I can't begin to tell you the amount of stress I've experienced over the course of the past month or so. Life has been a whirlwind, an upheaval, an up hill climb all the way. Grandma's marathon was an exhilarating race but since then, well let's just say I've been in a funk.
Our house has been on the market nearly 2 months and it finally sold just 3 days ago. It wasn't a smooth process either, lots of back and forth battling to finally get to the last bit of paper work. So, with that done, we are moving tomorrow. I have been packing nearly everyday for a month and I'm finally down to the last bits to be packed. During this time, our foster baby was brought back to her parents so that was an emotional time for us all. She left our home just 2 days before Grandma's so I had many thoughts to think through during the 26.2 miles. The situation with this baby and her family isn't good so the case will stay open through September, we're still hoping we'll have a chance to adopt her.
Running? That's a different story all together. I've tried to at least run 3 days/week but even that feels like a struggle. I find myself needing to stop at least once each time I run and I'm only going 6 miles each time!! I think mentally I'm toasted, that's the major problem. The other is that I was so focused on succeeding at Grandma's that I really went overboard with the vitamin regime, eating properly by depriving myself of sweets/junk, cutting out Coke, drinking gallons of water, yuck!! Now, all I feel like eating are sweets, junk food, red meat, and any drink BUT water. The saving grace has been my running partner! She's finally been healthy enough to run 5.5 with me so that leaves me with NO excuses when she shows up at 6:30am. We even swam one day at Bush lake even though I was so freaked out by the dark, murky water that I wouldn't swim past the buoy with her!!
So, now the moving truck comes first thing Monday morning and by the afternoon, we are all in the car for the 20 hour drive to NC. I'm looking forward to the new scenery, nicer weather, and new running paths. :) Then we'll unpack all the boxes I just packed.
