SBF, Reboot Boogaloo, July 25

Mary, that bench looks like it would feel and hurt so good.

V, I hope you get some cooler weather. Without AC would be miserable. That's why I decided I don't want to live in Russia (or visit) during the summer. It can get up to the 120's in Moscow (like last summer) and very few places have AC. Yuck. Send some of that rain and cooler temps down here. I think we are in week 6 of 100+ temps or something like that.

Livi, how are you doing today? More energy?

I'm fried and it's only 11 am. Steve didn't sleep well last night due to anxiety with work (a massive project gone wrong and the other tech is gone on vacation all week), so I didn't sleep well either. I still plan on doing week 3 day 1 of C25K today. It requires 3 minutes of straight jogging, 2 times. I hope I am up to it. All I want to do is nap, and I will at some point. My house is still clean, so just light cleaning today. I also have to pull out baby stuff from the storage room to give to my friend. It's hard to let it go but it's been sitting there 5 years and hasn't been used. It's replaceable. If I ever have another baby then we will just get different stuff. But it is still emotional for me.
The house search continues. Steve is checking on one that he really likes (other wise he wouldn't be checking on it). The price is right and it's in the city we want to stay in. But he hasn't heard back and the for rent sign wasn't up in the yard. One person he talked to said she thinks it's still available and he waiting to hear back from another person. Praying praying praying!
I went to get blood work done this morning for my thyroid (should get results tomorrow), talked to a nurse about switching thyroid meds to something cheaper, and got the order for the hormone test. Then we went to the pharmacy to get the hormone saliva test. I have to wait till the 21 day of my cycle to take the test, which thankfully is just ten days away or less. I have to spit in a tube first thing in the morning, no drinking, brushing or eating before hand. If I can't fill it up, I have to freeze it and finish filling it the next day. Sounds fun right? It checks everything though! DHEA, reproductive hormones, cortisol, etc. I'm excited to have it done. I won't get the results for two weeks after I take the test. So just in time for us to leave for Russia just about. :laugh: I sure hope I am feeling a little better by then anyway. My headaches haven't been as severe the last two days, so that has helped a little.
So I am going to have an early lunch, work out shortly afterwards and then take a nap. Or maybe nap first then work out. Depends on whether the toothpicks hold my eyes open long enough.
Tests and hopefully answers boogaloo!

Okay, I hope someone posts before I post this. I look like I am talking to myself.

Quick post. Busy morning, hopefully lazy afternoon. We hardly slept last night and I mean hardly slept. I had pains and felt wide awake for the most part. These are symptoms of the thyroid problem. I will call doc's office this afternoon if I don't hear from them first. I hope I hear from them today. I suppose it could be tomorrow before the results are back. I think we both were also overwhelmed and excited about the possibility of moving too.
This morning I went to the store before seven to get some food to make a meal for my cousin. She is having a rough pregnancy. I got it made and I'm going to drop it off to her after horse therapy. Then we may have lunch with Steve. After that probably a nap. (I hope I make it that far.:laugh: ) Then I want to start going through our closet or something and get rid of stuff and more organized. Tonight we go look at the house. We could be moving in about three weeks! Yikes! Miss I will be home in about 5! Yikes! We are crazy to attempt this.
A LOT going on boogaloo!
MM

Morning pebbs,

MM, the house sounds awesome, and I really hope it works out. Mary, I'm only a little jealous.

Today is work, then a trip to the gym for couch to 5k on the elliptical and some sort of resistance. Then, rest. Yesterday we went to see the Harry Potter movie, so that was fun. Also, the heat broke, so now it's still hot, but not crazy hot. I hope you Texans get rain soon.

Rain soon, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

How are all my pebbs this morning?

