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Day One


I slept through my alarm for 5:00 am.

My husband couldn’t sleep last night, which means I-as a light sleeper-couldn’t sleep either. Then my special needs daughter woke up at 5:45 am cold, and I had to give her a bottle. We both fell asleep until 8:00 am.

This is not how I pictured the FIRST DAY. But, it is realistic.

I ran @ 5.0 mph for 15 minutes. Whereupon I felt like a lung was going to collapse, my heart was going to burst, and I was going to choke on the clearing out of my sinuses. Then I walked @ 4.0 mph for 15 minutes and again barely made it to the end. This is what taking a month off gets me. However, I ran 2.25 miles which is only 0.25 less than my best time.

But, I did it with no iPod (drat those bored kids in the backseat of a car) and I got a shower today. Pretty good for me. Also, I did not eat the cookies.

I had breakfast at 11:00 am during which my special daughter vomited on the couch. In ten minutes it will be noon, and my husband and three kids will be expecting lunch.

It’s been a good day.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2010 at 6:36 PM

    ^_^

    I've loved Neti pots to help with breathing. Srsly, they're amazing, and no drug side-effects! The only con is that your nose can randomly pee on things if you don't get it all drained out...which...can be gross.

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