SHHHHHHHH.... I skipped my run today...

I feel SO sick to my stomach.  I'm pretty sure if I went running I would throw up all over the treadmill.  I think my gym frowns upon such things.  My hubby felt queasy all day yesterday, but he was fine today.  Hopefully I feel better tomorrow.  My race is on Sunday - I need to feel good for it!!

My poor little boy.  He was SO obnoxious this weekend - I should have put two and two together.  As I was brushing his teeth tonight I was thinking he looked flushed.  I checked his temp and it was a low grade fever.  I gave him some ibuprofen and asked him if he felt ok.  He told me his ear hurt.  I looked in his ear and saw lots of blood!  WOW that freaked me out.  I got a Q tip to clean the outside of his ear - I wanted to see if I could find where the blood was coming from.  Turns out there was a little circular sore spot.  I touched it with the Q-tip and a big chunk of pus came out.  At first I was thinking it was a pimple but that didn't explain the blood BEFORE the pus OR the fever.  When I looked at his other ear for contrast, I realized how swollen his other ear was.  I guess tomorrow will be a trip to the pediatrician.  I feel so guilty - it seemed like we were yelling at him or putting him in time out CONSTANTLY this weekend.  I wish I had realized he wasn't feeling well.  Poor kiddo!  When he was asleep, I put a dab of peroxide on a Q-tip and touched it to the sore.  Hopefully that helps a bit.  I may try to sneak a dab of neosporin in there before I go to bed.

I'm getting SO excited for my race!  Last night I dreamed that I finished it in 40 minutes!  WOW what a dream!  I honestly have NO idea how fast I'm doing 5k now but I'm pretty sure it's not THAT fast!  I'm so excited to be getting into running!  I can't wait to get my first race shirt!  I hope it fits - it might not fit yet - but it will soon!!  This morning when I got on MY scale, it said 263!  OMG I almost fainted!  I'm sure it's 266 or 267 at Weight Watcher's but that's ok.  Just SEEING a 263 feels pretty damned good!  I think I'm going to do a dance when I see 259!  I have not been in the 250's since I got married!

One problem with getting into running - the fun gear!  OH MAN do I wish I had money for some retail therapy!  HAHA!  I saw these headbands called bondibands... I LOVE them!  This one cracked me up!!  I will have to save up for one!  Maybe I'll get the funny one as well as a plain pink or black one.  There was another funny one that said "suck it up buttercup" - but I didn't want to piss someone off! HAHA  I also need to invest in some more thorlos.  I've tried the wicking socks that are not padded, but I just really like the padding of the thorlos.  Maybe when I weigh less, the padding won't be so necessary, but for now - I can tell when I'm wearing thin socks.  I only have one pair of thorlos - but they are the thinner coolmax version.  I need to get another pair of the wool ones.  I swear - if I had a ton of money, I would make my local running store VERY happy!  HAHAHA  I'm a big window shopper - if you couldn't tell.  I can't buy anything because we're broke - but I can DREAM about buying things. :-P

I guess I'm going to head off to bed.  Maybe a cup of hot tea will help settle my stomach.  Hopefully I will be back on my game tomorrow.  Even though I feel like garbage, I feel super guilty for skipping my run tonight.

Thanks for reading!! -Monica