Lack of Sleep Weekend

I was sick over Memorial Day weekend and started feeling better on Tuesday morning and opted to stay home on Tuesday.  I went into work on Wednesday and worked until 9:45 ish which was good and fun!  Not.  

I did a repeat on Thursday night and felt like I was getting sick again.  Well I need to add that I slept about 3 hours a night.  I know my body needs 7 - 8 hours of sleep when I am healthy and for sure at least that many when I am recuperating.  So no surprise that even after I had a blessing on Friday night and only slept 3 hours I felt like a truck had run me over.  I ran a quick errand to take a cake to memorial service and apparently looked worse than I thought.  So I came home and chilled for the rest of the day.  I tried to nap but I couldn't.  I did decide that since I had not really slept more than three to four hours for four consecutive nights that going to girls camp was probably not a smart choice.  I was not willing to get sick at camp or come home sick.  As soon as I made the decision I found myself ready to go to sleep and slept for 7 hours that night. 

I have to say there was obviously no working out and surprisingly enough I didn't do any crazy eating.

I have to say this morning I woke up congested and with a headache and still felt bad about missing camp.  Sad but I know I made the right choice.

Day Two

I said I would post but I am not sure how I am functioning.  I only slept about 5 hours last night.  I just got home from work around 9:40 PM and I did my posting about my upcoming HS Reunion so I am up late again.

My congestion is back which made it hard to work out this morning along with my sleep deprivation.  

I had the Vanilla Shakeology for the 2nd time and I am still not too happy with the flavor and I think it may be the Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk.  If you know me I am not a fan of milk so the fact that I am not gagging when pouring is a huge win.  I will try one of my other flavors tomorrow.

The eating was easy.  I am supposed to eat every 2 hours but my work setting made it a challenge today and well I am busy with month end reports and multiple projects and a short week before a week's vacation. 

Night and I promise I will do better at blogging about this in more detail. 

Officially Day One

I only slept three hours last night or shall I say this morning so I am going to make this short.  After spending Friday through Monday in bed with a severe cold or flu I finally made it to work.  

So I finally fell asleep around 3:30 am and woke up around 6:40 am.  I wanted to keep sleeping but I couldn't so I thought I'd give my first 30 minute work out a try.  So as I started I felt good and wide awake and kept going.  I jumped in the shower and packed my food for the day and off to work I went.

Day One is for the 21 Day Fix.  I enjoy working out but I have not made it a priority for a while.  I am determined to make a change and so here we go.  

So now I am off to bed.  Day two here we go!!!!

Bette Midler In My Life Official Video

Tonight or maybe this week I have been reflecting on my life.  I usually only do this once or twice a year (Christmas as we approach the New Year and July when it marks my baptism as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).  The past few days I have though of some specific things so let me share with you.  

• I have been very blessed in my life.  I had a mother and a father who for some reason or another chose to give me a better life than they could provide and game up for adoption.  
• I had a mother and dad who chose me to be their daughter.  While they divorced, I still had a better life than anyone could have imagined.
• I moved to the US at the age of 6 which provided me with even more opportunities than my birth parents probably even ever imagined.  
• I keep thinking of my mom who passed away on December 26, 1993.  I wished she would have had a healthier life that would have allowed her to be the mother she probably wanted to be.  Never the less, she was a great mom to me even through her illness and taught me to have compassion - I may not have learned that if she hadn't been sick. 
• I am also thinking of the first friend I lost, Michelle L McGrath who passed away on April 25, 1994.  She was such a caring, fun, and giving person.  If you have ever heard me say "Dude" it is because of Michelle.  So in my own little way she is living on every time I say "Dude".  She also taught me to greet and say by with the peace sign so maybe I will work on doing that again.  I know I will see both Michelle and my mom one day and that will be such a sweet reunion...I can hear Michelle welcoming by saying Dude, I can't believe you did ........

I also have found myself singing the following verses of one of the few Beatle songs I like and think the words are very fitting for my mood.

