And everything goes round and round, round and round, round and round...
Yes, it's my third time with vertigo and I'm loving every minute of it. It started on Friday, so perhaps by this weekend it will have abated. It's worst in the shower (no glasses, have to keep a hand on the wall at all times) and in my cube (something about everything being grey, I think). It's most noticeable when I try to read (work), think (work) or walk down a grey hallway (work). I hate that I'm not really able to be particularly effective at work, yet I don't feel sick enough to stay home.
Given that I had a cold this weekend (still have a gross sounding cough) and slept for 14 hours on Friday night, it's quite apparent that I'm not 100%. I didn't run over the weekend, for obvious reasons, but I managed 3 this morning without too much difficulty (either breathing-wise or falling-down-cuz-the-world-is-moving-in-unexpected-ways-wise).
I'm worried that the pup might have something going on. She's put on 9 lbs. in the past year (despite cutting back on her food) and isn't as muscular as she once was (despite her running with me 18 to 30 miles per week); one of the three liver enzymes is elevated (ALT is at 444, normal range: 14-151); and yesterday she started limping upon getting up(which resolves itself after she stretches some and moves around for a couple of minutes), though it doesn't seem that she could have injured herself. She's 8 1/2 or so. I'd hate for this to be Cushing's. She'll have more blood work done next month.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
November blahs
It's November, and although I'm delighted with the outcome of the presidential election, I'm still on tenterhooks about Minnesota's Senate race. Let the recount begin!
Running has been hit and miss, mostly miss. Things haven't felt right, my left foot has been bothering me and it's so dark and cold in the morning. I'm experimenting with trying to get up at a consistent time, so no more trying to fit in a run at 4am on early morning orchestra days. That means that I'm going to try to run M W F Sat Sun, which gives me a four day in a row stretch. We'll see how that goes.
In other news, little boy was hit by a truck two weeks ago while riding his bike to school. Despite being broadsided, he is ok for the most part. There is some lingering pain and he is on light duty as far as ski practice goes. But it could have been so much worse. We are still trying to get the police report. They gave us a hard time about it the first time we went to get it. Next time, I'll be little boy's attorney, not his mom. Grrrrrrr.
Running has been hit and miss, mostly miss. Things haven't felt right, my left foot has been bothering me and it's so dark and cold in the morning. I'm experimenting with trying to get up at a consistent time, so no more trying to fit in a run at 4am on early morning orchestra days. That means that I'm going to try to run M W F Sat Sun, which gives me a four day in a row stretch. We'll see how that goes.
In other news, little boy was hit by a truck two weeks ago while riding his bike to school. Despite being broadsided, he is ok for the most part. There is some lingering pain and he is on light duty as far as ski practice goes. But it could have been so much worse. We are still trying to get the police report. They gave us a hard time about it the first time we went to get it. Next time, I'll be little boy's attorney, not his mom. Grrrrrrr.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Update
Hours worked as election judge: 15
New voters I registered: 450
Tally coming out dead on (1599 ballots): priceless
New voters I registered: 450
Tally coming out dead on (1599 ballots): priceless
VOTE!
Just not in my precinct! Ack! It's crazy, crazy busy at 06-08 in St. Paul. I'm a registration judge, so I get to help people fill out same-day registration forms and check their IDs (and send them to another precinct if they're in the wrong place). We'd gone through 2 pads of reg. forms by 12:30 when I left for my break. Lots of lines, both to get in when the polls opened at 7 and for ballots once we started moving people inside the gym. I've only run across one or two people who were ummm... dissatisfied with the process. Everyone has been really excited to vote and willing to write their names 4 times in order to register. Several people have left and come back with the proper ID when they didn't have it the first time.
I got up at 4:00 so that Sky & I could run five. I'm glad I did, I was awake anyway, but I'm going to be so tired.
The only election gossip I have is from my own polling place and it's secondhand. A woman went to get her I Voted sticker (she voted early) and there was some private security guard lurking around trying to get into the school because he was "hired to be there." By whom, we don't know. The head judge in our precinct kicked him out (100 feet away from the polling place, thankyouverymuch). Apparently, there had been five complaints already about this guy by 9:00 am. Weird. I wonder if it'll be on the news. Not that I'll see it.
Break is almost over. If there's anything interesting, I'll mobile-blog it. But really, just lots of filling out forms.
I got up at 4:00 so that Sky & I could run five. I'm glad I did, I was awake anyway, but I'm going to be so tired.
The only election gossip I have is from my own polling place and it's secondhand. A woman went to get her I Voted sticker (she voted early) and there was some private security guard lurking around trying to get into the school because he was "hired to be there." By whom, we don't know. The head judge in our precinct kicked him out (100 feet away from the polling place, thankyouverymuch). Apparently, there had been five complaints already about this guy by 9:00 am. Weird. I wonder if it'll be on the news. Not that I'll see it.
Break is almost over. If there's anything interesting, I'll mobile-blog it. But really, just lots of filling out forms.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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