july 14th thru 24th

Entry for July 24, 2007

DawnHittingBottleI’ll be 36 tomorrow!

5k run, 30 min after 1.2 walk

30m 3.10 miles 9m 41s /mile

10-19-2006 09;53;33AM

Tuesday July 24, 2007 -

Monday, July 23, 2007

monday

siennafriendsshoppingcart~PRINTtri!~

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clarinetThe usual back & forth today~ Nat’s band/clarinet, CJ’s kidnastics, picking them up, feeding them some kind of lunch, letting sienna drive to her job @ Gram’s with me, then the rest of the day pretty much flies. Today Nat & I went to visit Aunt So at my workplace, and she is doing well with no c/o.Natalie needed some clothing items so we went to the mall for a while, and as usual, nothing seems to fit her the way she desires. Argh…she’s ten years old! Other than that, we had fun :) Si had band practice: Chris is feeling a little better.Going to bed and swimming in the am, hopefully!

short run 30 min, late pm- yikes itsgettingdarkoutthere

30m 3.00 miles 10m /mile

Monday July 23, 2007 -

Sunday, July 22, 2007

my weekly triathaday

We made it to church late (Nat, Si and Chris went earlier).But I’m glad we went. I miss singing, but obviously could not make any additional commitments for this crazy month. We decided that Chris should stay home after and sleep since he’s been sick. Nat Ceeg & I went to the lake, as it’s supposed to rain much of the week.

My birthday will be rainy.

After 2 days sans workout (work sched and having to sleep all day Saturday)…finally we swam at the lake, & went across to buoy about 30x (more than 650 yards/0.4 miles)~ included 100 yards back, lots of breast interm. w/ free….total probably 0:18 to 20 min. 

pm Brick: 15.3 ride (yes, the hills too) in 59 min~slower than usual:legs were unusually heavy.Followed with a one mile run, 0.5 mile walk too. My right calf muscle is really tight & I needed to massage it mid-run. That’s all folks…
18m 650.00 yards 2m 46s /100 yards
59m 15.33 miles 15.59 miles/hr
10m 1.00 miles 10m /mile

Sunday July 22, 2007 -

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CJ kidnastics Slide Show!

Saturday, July 21, 2007

actually saturday

CJ had his last kidnastics for the week (with presentation….pics to come :)
Also, his adhd consult with his ped went well and he will start on adderal. This gives us enough time to see if it will work for him rather than against him. Lots of energy & silliness today. Also I took nat and ceeg to wingate to see my unit and also to help aunt so get settled in! I can’t believe how good this worked out, that I was already sched. to work on her first day on my unit!
BUSY NIGHT!!!! But Aunt So had an uneventful and good first night on my unit, and I was allowed to be her nurse. We even had a chance to talk a little in the wee hours. I brought her knee highs, a small laundry basket, a little clock, some magazines, etc. She ate well and even had a cookie or two.
I did not leave Wingate until 4am this morning, (there were 3 admissions on days and my other nurse had to send out THREE different people from her side to VBH, constant call bells, trach & GT stuff happening, etc!)
I am proud to say Aunt So practically slept through it all :) but she did cough a little. I peeked in on her every hour and she was snoring. I talked with her around 3am and she still has a good outlook and her vitals are great, as usual. I also got an order for benadryl 25 mg prn rhinitis sx or insomnia, but she didn"t need it tonight!
She"s a little concerned about
1. her mail should be held via the post office and
2. she has one bill for the end of the month that needs attention.
It"s now 5am… I"ll be sleeping until the afternoon! No church picnic for me tomorrow.
Tired, but feeling really accomplished. did a lot today…

actually thursday

25m 2.50 miles 10m /mile

r/w 2.4 in 25 min. before work. HUMID. Short n sweet.

