Last week was a little rough, I came down with a stomach bug on Tuesday night and was out of commission all day Wednesday and barely functional on Thursday. I started felling better Friday finally and was able to squeeze a workout in at the gym on Saturday before the weather turned bad. We had freezing rain, thunder sleet, and even snow from Saturday through Monday morning. Thanks to the rain I missed my weekend run.
This week started out great considering the rough weekend we had. I ran Monday & Tuesday after work. Wednesday is a rest day for me because the twins have gymnastics from 6-7. Then things took a turn downhill. The hubs was sick last weekend with an upper respiratory infection and apparently I caught it. It reared it's ugly head Thursday morning when I woke up. I immediately called my doctor to get a steroid shot and some cough meds to try and prevent it from becoming bronchitis or pneumonia (both are going around bad). Luckily she said it didn't sound like it was too bad in my chest yet but she also said no running until it cleared up. She said because it was below my neck, in my chest/lungs, running (or cardio) can actually make the infection worse and cause it to develop into bronchitis or pneumonia. She said if it was above my neck, like a head cold, then exercising is fine as long as you're up to it. So there's that. A respiratory infection and no running. Plus, I was feverish Friday & Saturday so I chose not to take my contagious ass to the gym to share my germs. You're welcome.
So here I am on Sunday. Still coughing. Somewhat congested (that started last night). And just wiped out physically. I took my elderberry syrup in hopes to fight it off quickly and do feel like I am improving (no fever today). I also bleached all the hard surfaces, sprayed everything else with lysol, and am washing our bedding in hot water. I am determined to get well overnight tonight. Determined.
Tomorrow, I plan to wake up feeling better. I will have my gym bag packed and ready so I can get my Monday afternoon workout in after work and start the week off right. 2017 hasn't started out quite how I would have liked but I refuse to allow it to defeat me. Life is difficult sometimes. We just have to keep pushing forward.
Here's a couple recent pics of the twins. Ellison is a total diva. She has a huge personality and is pretty happy most of the time! Ethan is much more reserved. This was his first time to try ice cream. Ethan has severe food allergies so it is difficult to find safe foods for him and then when I do find them, he usually refuses them. I try not to get frustrated. Maybe God designed him with a natural defense against his allergens by making him super picky.... Or at least that is what I tell myself.
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