Dawn's Journey to a new Me

Ok, well I didn't stop exercising or watching Biggest Loser or end up in a hospital..... I just allowed someone else to use my computer and they signed me out of hotmail/windows live and I couldn't figure out my login.  Ooops!!  I kept thinking it was the name of our site.  Finally I realized hubby and I have separate logins....and THEN I remembered what mine was.  Thus are the hazards of letting your computer remember you so that you don't have to login every time.

 

So what's new.....

 

Hmmmm... I crashed my bike and survived.  One of the wheels didn't and I had lots of scrapes and bruises, but it's all good and I'm pretty much healed now.  It was the MOST fun ride ever, until I crashed.    Jane and I rode from Mt. Laguna to Julian.  Ok so Jane rode all the way to Julian and I stopped (crashed) a few miles short of the destination.  Thankfully Josh (my son) was our support vehicle and he rescued me.  I'm still not sure exactly what happened.  We think maybe the tire blew out and then I overreacted with my brakes... All I know is that I felt like I went down into a hole that didn't exist and I remember mashing my brakes... won't be doing that again anytime soon.  Unless I'm wanting to practice my acrobatic skills.

 

On Monday I rode 40 miles!!!!!  Then I got back on the bike on Tuesday for my normal commute and I won't say that it was "easy," but it was much less hard!!  Today, I'm resting.  I'm pretty darn sore so I'm taking a wee little break.  I still have weightlifting tonight so it's not a complete "rest" day.

 

And.... My foot is feeling AWESOME!!!  I'm not quite ready to resume walking or hiking, but the pain has decreased significantly.  It was barely sore at all this morning!!  Hallelujah!!  I am sooooo glad I listened to my intuition and looked for a solution that didn't involve surgery!!

Haven't had much time to post because we are in the final preparations for my son's Eagle Court of Honor.  Family flew in today, hubby came home this morning, we have a family dinner tonight, set-up at the church and then the big shindig is tomorrow.  Who knew it would be so much work??  Ok, so maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if I hadn't forgone housecleaning for so much bike riding the last few months.   

 

At least all I have to do at the ceremony is sit back and watch. 

Last week feels like a blur to me.  I went to work and I tried to do everything I was supposed to do, but I was like a zombie.  Between the headache that would not die and all the meds, I just kind of drifted through life.  This week is going MUCH better.  I still have a bit of a headache, but now it's more in my ears and for some reason that's more tolerable.  The best part is that I feel like me again.  I have energy and I actually want to do things.  We even cleaned the carpets on Sunday!  Last night I rode the whole way home AND still did the dishes and worked on some other projects (compared to climbing in bed and staring at the tv all night).

 

My ride home last night was soooo much fun!  The weather has finally turned here and it's not so oppresively hot.  There was a Santa Ana yesterday so it was warm, dry and windy but as soon as the sun started to go down it cooled off.  I could literally feel the temperature dropping as I rode home.  At one point I thought I might have to stop, when the wind was blowing straight at me and almost pushed me off my bike.  Thankfully it tends to come in gusts and it stopped quickly.  Then I turned and the wind was pushing me along.

 

When I got to my "big" hill at the end of my ride, I absolutely loved it.  The sun had pretty much gone down and the full moon was HUGE.  I slowly pedalled up the hill and just enjoyed the weather.  The weirdest thing was that I could  feel the cold creeping up from the ground.  Loved it!!!

 

Not only did it feel good to completely finish the ride after all the mishaps lately (sick, forgot lights, chain came off, last-minute meeting...) but I felt really good and strong the whole way.  I remember when I would get winded at the beginning of my ride and wonder how I would possibly make it.  Now I just enjoy myself. 

Even though I battled my headache all day yesterday, I felt great during weightlifting.  I used to get out of breath walking down to class and doing some of the excersises, but yesterday it all felt good.  I increased some weights.  I breezed through my workout and I felt good and energetic when I was done.  I was excited for my bike ride and rightfully so.  It was one of those days when everything was easy and smooth and fast.  I was barely sore from the Tour de Poway.  I flew down the big hill and then suddenly my headache went into overdrive and I knew it wasn't safe to ride the rest of the way home.  Josh picked me up and I called Kaiser.

 

Long story short, I didn't end up having to go in (they were all booked up).  I answered a bunch of questions, described my pain and what I had tried and they gave me a long list of things to do and called in some prescriptions for me.  Works for me!  I didn't relish the idea of sitting around at urgent care or the ER with my head pounding. 

 

I'm feeling better this morning and I'm hoping I can get my sinus' to drain enough that I can ride tonight without any problems.....because the rest of my body is loving it and ready to go!!