YOU GUYS. I have been waiting on biposy results all week and freaking OUT under the surface. ALL IS WELL, though, and I am SO GRATEFUL, I didn't tell the kids (obvi), and I have been trying to be col, but you all know THAT IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT. So. Anyway. A few things that help lately:
1. This lavender balm for my cuticles and hands. My mom buys me this stuff, and I love it. It smells amazing, and I try to remember to put it on several times day-- sitting in the car waiting for kids, before class when I'm in my office, at night when I am watching TV. I keep tins everywhere.
2. Tiny schedule tweaks to make life easier. Sometimes these are things I am subbing in: takeout on Tuesday nights, for example. Door dashing food to Dorothy at dance on Mondays. Sometimes, these are things I am adding like 15 minutes mentally blocked off to set up my work bag or morning running gear. I have also added a ittle spot to my daily planner page for sketching out the next morning in minute detail so I know when I need to wake up, what order I need to exercise in, if I have time to have coffee first, etc. I am OK with a variety of ways to schedule my early morning routine, as long as I wake up with a plan-- otherwise I will just bed rot. In other instances, these tiny tweaks are things I am subtracting. This week, I decided I would not do couch to 10K because I am supposed to run for 67 minutes, and I don't know if I have time because Ben is in GA with Cooper for a dive meet W-S. So! 30-minute runs it is.
3. The entire Anne collection on Audible. I finally had the courage to listen to Rainbow Valley and Rilla, even though I know WWI is coming, and, as a mom of war-aged boys, current foreign policy news is so terrifying. Listening while I grade is **chef's kiss**
Egads On top of everything else you were waiting on biopsy results this week??? Glad everything is okay.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you ditched the Couch to 10K plan- it sounds like it just won't work at this phase in your life. But you can still train for a 10k!!! Just find one day a week (if possible) to do a longer run and you'll be fine.
Glad you're finding another night to celebrate Ben's birthday, lol. The teen party sounds like it will be, um, festive!
Only for THIS WEEK. I am back at it next week :)
DeleteI am glad your biopsy results came back clear. That is so stressful! I understand your decision to not tell your kids - I wouldn't either. It's best to shield them from things like this so they don't needlessly worry. I think ditching the 10k plan makes sense. This is just not your era for 60+ minutes of running on top of everything else. There will be a time when you could do it, like in the summer maybe when you aren't teaching if you have kids home to watch Minnie when she wakes up?
ReplyDeleteNext week! I will do it next week :)
DeleteSo glad the biopsy was negative. I get in a tangle when I'm waiting for results too. As my friend Julie said to me once "I'm mentally trying on wigs." I mentally try on wigs every time I get a test/ biopsy.
ReplyDeleteI have that Goodman book on hold! I like her a lot.
When the US was talking about annexing Canada, my boys both talked about "joining up" and I just had to stop typing for a moment and stared into space for a while there after I typed those words. Anyway. You understand.
I'm so sorry you were dealing with the stress and uncertainty of a biopsy in addition to the normal stresses of the week. I love your idea of listing out the morning routine in your planner the night before--I may steal that. Also, I don't have audible, but I might get it just for the Anne of Green Gable edition.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for good biopsy results! Those are stressful days. I remember being angry when my mom didn’t tell me about such things, but I was about 30 and felt like she was keeping things from me. I would not tell kids about this kind of thing either.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad you took time off from you couch to 10k. Jenny has good advice about only needing one long run a week, though I know you’re enjoying this process so want to do more when you can. <3 I love that you have gotten so into running.