Day 3,956 —Suddenly Sick—

 

I was happy that I felt good. Especially considering how much I had to get done and do for Tuesday, I was wearing my weighted vest all day in my running clothes and just waiting for the right time to go out.

Sarah was sick in the morning, which seemed odd because she had been fine the night before. However, Felix was sick the night before, so maybe she just got what he had, but Felix was fine in the morning, so it was also confusing.

I wasn’t hungry, which seemed odd, but at the same time, sometimes I am just not hungry during the day.

I had a feeling I should try to get everything I needed mostly done before I ran, so I didn’t start running until close to lunchtime.

My gloves were dirty, and although I had some other pairs somewhere, I figured I wouldn’t go that far from my house, and it would be fine with my bike gloves.

I did feel good during most of this run, but my hands were in such pain I started freaking out. I reminded myself of how many times I had been here before and pressed on. When I got home, my hands were in so much pain I went from running warm water on them to putting them in front of the heater. It was so painful, but I also felt like I could be sick, so I was drinking so much water too. I realized suddenly I had almost nothing to drink all day. So, there I was drinking water on the ground with my hands in front of the heater, and I was sick and couldn’t keep any water down.

I don’t know if I am sick or just dehydrated, but I cannot keep water down, so I am taking the position of lying on the ground. For the next five hours, very little changed. I kept thinking I would just feel better, but it had not happened yet.

When we were both finally able to go to bed and try to make it through bedtime with the kids, I was exhausted and still unsure of what tomorrow would bring.

Last night I woke up every half hour or hour and got a glass of water, but I could use some ginger ale. I cannot remember a recent February when there was more sickness going around. I still haven’t eaten anything but I feel better than I did yesterday. 

I don’t know what is going to happen today, but I know at some point I am going to go out and get another run-in. It might not be this morning, but it is going to happen.