So, while I’v been busy working ad adjusting to huge changes in my life, I have to admit working out has taken a MAJOR back burner. 

Ironically, getting back into a routine is hard, even with a feeling of constant guilt that I’m not getting in workouts.  Part of it is fear.  No official diagnosis on the knee, but whatever I did in January was far more serious than I originally thought.  Just normal walking was painful and I was constantly losing my balance because I had no strength.  Without running, I didn’t know *how* to workout.  Add to that just about any movement involving my knee resulting in pain and stiffness and I just gave up for awhile.

I miss it.  Terribly.  My body is the same on the scale, but it feels different.  It feels weak. 

So this week I’m settig a basic plan to try easing back into things.  My knee held up OK when I put it through a couple workouts at the gym, as well as field work.  (My new job requires biological survying- depending on the site I can get in a few miles of walking on some days while at work!)  I’ve tried walking more and normal day to day stuff no longer causes problems, but I still feel the need to be very careful.

I think for his week I’m going to shoot for 3 workouts at the gym and 2 at home:

Monday: Treadmill run (goig to stick with the treamill until I feel confident my knee is strong enough) and weights with the boy (he kicks my ass!)

Tuesday: Simple walk- rest day for the knee

Wednesday: Elliptical and weights

Thursday: Simple walk - rest day for the knee

Friday: Treadmill run and weights

Saturday: Cycling class?

That all said, I’ll get back to where I was.  I want need to.  (And I promised mom I’d run the Tinkerbell half next January with her…..)

In personal news, the boy is great.  We’re living together and things are fantastic so far.  :)

I am alive.  I am working.  I don’t have internet access.

Things got busy for awhile and I fell a bit off the wagon (no weight gain, just no working out).  Moving, new job, and knee injury.

On the bright side, I joined a gym and the boy and I have been going.  He’s kicking my butt with weight training!

I have not fallen off the face of the earth.  Rather, I started my new job this week (going well so far) and have moved in with the boy (almost fully…cleaning out my old stuff stinks).  More importantly, his place is a dead zone for internet (seriously…..they’ve tried rewiring, running new cables, everything.  We might try DSL, but none of the internet cable companies can figure out what’s wrong.  The signal just doesn’t *get* to his house (he uses satellite TV for that reason.  Whatever the problem is, they think it lies in the cables that were run under the street…..not exactly an easy fix.)  So yea, internet is rarely used (reason #1 I may get a smart phone…..)

That said, joining the boy’s gym this week.  After much thought, I love the idea of using his because it has classes (yay variety!) and we can carpool.  It’s also a nice chain of gyms that everyone I know in town loves, so I’d have friends to go to classes with.  Bottom line: boy and I will be twice as likely to go if we go together.  Ah, oogly, googly, couple stuff.  :-P

Off to clean (more)!

I’ve got a rash on my hands that’s been there for a week.  It’s not itchy, nor is it spreading, but it almost appears to be a hyperpigmentation kind of thing.  Really hoping this isn’t a birth control side effect (though usually BC pills cause pigmentation issues on the face, not hands).  My one FULL day off this week before starting the new job is now being filled with a doctor’s appointment.  Phooey.

Today I:

• Went to DMV about being overcharged for car registration.  They took info and said they’d look into it.
• Bought a bagel for breakfast
• Went to Target, procured cleaning supplies we were out of.
• Went home and researched tires for car.  Made many phone calls.  Ordered tires.
• Went to lunch with friend.
• Went and paid for tires to ensure I get the $100 rebate good for this weekend only.
• Stopped by credit union and withdrew painful amount of money to cover bills (ie deposit and rent for MOVING OUT!)
• Deposited money to other bank in person (I don’t trust ATMs for high value cash deposits)
• Went home and cleaned bathrooms and kitchen, as well as icky trash can.
• Got phone call that I was authorized for a 5% salary bump (not 10%, :-(  )  Oh well, an extra $200 per month is better than none!
• Scheduled physical for employer (required by government agencies)
• Stopped by grocery store and picked up veggies for dinner.
• Got called by DMV.  I was right and they fixed my problems.  Registration is now $65 cheaper (they had the year wrong on my vehicle, they put 2009 instead of 2006)
• Am doing a face mask, cause gosh darn it I want a minute to relax.
• Once I’m done, I’m off to clean-up and make dinner!
• Also tonight, probably cleaning out parts of the house with the boy, as I’m “officially” moved in next Sunday (meaning he needs to make a massive donation pile and cough up half the dresser/closet space).

Whew.  Long day.

Good things: Lots of fruits and veggies, found out I qualify for a tax credit that makes me make more than I paid in taxes (I did exactly what it’s designed for, to keep people working and avoiding unemployment gaps, even if they make little money, think of it as the “reward” for putting in lots of time for little wages).

Bad things: That fried chicken event this weekend is haunting me a bit.  I think I’ll go another 4-5 years without fried chicken thankyouverymuch.

Crossfit interests me, but I really like the sounds of sticking to the training at this place.  I guess that while it’s interesting, it just doesn’t interest me enough for the investment (yet?).  Maybe that will change, maybe not.  :)

Thinking I’m going to do training where my parents do.  It won’t get me access to a gym, but it will get me access to personal training and physical therapy if I need it.  (It’s a combo fitness/therapy group)  I just need some accountability and someone to force me to do weights.  This would certainly guarantee that.  Bonus: I’m prone to breaking myself, so the therapy side would be great for when that occurs!

I set my start date for the job.  :)  March 26th is when I’ll be starting.  There is much more of a field component than I’d anticipated, but it should be interesting.  I’ll spend about 30% of my time in the field to begin with, with the idea that eventually it’ll be about 50/50.

That said, I’m allowing myself two indulgences now.  1) I’m going to start getting a weekly CSA box of veggies ($20/week) and 2) Going to look into personal training once a week.  We’ll see how that one works out.  I don’t have car payments, a very low phone bill, and being single makes this the best time to put away as much money for savings/investing as possible, so while I’m going to indulge on a couple things, I also want to try to stay frugal to make things easier later on.  :)

Seriously, I can’t stand the kids.  A 3 page, size 12, single-spaced sub report on the poor behavior.  TWENTY-TWO DETENTIONS.  I had to call in the superintendent.  it was horrid.

I am not a violent person, but I kid you not, today was one of those days that I was so angry I felt myself wanting to strike a kid (junior high, don’t go thinking I’d whap a 5 year old). 

Meeting tomorrow about the job offer.  Hopefully getting a start date!