Worked 6:45pm to after 1:30am. What a crazy busy night. i hope i can deal with Friday….i have CJ’s kidnastics (and a presentation to follow!), and after that his adhd appt. with his ped. I need to get sienna to work at Gram’s and then SOMEHOW I will have to nap. Then back to work around 6pm. There will be new admissions and d/c’s tomorrow so I need to get there early. Geez. Hopefully less stressful than tonight was…constant constant call bells ETC.Done with my meds around 11:30pm! I usually do not work two eves back to back but I had to take at least 2 out of the 5 days they offered this week.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Ok, so I have yet to fill you in.Haven’t had a chance to think, much less write. It’s been a bad crazy couple of days.My Aunt is still in the hospital, and will most likely be d/c’d tomorrow afternoon. I am working evenings tomorrow so susan graciously volunteered to drive her home for us. We also are discussing her going thru the rehab program where I work :) That would be really good, b/c she’d be more open to it.

Yesterday was I think a possessed day. Everything fell (no, it actually FLEW) apart. Natalie had a breakdown. Then i had a breakdown. Everyone is stressed out to no end. Everyone is affected by each other in such a dysfunctioal in my extended family.

i need to eat healthier.

had an apple and bananna for bkfast while driving natalie to her band lesson, dropping off cj at kidnastics, picking her back up, and driving sienna to gram’s a little earlier today.I also finally bought some new towels!

tuesday: & wednesday ::(I lied, it was actually early Wed.am, that i ran, not tuesday… but I wanted to run again at night, so there.)

35m 3.70 miles 9m 28s /mile

3.7 mile am rain run, 35 min

wednesday—

45m 4.70 miles 9m 34s /mile
Sports
Walking 18m

ran about 4.7 miles (45 minutes pm run) after 1.3 mile walk.

Entry for July 16, 2007
Currently Reading
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
By Lynne Cox


1h 12m 19.50 miles 16.25 miles/hr

pm: 19.5 mile ride in 1:12~good hard ride after a long hard day. Running will wait for the AM. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Wow- I usually love Mondays. They are for the most part productive and well-run. Today was neither. My Aunt grew ill w/ her GERD and "couldn’t breathe" so my mother sent an ambulance. After I picked up CJ from Kidnastics we headed over to Grams and I dropped off the kids. I thought I’d only be a couple of hours, since they were most likely just going to d/c her anyway. Her V/S, EKG and labs were all perfect. I was there with her untill almost 6pm, in the same ER curtain. They then told us our MD has decided to admit her to do more GI eval , so I left (I didn’t have to drive her all the way to Pawling, so that was good too.) Luckily Chris picked up the kids and got them some BK since I couldn’t cook dinner. My other Aunt called about 12 times and yelled at me b/c she didn’t realize that my machine picking up was really not ME, lol! I called her to tell her I had been at the hospital, and filled her in. She stopped yelling.

What a family.

But God’s heart. It’s so patient and kind. I allowed Him to use me today. So I guess it was quite productive after all.

I hopped on the bike to escape for a while and punch it all out on the tires. Daring is not even the word. I wanted to get past mile 20 but I ran out of water.

CJ is enjoying his Spiderman 3 ps2! He also loved Kidnastics. Natalie is a basket case. Sienna is coughing a lot and pretty much a zombie.

where’s my Merlot?

ocean

Sunday, July 15, 2007


Currently Listening
Sea Change
By Beck
all in your mind
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BuryMeWithMyShoesOnA good time at church after not being there for some time. I drove Laura and then Sienna came home, drove with me to Bri’s (she done good!) for a last "fling" before coming home to CRASH after the missions trip. It was so nice to be with her again.I then scooted over to Barnes/Noble for some Me time, browsing the books & eventually did buy some info re: karate/judo for CJ, a kids "DK living world" book, and "Swimming to Antarctica"- a great bio of a true OW swimmer!Yes, I am not a good girl.I really need to get to the bookstore at least once a month to maintain some level of intellectual sanity!I really love learning new things. Had a pretty good day.

31m 3.20 miles 9m 41s /mile

3.2 miles in 31 min pm late… ran out of time!Only walked about 0.7 mile to w/u due to the time.

2 Responses to “july 14th thru 24th”

  1. Eternity Says:

    Good post.

  2. Catherine Says:

    Good for people to know.

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