a little coughing. Then the headaches. But it was a busy week at work - end of month, with reports to run, accounts to reconcile, revenues to report, etc. So I worked shorter-than-usual days. Then I was beat by the time I got home. And the kids had all their activities and final exams, and Dan had evening work functions that he had to attend. He very rarely had evening work functions, but he managed to have 2 the week I was sick. And I kept getting worse. I couldn't go to tap class because of all the coughing. I had to cancel the run I was supposed to lead on the weekend (the very first time I had a runner signed up to join me!). I finally gave in and took strong medication that knocked me out on Saturday, and Dan took care of kids' activities and cooking dinner. I just vegetated on the couch and napped. The slow day helped a lot, but here I am, almost 2 weeks since it started and I still can't shake the sore throat. At least I'm not coughing anymore. I ran twice this week (short and slow) and I could breathe and I didn't cough, so at least I'm closer to normal. I'm very frustrated though. It's the last week of school for the kids and we have things to do and I just don't have the energy for it all. I probably should have taken a few days of downtime to try to knock this out of my system early on. Ah well, this too shall pass. Eventually.
We have survived finals. I say "we" because even though it was the 3 kids who took all the finals, I was the one who had to make sure they got to bed at a reasonable hour, woke up in time to get ready and catch the bus, remembered books, calculators, pencils, etc. and ate a good breakfast. The last final exam was this morning (whew!) and tomorrow is the very last day of school, mostly social time for the kids. Then on Saturday we are driving out to Six Flags amusement park - a trip that was organized by our AFS (American Field Service, exchange student organization) group. I will be driving 4 or 5 teenagers to the park in Massachusetts. The kids can enjoy their freedom from school right away. I'm going to bring a good book and sit in the sun.
It's been a really full year and I always find myself looking forward to the end of the school year just as much as the kids do. We have a relatively light week next week and will hopefully all get a chance to rest up a bit and organize and put away some of books and papers from the school year. I have projects I'd like to get done during the summer, like painting, some big cleaning projects, building shelves, etc. We'll see how much actually gets done (it's never as much as I think I should get done). I will, however, TRY to enjoy a little relaxation time before I start worrying about summer projects.
Shelley in CT
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