Well, I did a big number on myself Friday night climbing.  I felt a shot of pain from my ear to my shoulder when I was rock climbing.  I managed to finish the route but after, it was nagging pain.  In the morning, I felt like I did after my bike wreck.  Difficulty moving my neck and just dull pain concentrated in a knot over my shoulder blade.  It hurt to raise my arm above shoulder level.  I barely made my 1 mile to keep the streak up but I forced myself to do it.  No doctor but I prescribed myself dinner out and laughing with my daughter for her 21st birthday then home for more icing of the shoulder. 

Sunday I wasn't as tight but still sore.  I felt a little lopsided running but I made it through a very pleasant 10 miles.  I started off easy, run/walking around 13 minute miles for the first 5 miles then brought the pace up to 11 minute miles so I averaged 12:01 mpm.  My legs felt fine.  I probably could've made it through more but I had to meet a friend to see One for the Money.  What a disappointing movie!!!  I was good with some casting but Katherine Heigle and Jason O'Meara were not who I would've cast for Stephanie and Joe.  Nope.  Love Jason O'Meara in other roles but not this one.  His tan got to me.  Was definitely sprayed on. 

Now I'm fighting a sneezing fit of a cold.  Happens every time I see my niece and her friends, the little germ bags of preciousness and precociousness.  Ahhhhh, kids.  Bring on the menopause!

My water broke at 5 am and I called my doctor and my dad. 

About this time 21 years ago, I was dropped off at the hospital and my dad said he'd be back after . . . after?  After what?  Church.  And lunch at TGI Fridays.  So just hang out, no way I was having that baby today.  I was 4 weeks early and it's Superbowl Sunday.  I guess most people don't have kids on Sundays?  He's a doctor, he knows better than me, right?

 

And so he left.  My family came by after church with the courtesy of taking TGI Fridays to-go instead of eating on site.  After they were done eating and watching Better Off Dead in my room, the hospital moved me to another hospital with a better neonatal department and larger televisions in the labor/delivery rooms.  This allowed about a dozen medical staff and family members to watch the Bills vs. the Giants while I was propped in stirrups.  When half-time started, that's when I was supposed to push.  Coincidence?  Maybe.  I know I was finished in time to watch Jon Secada fall through the stage. 

Mommy has not watched an entire football game since and only knows who Tebow is because stupid runners are starting to do it as they cross the finish line as other runners are crossing.  I guess they like getting kneed in the back.

And that is the abbreviated story of your birth, Kiddo!!  I think this story earns you a beer from mom!  Happy 21st Birthday!!

Well, technically, yeah.  It was kind of a stomach ache.

Sunday was 10.5 miles, Monday 3 miles, today 3 miles.  Day 58!!

ETA: HA!  WTF is going on with my webpage coding?  I wrote the word com-ment in the title and it changed it to "pancake" so I think my coding for my ratings made it to the body somehow.  Just pretend the title makes sense.

I'm trying to stick it out 2 more years in this profession.  It's the promise I made to myself with all the screw ups I made raising my daughter that I would fulfill this responsibility.  I think you'll have a moment like that, maybe more than a few when you have your child (I am responding to @oceanstarr).  She's completely something you and your husband both created and you get the greatest honor of helping guide her through life.  And then one day realize . . . crap, I have to pay for all this and have to do it in a way that the kid doesn't realize I'm panicking!

That last part, money's so major a resource but minor in importance of things to value. 

I think that's what it comes down to is money is feeling less and less important as my middle age days tick by but I can't forget what not having money had me resort to way back when.  I have a little bit of creativity in my genes but practical creativity got the best of me in the past.  It's important not to become despondent about money and sometimes I can let it get to me like the twinges of an old injury.

I have to figure out an acceptable middle ground or stick out these last 2 years. 

Also, Day 55 - 3 miles.  I slept in this morning and worked this afternoon.  

When I first got to the office, I docked my laptop and caught up on e-mails to see if the business exploded during my scant 4 hours of sleep.  Apparently it did.  I now have a GAAP audit on one of my companies on top of my STAT audit on top of the SOX assessment by another auditing firm and the GAAP audit on my other company and the related audit on the parent company.  And I'm training the new guy on the old general ledger.  And we're converting to a new general ledger.  During one meeting today, I had a bit of a shaking problem.  I couldn't calm down.  I was kind of in a panic. 

So I ran 3 miles.  I felt better and more focused but it didn't seem far enough.  I stood outside the office and looked down a street thinking "If I start running, I can keep on running in that direction and never come back.  Yeah.  That's it.  That's what I wanna do."  I could've run a marathon today if it was a Run Away from Work Marathon.  I bet it would be a personal best, too.

I'm on day 54 of the run streak and tonight I swam 1.3 miles nice and easy. 

My new work computer and network keeps me from blogging of late so I'll get here in the evenings . . . which unfortunately for the short term have also been eaten up by work.  Still keeping the run streak up, family physical stuff getting better, my daughter is still awesome and my dog is still adorable. 

I think I need to find a new job.  Pronto.  9-5er.  Sure, way less money.  But normal hours.

I posted something in protected.

So this week was packed with work but I still managed to keep the streak up with 3/2/1/4/2/5 and tomorrow hoping to find time to get in a 10 miler in the cold early morning.  I swam later last night for 1.25 miles and that was good.  Most of these runs were crammed into lunch breaks or a break between meetings.  One day, I got to work at 4:30am and didn't get to eat lunch until 2pm.  That day was packed with about 5 large cups of coffee and I was jittery.  Resting for tonight. 

Sunday was 1 mi swimming drills and 2.25 mi running trails.  Yep.  A super short trail run full o' mud.  I fell down twice which defeated the purpose of the shower I took after swimming.  Oh, well!

Monday was 3 miles easy run.  I've been workin' hard.  Didn't think I'd make it to the gym but got there at 8:30.  That was Day 43.  Going for at least 60 days in the run streak.