I guess I run now

A rough workout day today & I’m all excuses about it. Topmost among those excuses is the stupid (and I’ll just add: stupid, stupid, stupid) tornado warnings & sirens of the last three days. Yesterday I heard the rain hit & the neighborhood kids screaming when it interrupted their play & I remembered being a kid & getting caught in one of those awesome sudden spring showers, lovely.

Seconds later, I was feeling considerably less nostalgic & much more frightened. Got the leash on the dog, grabbed my running shoes & my emergency bags (something I came up with when we started getting these warnings last week) & by the time we were ready to hit the basement, the sirens started. 15 awful minutes tucked in a basement corner with an old mattress as a fortress….the mattress was an idea I got during the sirens on Saturday, so we actually have a cozy little nest to run to now.

No tornado, thankfully, but a lot of trees down & a lot of people out of power last night & today. I waited til I saw blue sky & loaded the dog into the car to look at the new house: a few trees down on the street, but our place was fine. Today I waited until the heat abated a bit & took the dog for a walk: 20 minutes into the walk I heard the sirens in the distance…not in our immediate area, but we hightailed it back home anyway.

Okay, exercise update: yesterday’s run wasn’t great…I struggled to run for 15 minutes & ended up walking/running the rest of it. I may have tired myself out doing the strength training (arms, abs, & back) first, but my sore muscles today tell me I needed to work those muscles. I have another appointment at the new house tomorrow morning (the inspector found a non-dangerous mold in the attic that needs attending to), so I’m going to hit the gym after that for a run.

& food today: Breakfast: bran flakes & blueberries; Lunch: big salad with 2 oz salmon & asparagus, 1/4 cup cottage cheese; Snack: WW chocolate & 12 pretzels; Dinner: Lean cuisine Bar-B-que chicken pizza & salad; Snack: 80 calorie Fiber One yogurt & 1/4 cup bran flakes.

Cheers ya’ll!