Ahhhhh crap. Did I run today? No, I did not. Becuz? Why becuz of my damn knee. Well, the what I believe to be pinched nerve that runs behind my knee cap and causes a searing pain when it flares up… which seems to be when I bend it. Which is totally required when running (and why, I believe, Zombies do not in fact run. Rigor mortis seems to prevent joint bendage. Just a theory.) So, unless I plan on running a 10K with Zombies, I’m going to need to use my knees and figure out this whole pinched nerve/pain thing pretty darn quick.
I will be running tomorrow morning regardless. Becuz. I need to. Just a little 3 mile jaunt.
Food yesterday got a little high in the calorie range, but it was all healthy… well, mostly. I had a couple of turkey burgers in whole wheat pita pockets, a ton of salsa with a few tortilla chips, and a ginormous smoked salmon with cream cheese omelet (when we went to breakfast at Toast with my grandparents. It’s called the Nova Scotia omelet… and I expected it to be a bit better, actually. Not nearly as good as the grilled chicken with pesto omelet I had the last time. Mmmm….)
Unfortunately, I slipped back into old bad habits today and ate almost nothing to make up for it: one light cheese stick, a fat free yogurt and a palmful of roasted sunflower seeds. Yep, that’s it. I know. I should have eaten a low calorie but solid menu today. What can I say? I wasn’t hungry. Tomorrow I’m back on track for sure!
I have to drive my grandparents to Napa tomorrow morning to catch the Wine Train (my mom booked them an excursion for my grandpa’s 88th birthday present.) Then I have to go back in the afternoon to pick them up (its just a 4 hour trip through wine country.) Sooo… that will take up a good chunk of the day. I’m so behind at work it’s not even funny. Oh, and I’m supposed to do payroll, the bills, make deposits, I have a couple of orders to fill and ship, I have a couple of boxes that have been sitting by my desk for over a week that need to be entered into our system so we can SELL the merchandise inside them, I have special orders that should have been placed last week… well, I could go on and on… I just feel buried up way past my eyeballs.
I spend several hours today dealing with my grandparents and the facility where they’re living. I won’t go into details, but it’s an extra stress that I just don’t need right now. My mom is not here and basically unreachable and so it all falls on me. I know that I’m almost 40, but I feel like a kid in way over my head trying to deal with grown up responsibilities that I don’t know if I’m handling right. I’m really short and people usually think I’m in my 20s, so I often get treated like a naive kid too. I need to learn some self-confidence and quick!
Posted on September 8th, 2009 by firefly
Filed under: daily blathering
They wish they looked 20! Everyone has their pros and cons. Sorry you had to deal with their bunk. Have a good week. Take good care of the knee!
sounds like you need hugs! :: huggggggggs ::