I am running again. My bum shoulder, she isn't perfect, but she's hanging in there. The PT is helping, but it's a painfully slow process. I am not so good at the patience part. But it's helping, I can tell, and running doesn't aggravate it at all, so I'm running.
Running after taking two months off is not the blissfully easy joyful thing I'd hoped it would be (and really, what the hell was I thinking?!?). It's hard. TWSS. Everything feels labored and heavy and difficult. And oh my GOSH slow. I think a part of my brain just figured I'd pick up right where I left off and everything would be PERFECT. It's so not perfect.
But I am SO HAPPY that I can run again. So happy, in fact, that I am trying my best to ignore how hard it feels, because I KNOW that I'll get back to where I was. Again, an exercise in patience. Sigh. On Saturday I ran 10 miles with Kim, and it was a slow, plodding 10 miles, with a couple of walk breaks to eat and drink (because I'm breathing so hard that I can't run and do either at the same time anymore). But! I ran 10 miles! And I was so so happy for the rest of the day. And hungry. Haha!
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| HAPPY! photo by Kim :) |
I went to strength class for the first time since December last Friday. Dude. Again, stupid me thought I'd pick up where I left off. And I hung ok during class, for the most part. But OH MY GOODNESS was I sore after that. My abs! Oh I used to be strong. And I'll be strong again. But not yet.
Also, did I tell you all that I have a job? For a while now, I'd been helping Kim's husband, Steven, with his small business at Fake Meats. It started out that I would help him when he needed me (when he was out of town or particularly busy) and it's morphed into a regular, three days per week part time job. It's still strange for me to actually think of myself as having a job, but I do. And it's been a challenge for me to schedule my days as such. But I'm getting used to it, and extremely grateful to be able to contribute a little something to my family without messing up our family logistics too much.
So lots of starting from scratch. It's going to be a good year, I can tell.