Well, yesterday was newsy. My thyroid came back normal which was not expected. But the doctor is really good about looking at the body as a whole and not just numbers. Since I have symptoms they may have changed it just a little. I got back in a month for more lab. They put me on a medicine that has the T3 and T4 combined, so I only have to take one pill a day instead of four! I just hope it works well. It's suppose to be the exact thing I was on just in different form. It's also $100 a month cheaper! So I hope it works out and I don't have too much going into my system etc.
The house: well, we loved most everything about it, but it's a little...odd. There's three things that we didn't really like. First of all, there are no ceiling fixtures in the bedrooms or the living room. They apparently were removed at some point because there are light switches. We assume (have an email out to them) that the light switches at least control a socket or two so we can plug lamps in. So we'd have to buy at least 6 lamps to get adequate lighting. It looks pretty light during the day, but I need a lot of light or I get depressed. Steve knows that so he has been reluctant. Also the walls are painted brown. I can live with that. Steve didn't like it. Thirdly there is no access from the inside of the house to the garage. You have to go out the front door and unlock the door to the garage which is right next to the front porch. Otherwise I really liked the house. It's old but it's clean and nice. Steve found another house (4 bdrm) this morning that just showed up. Location is really good etc. So he emailed, she already emailed back and is going to send interior pics. It's $50 more a month but it's also over 100 sqft bigger and has an extra bedroom. Anyway, that's more than you all probably needed to know. We are going to try to look at this other house today, hopefully by lunch, and make a decision today.
I did not sleep well last night again, though better. I am struggling with anxiety. I wish I was not. I have a lot I want to get done today: day 2 of week 3 of C25k, hair cut at 1 (yay! so overdue!), and I'm going through my closet to start getting rid of clothes, shoes and reorganizing. Time to get this wagon moving! Even if we don't move soon my house will be ready when we do. The scale is not going down but I can tell I am shrinking a little. And I have runner's calves so that makes me happy. We will also go to church tonight and plan to go get frozen custard/ice afterwards.
I am really chatty lately. Hope that's not annoying.
Lots going on boogaloo.
MM

Morning pebbs,

I managed the C25K week 2 day 1 yesterday (on the crosstrainer, not the treadmill) but I must have had high adrenalin, because I needed to keep upping the resistance/incline. When I got off, I had serious jelly legs.:laugh: then I did my little gorilla trainer workout (it was squats and pushups) and that was enough. I'm enjoying this little trainer app. The workouts are just enough to feel like I'm doing something resistance-wise, but they don't take up a lot of time. Perfect for work breaks. In other news, I slept like a baby last night.

I retain water in the summer more than the cooler months, Mary. . .just a thought. I also suffer from big calve syndrome. Cowboy boots are cool, but I can't wear most boots that zip up. I have to find the ones that come in "large calf" varieties, or fork over the money to get them fixed at the cobbler. Which reminds me, I keep meaning to take a pair of riding boots to the cobbler. But I digress. . .

Today is therapy, recovery from yesterday's workout (so maybe a walk, but not much else due to jelly legs/sore hams and quads and calves and pretty much everything). and good food choices. I am doing good in the "eat, but don't binge department." Although I am suffering from a bit of a watermelon and cantaloupe (is that really how you spell it? my computer and I disagree about that "U") addiction. Beats my last "eat ice cream for dinner" problem.

Watermelon, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Good morning!

Mary, my rings are definitely tighter in the summer. I have had them slip off in the winter. And in this long summer heat I imagine it may be worse since there hasn't been a break in temps for weeks.

V, watermelon and cantaloupe are a step up from ice cream.

Livi, I also feel lazy if I sleep in past 7. Saturdays are kind of hard for me because Steve wants to lay in bed for awhile and cuddle. It's usually at least 8 before I get out of bed and I feel like I've wasted half the day by the time I get breakfast made etc. Isn't it a great feeling to get the house under control again and just doing maintenance cleaning?

