Hooray!!!! I can swim again! These past 5 days have been brutal on me and especially on those around me. You know when you're around a smoker who really needs a cigarette and you both want to strangle each other? That was my life. Apparently I'm addicted to exercise and I was off of it cold turkey. Long story short, those bad days are behind us and today I was back in the pool! I swam a solid 300m and felt pretty good about it. I followed it with a 5 mile bike ride that was ridiculously difficult. Too much too fast? And without a proper breakfast or dinner the night before? Yeah, probably just an all around recipe for disaster. But I feel great that I'm back in the game. ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL THE TRIATHLON!!!! AHHHHHHH!
Do you ever just wake up, take a big breath of fresh air and feel totally grateful to be alive? Ok, so I don't. But I also don't wake up wishing I hadn't anymore and that is certainly something to be grateful for. You see, I went through a very long, very dark phase in my life where every day was not a blessing, I couldn't enjoy a pretty day and I begged the earth to swallow me whole. I had things on the horizon and did a pretty damn good job of faking every normal human emotion so no one knew what was going on. The only one I didn't have fooled was myself and unfortunately at that time, mine was the only voice I heard and the only opinion that mattered. Without going into detail I'll just say that there was a point when I hit rock bottom. And as I sat there and finally felt solid ground under me I realized that I was no longer falling. What was more important was I realized the true benefit of rock bottom, the ability to put your feet on the ground. When I ...
I am so glad your shoulder is feeling better! Yay! :)
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