Good grief!

Ok.. so if you know me you know that I often get thwarted in my effort to do just about anything. Take today for yet another example. I just finished writing my blog about how well I'm doing with my fitness and weight loss goals and now there has been a wrench thrown into the picture. You need to understand some history first; I started consistently running in January and starting about the end of January or the beginning of February (I'm not sure which) I would get a sharp pain on the top of my left foot. After a day or so it would go away and then come back after almost every run. The pain was dull sometimes and sharp at other times, even to the point of making me roll my foot to compensate and avoid the pain. Well, I have a lot of aches and pains I don't talk about (to avoid driving myself and everyone around me nuts) and so I was hoping this one would just go away like some of my other pains. Yesterday I did a killer workout with my personal trainer at 24 hour fitness and then at home I ran 2 miles on the treadmill (he made me promise I would). Today I woke up and my foot hurt so bad that I was limping, wincing and could barely walk on it. So I decided to go to a podiatrist to have it checked out. After examining my foot he had 3 xrays taken to confirm what he thought it was. I have a stress fracture! It is on the bone that connects to my second toe. He ordered me to wear an aircast for the next 4 weeks and the only exercise I'm allowed to do is stationary bike or swimming. If the pain doesn't alleviate by Monday I need to go in for an MRI to really see the extent of damage. I am praying I won't need to. He did say it was good that I went in when I did because I would have eventually fractured it completely if I continued aggrivating it (the exercising was keeping it from healing).

I was in tears by the time I got into the car and called Brent. You have to understand how depressing this is. I am in the zone! I am in a good pattern and doing well and to have this happen is just rotten! I spent a good part of the afternoon depressed, crying and feeling sorry for myself. After talking to my trainer and getting some motivation from him and after taking a nap I felt a little better.

Here is a picture of my new foot apparel (it looks like a fancy moon boot to me):

Daniel and other updates

I took Daniel in for his 4 month check up. Here are his stats:
Weight - 18 lbs. 10 oz. (96%)
Height - 27" long (also 96%)
Head circumference - 43 cm (75%)

He got 5 immunizations today, poor boy. He is healthy and happy and doing well. He is babbling all the time, laughing, smiling, blowing bubbles, raising his head (like the sphinx), eating well, sleeping well, grabbing toys and playing with them.. in other words, he is on target for every milestone. I love my boy!

In other areas...
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. I'm very glad we went up to Oak Harbor, WA to be with my brother John and his family. The kids did ok in the car and were well behaved while there. On Thursday Jacob lost my cell phone. We never did find it and it still hasn't shown up.. so I got a new one yesterday with a new number. I was kind of bummed because I have had my 408-421.. number for so long! Now I have a local 503 number ::sigh:: I can feel California slowly slipping away. :o(

I made a goal to exercise 5 days a week this month (well, with the exception of Christmas). So far I have! I know, I know.. it's only the 3rd, but I'm still happy about it. :o) It feel nice to be sore from exercising, my dormant muscles are thanking me. I noticed that every time I laughed my abs slightly hurt and because of that I was conscious of how often I laughed.. I was pleasantly surprised to notice I laugh often during my days. Jacob can be such a ham!