I'm really not sure why I'm posting this on here - I don't particularly want sympathy... it has just been a bad couple of days for me. And I really don't have bad days super often. I don't get down very easily and can usually manage a lot of stress well. I just woke up with some crazy hormones, almost like I couldn't control my mood and my normal crazy life all of a sudden seemed difficult. Mostly, I think it is the extra hormones from my IUD (which I made an appointment today to get taken out b/c I'm tired of its side effects). But on top of that, I hurt my knee last night and I am really really sad about it...
I've been training for a marathon lately (my second attempt after recovering from a previous injury the first attempt). I've been feeling great and have been very careful about taking proper care of my legs. Last night, I was supposed to run 5 miles & the group I run with was going to run 4. So, I decided to run the first mile on my road before I headed over to meet the group. It was 10 o'clock @ night and so I was a little freaked out about running by myself. But, I was staying close to my house and I had my car keys in my hand and Jared was in the playroom - so I figured that if anything happened... I could just hit the panic button on my keys and Jared would come rescue me, right? So, I had just done 2 of the 5 little loops that I needed to do. I was turning around to go back for a 3rd time and this teenage neighbor of mine was running full speed toward me and started screaming at me - "Who are you? What are you doing?" Needless to say, I panicked (all I saw was a tough guy in a tank top running as fast as he could toward me). I started yelling at him that I lived here - I was just exercising - that he scared the crap out of me. And the next thing I knew - I couldn't run even one step without pain. It turns out that this kid thought I was up to mischief by his house or something which is why he came chasing me. I have no idea what happened, but somewhere in that turn... I did something to my knee that has left me with sharp pains if I even attempt to run even one step. I have a friend who is a podiatrist and he looked at my leg tonight and he thinks that I tore some cartilage in my knee - I think he said the medial meniscus. Anyway, it is expensive to fix and takes weeks to heal. After just finishing two months of rest... I just can't help but cry when I think about not running. I am really sad about it. And I better stop typing about it so that I can stop crying about it. I hate hormones!!!
Colby is in the talent show tomorrow at school singing the Waldo & Darla version of "L-O-V-E" so I'm sure that will bring me out of this terrible, awful, no-good, very bad DAY!!!
And for tonight, I wasted a bunch of time seeing how many words I could type in a minute... does anyone else enjoy things like this as much as I do?? I am such a nerd! - AND, I don't type this fast all of the time... it took MANY MANY MANY attempts to get this score.
83 words
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Bad Day!
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6 comments:
sorry about your rotten day. i had knee surgery at fifteen to i feel your pain! hope it gets well soon!
I'm so sorry, Melanie! I hope that your knee heals quickly and that things start feeling better. I TOTALLY understand about hormones - I never realize how much stuff effects me until I stop taking things/get IUDs out. Good luck!
Melanie - your blog is super cute. Mine really needs help, but I feel pretty good about it right now when it's updated. I am really sorry about your knee. I had several setbacks myself while training. Once with my knee - I ended up seeing a physical therapist for. And once with a never-ending cough (I actually missed 2 weeks of training during the last month). I remember really getting stressed out about not being healthy for the sole reason that I might die on the run if I didn't properly train. I can't believe you are going to run a full marathon - is this the one in San Francisco just for women and everyone gets a necklace from Tiffany's at the end? I followed a 12 week training schedule but I really wish I would have started it 6 weeks early to account for all the missed training. Although, I probably would have had more knee issues if I trained harder and longer. Who knows? I think the key to these frustrating trainings is persistance - just not losing hope when we have to keep starting over again. Alright, I'm ending my comment because it is beginning to sound like a novel. Good luck!
sorry to hear about your injury and what's up that guy running up to you? creepy & freaky!!!
and, i'm addicted to the typing test too, but you are WAY faster than me!!!
You are way faster then I am at the typing test too! I did it and embarrassing enough I got about 41 words a minute. probably because I am pathetic and still have to look at the keyboard. I am so impressed that you are training for a marathon. Sorry about your knee-that stinks. You are such a good example. You make me want to work harder at being in shape. (Though I doubt I will ever run a full marathon. Right now I am shooting for a half marathon in February) I hope it heals quickly and you can start training again soon.
Mel, I hate rotten days and by the sound of it yours wasn't any fun. But I always try to think that if we didn't have the rotten ones how would we know the good ones... I didn't come up with that one myself, believe it or not, but it always seems to help me a bit.
Love you guys!!!!
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