Pain

My new routine of running came to a halt the other day because I twisted my knee. I was in an area where the sidewalks are in really bad condition and when my foot landed on a slanted area it hurt my knee. It hurt when it happened, but I was able to finish my run. The next time I went out it still hurt, but I was still able to run. I decided to wait two days before I went out again to give it some more time and then I was going to start the next level of my conditioning. I took two steps and couldn't do it. Now it hurts to walk for a long time. It's been almost a week now and it still hurts. I'm really disappointed because I could feel my endurance building up and I was on my way to finally achieving my goal. I know I still can, but it's frustrating that I'll have to start from square one when I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took Brianna to get her first set of immunization shots. She was so happy while we were in the waiting room and I felt bad that it was going to be painful for her. She screamed really loud when the nurse did it and it was really hard on me. As soon as I got back out into the waiting room I nursed her and that made her feel better (and me). She was sleeping when I got her back home, but when she finally woke up she was crying a lot and we could tell she was in pain. Scott went out to get some baby Tylenol while I held her and nursed her. Every time she was moved she'd cry and throw out her arms the way she does when she's startled. It was terrible for all of us. After she had the Tylenol she fell asleep off and on for a few hours. Eventually when she woke up around 5 she was finally back to herself again and we didn't have to give her anymore medicine.

Running

Wow, blogging two days in a row. This is unheard of. Brianna has been sleeping quite a bit over the last 24 hours and she's sleeping away in her daddy's arms right now. I'm surprised by how much she's sleeping today because normally she's up most of the afternoon and evening. She's been pretty alert and happy when she has been awake so I guess that means she's ok and she's just tired. Maybe it's just her growth spurt. We took her to the health clinic to be weighed today and she's now 10lbs 15 ounces. She's put on 10 ounces since last week.

I went for my post-partum appointment today and my doctor told me I'm all healed up and can start exercising again. I'm glad to hear it since I found out that I'm still 20lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. I'd like to lose it plus an additional 5-10 lbs. Tonight I went for a little jog, or at least I started to train my body into being able to jog. I've never been a jogger, but I've always wanted to be. The only problem was that I'd jog for about 2 minutes and feel like I was going to die and I'd think "why would anyone do this to themselves". I still wanted to though. It just looks so exhilarating. I have re-occurring dreams where I can run for miles and miles and feel great. So I found a website that gives a schedule for training your body for a 5k run in two months. For the first week you walk for 5 minutes and then alternate between running for 60 seconds and walking for 90. You only do it 3 days a week so you don't over-do it. I was surprised by how difficult the 60 seconds was (although, I'm not sure why I was surprised), but I was also surprised by how it got easier after I found my groove. I think I'm finally going to be a jogger and I'm pleased with myself. I have a wedding to go to on Thanksgiving weekend and I'm determined to have the weight off by then and be happy with my body. I've really been struggling with the way my body is now and I don't think I have to be stuck with it.

Not Enough Hours...

I finally understand what people mean when they say there aren't enough hours in the day. Brianna is sleeping right now so I've got some time to update. Her schedule is a little challenging sometimes. She sleeps all morning and part of the afternoon and then she's up until 1 or 2 in the morning. Luckily for us we don't have any obligations so we can go along with the flow, but we tend to sleep until about 11am. Some nights she'll sleep for 6 hours at a time and then other nights, like last night, she'll sleep for 2 hour intervals. I'm feeling pretty tired today, but I'll try and get a nap in later.

Scott and I are having lots of fun together while he's off work. It's nice to have someone to get out with to day errands. We also have a nightly tradition of going for a walk in the neighbourhood when the rest of the world is sleeping.

We really wanted to visit Kingston this month, but now it turns out that it won't happen. We'll consider it again in December when Scott has holidays, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Good news though, we've decided that we are going to move back there. It won't be for at least a year and we'll have to wait until Scott gets transferred, but it's our plan. Since having Brianna we decided that it would be nice to have family around. I'm really excited about going back to Next or Rustle too. There really doesn't seem to be any comparison anywhere else.