Hi, ladies!
Dr TC - I'm sorry you didn't have a great week, but I'm pleased you're feeling better and that your shower came off without a hitch!
SoCal - congratulations! New jobs are exciting, especially if they come with life-changing moves too.
Scheherezade - yay for hitting all your goals! Hold on tight for Fire Prevention Week, and I hope you really enjoy your weekend introverting.
I had a bad mental health week. Honestly, my biggest victory was that I managed to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the office every single day. I bailed out of two rehearsals (which is usually my off-the-bike happy place), and spent near four hours walking around Walmart in some kind of haze. Mostly I'm functional but emotionally wobbly, so I'm trying to focus on busy work and not think too much. My husband was incredibly unsupportive when I told him I was feeling shitty, so I've been trying to reach out to my network of girlfriends more.
That said, I did run my hideously undertrained half on Sunday. I knew it was not going to be a PR kind of a day because I hadn't been training and I hadn't been doing my PT. Which.... my knees reminded me about at about the 7-mile mark. It has essentially confirmed that I am done running for this season, and I need to really buckle down and do my PT exercises over the winter if I want to succeed at the Pineland 50K next year.
Goal for this week is to try and ease back into real life again instead of spending the week hiding from myself. I have a board meeting on Friday which I am hoping will not be too contentious. I also had a bit of a meltdown when I realised that I'm the heaviest I've been since November of 2017, so maybe I'll be brave enough to have another go at finding a nutritionist who can deal with my diabetes, gastroparesis, no gallbladder, and multiple-prescription-addled, "just doesn't work well" digestive system.
Wishing you all a wonderful week!
Dr TC - I'm sorry you didn't have a great week, but I'm pleased you're feeling better and that your shower came off without a hitch!
SoCal - congratulations! New jobs are exciting, especially if they come with life-changing moves too.
Scheherezade - yay for hitting all your goals! Hold on tight for Fire Prevention Week, and I hope you really enjoy your weekend introverting.
I had a bad mental health week. Honestly, my biggest victory was that I managed to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the office every single day. I bailed out of two rehearsals (which is usually my off-the-bike happy place), and spent near four hours walking around Walmart in some kind of haze. Mostly I'm functional but emotionally wobbly, so I'm trying to focus on busy work and not think too much. My husband was incredibly unsupportive when I told him I was feeling shitty, so I've been trying to reach out to my network of girlfriends more.
That said, I did run my hideously undertrained half on Sunday. I knew it was not going to be a PR kind of a day because I hadn't been training and I hadn't been doing my PT. Which.... my knees reminded me about at about the 7-mile mark. It has essentially confirmed that I am done running for this season, and I need to really buckle down and do my PT exercises over the winter if I want to succeed at the Pineland 50K next year.
Goal for this week is to try and ease back into real life again instead of spending the week hiding from myself. I have a board meeting on Friday which I am hoping will not be too contentious. I also had a bit of a meltdown when I realised that I'm the heaviest I've been since November of 2017, so maybe I'll be brave enough to have another go at finding a nutritionist who can deal with my diabetes, gastroparesis, no gallbladder, and multiple-prescription-addled, "just doesn't work well" digestive system.
Wishing you all a wonderful week!