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed

Some forever not for better

Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

So, If you are reading this - I want you to know that no matter where we are in our lives or in our friendship you will always hold a special place in my heart and I probably have one or two memories of you I think of every now and then.

"If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead." -- Gusteau (Ratatouille)

This morning I was able to get up and going at 5:50 AM.  I managed to get out the door by 6:59 AM and on my way.  As I got to the intersection of Crenshaw and Lomita I realized I didn't have my crutch with me!!!  I did grab my brace so I thought about going back home getting the crutch and coming back to the office but figured that would defeat my purpose of getting to work early without traffic and rain.  So today I walked slowly, very slowly with my brace on and no crutch.  It was a long 9+ hour day.  

I left work early enough to get to the 7-11 that has had a couple of winners.  Three tickets purchased.  I have to admit as I passed a hole in the wall liquor store in Long Beach on Willow I thought that's where you need to buy your tickets.  I almost made a U turn a couple of times but then thought no go the 7-11.  So much for my previous post of listening to your promptings.  I am too tired to check if I won.

"Inch by inch, row by row, I'm gonna make my garden grow." Micah's mission president

I like the quote my friend shared from her husbands mission president.  We need to remember that things grow or change an inch at a time a level or row at a time.  We just need to water (do hard work) and be patient as our gardens grow.  Thank you Heather for sharing this with me - I love it! 

So as you may or may not know FB has a memory flashback and it shows you posts you wrote in previous years.  A year ago  today, I posted:  I was able to ride 9.91 miles at level 5 in 30 minutes and I felt that showed I had to be at the gym more often.  When I shared it today I noted the outcome at PT today:  Today at PT 0.83 level 1 in 10 minutes. Guess I have a ways to go. Oh and still doing 3/4 circles. 121° bend.  I promise in a year I will post that I rode 10 miles in 30 minutes at level 7, if not more.  (yikes its out here in blogger world).  Oh, and now you see how why her response fit so perfectly to remind me to keep things in perspective.

As part of being better at scripture studying and prayers, I made a note to keep in my prayers this week a friend and at least send her a text to let her know I was thinking of her.  However, after PT I felt prompted to go to Trader Joe's buy some flowers and pick up a card and drop them off at her house.  I was looking at cards and I saw one and I thought perfect!  Then my human mind said:  No, it is too loud and bright not what you want to give her for today.".  Fortunately, my spiritual mind spoke quickly and loudly and replaced the previous thought with the following:  "No, today she needs to get this card."  

I have to admit I thought she is going to think this is a goofy card but I like it so she'll just know I am a goof ball.  Turns out, that it was the perfect card.  

Now my purpose for sharing the above is not to boast but rather to remind you - when you feel a prompting to do something DO IT!  

"The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?" Henry Ford

I am trying to be the woman that thinks she can!  The picture to the left is from two years ago.

Today I was scheduled to return to work and while I have been driving myself to PT last week which was a total of one mile two times a day I would have a 27 mile each way journey I was excited and nervous.  I was excited because it would mean I was really moving forward but it also meant I would be stuck in traffic.  Then I learned on Sunday that all this week it is supposed to rain which makes the commute a tad bit longer!!!

This morning I woke up at 6:30 am and just got ready to go.  I left at 7:05, there was no rain or traffic so I arrived at the office at 7:40 am.  A miracle in my mind and I felt confident driving.

The day was busy and lots of people welcoming back and some surprised that I was using a crutch.  While I can walk without a crutch very slowly I opted to use a crutch and forego my brace.  I do not use the brace at home so I just knew I had to be careful.

Glad to say I left work at 4:50 pm and felt tired.  Stopped on my way home from work to get some soup as I am getting over my cold and want to take some with me tomorrow.  

My knee was sore so I took a couple of Tylenol's and iced it for about half an hour so it feels a bit better.  

Now resting and wondering how early I will be able to get up...if it is raining too much and too hard I will be able to work from home as I have PT at 2 tomorrow.