The important thing today was that the cardio routine was a little better. I didn’t do any more than I did on Monday, but I didn’t have to stop as often today, and I recovered quicker. 87 days to go. 27 days until the next weigh-in picture.
And on a side note … Cindy’s already mentioned it, but last weekend, while cleaning out the garage, I had this little area on my back that just started itching like crazy. I thought I must have been bitten by something while cleaning. But when I looked in the mirror, I saw two more isolated rashes. Was I bitten by something during the night? A couple of days went by, and I finally googled the symptoms and came up with shingles. Shingles? Ugh, so itchy.
Here’s what I think happened. About a week before our trip to Portland, I started to get sick, and I wasn’t getting any better as our departure date neared. I was getting worse, and by the time we left Oklahoma City, I was in full sick-as-a-dog mode. And what are you supposed to do when you get sick? Get plenty of rest? Nah, I was on vacation, and was running around all the damn time. At the very worst — the second day in Portland, first full day — I had to go back to the motel room around 3:00p, and napped for hours. We had been up and about since 8:00 that morning, and soon after a late lunch (awesome salmon and dungeness crab chowder, btw), I was done. The next day, Brian and Amy arrived, and from that moment on, there was no stopping. I guess I pushed myself way too hard, further weakening my immune system, and this is what happened. And if you want to avoid getting sick a lot, it really doesn’t help to babysit a 3-year-old germ magnet who now goes to pre-school with a bunch of other germ magnets.
So, anyway, today, the doctor looked at the rash for about a second, and said, “Yep”. Criminy. An hour later, I was laying out $50 for $250’s worth of meds, eating a not-so-good-for-me-but-yummy breakfast sandwich from Sonic, taking seven pills, and speeding off to work. I was there maybe 10 minutes before I started getting a little buzzed and loopy. Fun times.
That was about it: had a doctor’s visit, ate some fattening food, went to work high on meds (didn’t get crap done), and did my cardio workout with Cindy. But, before we came home, we did pick up a 24 pocket over-the-door shoe organizer, which we’re going to hang in the office and fill will gadget chargers. We got the idea from an issue of Real Simple a couple of weeks ago. We have tons of gadgets and the chargers are scattered everywhere, and when they’re not scattered, they’re buried under more gadget chargers. It’s not the prettiest solution, but it works.
BTW, I did update the starting picture with my body measurements. Just sos you know.