- Friday night: stupid stoner neighbor's dad is blaring stereo again until 2AM. I should have been able to fall back asleep, but I took some Tylenol sleep just to be sure.
- Saturday morning: Have a hangover from the Tylenol sleep, and I bag my bike workout after 1:15, and no run afterwards.
- Saturday afternoon: The chainrings that came with the Ergomo are defective, but my LBSG is going to swap out some Franken-combo of Shimano and FSA. I also now have a Campy front derailleur because the Dura Ace didn't fit on my miniature frame.
- Sunday: Get a good night's rest, but feel dizzy-ish; not sure why. Manage to have a good 1:30 run on a flat trail.
- Today: Having a great swim, almost done, and bonehead woman swims into my face! My goggles literally break in half and I lose a contact lens to the water. She calls it an "honest mistake." Not me, lady. On the plus side, she's offered to pay money to replace the lens. On the negative side, I'm not sure I have a legitimate phone number for her. I think she's got some mental issues. On the plus side, got an eye exam and switched to soft lenses, which will be a lot more comfortable, and the eye doctor is a triathlete!
- Today, continued: Call my insurance company to get them to fix THEIR PROBLEM of sending my flood insurance bill to the mortgage lender! This happened last year, and my mortgage holder yelled at me like it was my fault!
- Today, continued: Call my FSA holder because they sent me a statement but no check. Thankfully, they are cutting a new check for $200 to me.
- Today, continued: Received notification that my primary care physician is no longer part of the network I am in. It will suck to switch, but switch I must.
Some days, it seems like life is a bunch of mostly crap with some bright spots thrown in there just to keep you from "snuffing it," as my buddy Alex would say. While I am not having those sorts of thoughts, sometimes things can appear a bit overwhelming. And then I hear about others, like my coach, who has had a couple of bad bike crashes in the last few weeks (he's OK, thankfully--I told him to stop crashing), and yesterday I spent about an hour on the phone with my friend, Matt, who's in hospital in Germany recovering from back surgery. At least Matt will not be redeployed to Afghanistan, so in a perverse sort of way, his back injury was a blessing in disguise.
I'm sure that once the eyedrops wear off and I am no longer light sensitive or nauseous (light sensitivity and nausea go hand in hand for me) and I get in a short run and some weights that my outlook will improve! I don't think the week can get any worse, so here's to things picking up!
6 comments:
Where did this woman run into you?? Do I need to watch myself at the pool??
Hey - things can only get better...hang in there!
Bunch o' crap is right! keep the faith, it's always darkest before the dawn (insert other inspirational, over-used sayings here).
Wow, here's to a better week. A head-on collision while swimming, now that's a freak accident. Wild!
Wow someone sure hit you with the "life' bat this week. Though it seems you deal with stress extremely well.
hang in there sheila, it may be a down week but usually my down weeks are followed by one heck of an up week, so you've got that coming!!!
Holy Moly - did she just not notice there was a person in the pool or are you suggesting she purposely took you out? If so I'd say 'mental problems' is a legitimate assessment. I'm glad she paid for your contacts, though.
At this point you have your new gorgeous bike (got here via tri-fuel) so congratulations on that! Things must feel like they are looking up.
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