Well, as you may have seen, we have a new house to move to. We can begin moving in August 13th but we have the last two weeks of the month to completely move in. I can not even explain to you the blessing of this house. It is absolutely gorgeous (older but well maintained!) and it is huge! I will eventually post pictures on FB. The master walk in closet is big enough to hold a full size bed in it at least! There are large closets everywhere. The yard is huge as well. She wanted us to move in sooner so they wouldn't have to keep the yard up anymore. :laugh: Having my old camaro there is not a problem (as long as it's out of sight) because they worked on old Ford Mustangs (69 Mach and a 70 fastback, Mary, and she has had at least two other ponies). That in itself is such a blessing. We were concerned about it. She said the neighbors are awesome. Oh and it's a four bedroom house so Steve can now have his office. She's never rented before but she is very attentive and takes good care of things so I think it will work out great. She could have gotten at the very least a few hundred more dollars a month for this house, easily. So really it was a total God thing. There's no way else this would have happened. There's one quirk in this house: one bedroom has vertically lined blue and white wall paper. We walked in the room and instantly I thought that would give me migraines. Before we even said anything she said if we didn't like it she would paint over it. :happy: I was already trying to figure out how to cover it up!:laugh:
Anyway, on to work out news. My legs are cramping at night from running. Maybe I need more potassium? It's one of the reasons I am awake at night. My calves are big (zip up boots have to be large) but they are getting more toned. I don't see or feel a difference anywhere else though. I really thought I'd be losing weight by now. Today is grocery shopping and starting on the packing. (I still can't believe it!) I am thinking my neck pain/headaches/ clenched teeth are sinus related. I have no congestion but my head hurts so bad. I finally took some sinus medicine and it seemed to help. It's weird not to have any head congestion and just have a lot of pain. We need rain. Maybe that would help.

Whirlwind boogaloo!
MM

Mary, Steve would love to have solar panels installed on our house. Of course we rent but if we ever buy we may do that.

V, sounds like you had a similar experience in Chinatown as we do in Russia. No English signs and you use props and "sign language". :laugh: (Does anyone else have a problem spelling the word "language"?)

Livi, where are you? How are you feeling?

CP, where are you? How's your ankle doing? Was your PT able to help more?

Mummsy, WL, and the others, we miss you!

Well, I was truly blessed at the "baby" shower last night. It was really sweet. I brought home like seven gift bags of clothes! Goodness! She has everything but shoes, so I will go out soon and try to find some for her. It looked like everything would go really well with her red hair and brown eyes too. Now I really want her home! I miss her!
I didn't get home and in bed until 11 which is way late for me, but I did sleep until 5:30 this morning. It's not long but it was uninterrupted. It's been weeks since I have slept straight through. I woke up that early because my leg was cramping again. :grumble: It was fine when I went to bed so I thought it was getting better. Maybe I should put ice on it or something. I don't know. I have pains but I've never had pain like this last for days after working out.
Plan for today: pack some (starting to feel the pressure as Steve booked the moving truck and set dates to move all the utilities over), hang out with my sister, go show her the house, go to In N Out for dinner and go watch the planes. It's going to be a fun day. I kind of feel like I am in la la land. I don't feel like I'm in a big hurry to get the house packed up. I think it comes down to the fact that I don't think we have as much stuff as we probably do, so I'm thinking I can get the bulk of it done the week before. I tend to do that and then I am under pressure at the last minute. Must not do that.

No concept of time boogaloo!
MM

Great news, Livi!

Congratulations, Mary 17 years is amazing, and I hope you celebrate all week, in the manner of a birthday.

I just found out that Sunday Zumba is cancelled for the next 3 weeks.:grumble: So, I may go to the gym later. I'm considering getting on a spin bike and pretending I'm outside (and it's not 90 degrees +). I forget that the city all but shuts down for August, or at least my neighborhood, where a lot of folks are rich enough to have summer houses up farther North flee the city. I enjoy it, because my vacation is an uncrowded neighborhood, but it's a bummer that most gyms cancel a lot of classes during August. Talk about "first world problems", huh? "Oh, no I have to go to my other gym, or exercise in the comfort of my own air conditioned home to a Zumba DVD." I am spoiled, and trying not to be a brat. "also, there are no crowds anywhere. . .boo, hoo.":laugh: (this is a game my husband and I have been playing lately when we complain about problems that are not problems.) Warning:this game doesn't work with actual problems.

Today is work and rest other than that. I have to get a "how to finish this dang chapter, for real" plan in place. I've considered even abandoning it and working on another one for a bit, but I will give it one big push before I do. I want to stay on target, so to speak.

problems that are not problems, boogaloo.:flowerforyou: