Valentine’s Day and sick, sick, sick

I’m sick again.  This is SO strange.  I’ve been getting sick quite often the past year and that is SOOOO unlike me.  I used to get sick about ONCE a year – maybe twice, and if I did, it last one DAY and wasn’t that bad – I’d still be fine to do normal stuff.  And maybe every other year I’d get so sick that hubman would have to take one day off of work to help me.  But the past several months, sick sick sick.  I’m home alone, so hubman isn’t staying, but with the new job he doens’t really have the option to.  But I don’t understand why I get sick so often now?  I take a multi-vitamin, I started taking it regularly about a month ago – so I didn’t expect this already.  Maybe it has something to do that this is the first school year where both my girls are in school?  Even though one goes MWF and the other T/Th?  Anyway, so yeah, I’m sick.

My throat hurts really badly and I can’t breathe well, not to mention I have that Labyrithitis again, which is SOOO difficult to just be awake with, let alone manage a house and kids.  UGH!   So bleh, sorry I’m whinging, but my biggest worry is that I’m off with my eating and today going to try hard to get back on track but as you all know, those “first days back” are so darn tough.

How did your Valentine’s day go?  Mine was lovely (other than being sickish, of course)  I’m so happy to say it was lovely, too, because I’ve had many not-so-lovely ones the past few years.  5 and 4 years ago, hubman and I were in a not-so-lovely part of our relationship, so they were just ok.  Three years ago, we had just separated only two weeks before – so NOT good at all.  Last year, he had JUST moved back in and I had a hard time being in the same room as him, it just felt so unnatural to share the house again with someone who I felt I had been in a war with the previous year.  And after all the hard work we’ve put into it, patience, perseverance and all those things that marriage takes – I’m so, so proud and pleased to say I had a great Valentine’s day!

Hubman got me Super Mario World, the new on for the Wii – mostly for me and my 5 year old, as she always wants to play a game with me but her little video games are one players – this should be interesting – ha!  And he also got me those really ugly looking Sketchers shoes with the round bottoms.  Yes, Yes, I know, they’re so WEIRD looking.  However, I was doing some reading as to why I saw so many women wearing them and what the big deal was that they’d put aside how strange looking they were?  And I was really intrigued to read that it helped many of them with back pain.  I’ve been having so much back pain that we’ve been looking into a new mattress, I’ve been putting so much effort everyday into paying attention to my posture as well.  So, he was able to find those things in my size (they only came in the style – extra ugly since I wear a hard-to-find size) but I was amazed when I put them on how much impact, pressure and weight they take off of your spine  when you walk, it’s like the pressure is put more on your arch, but so evenly that it doesn’t hurt there either, and immediately my back felt “cured” – although we’ll see the long term impact of them, because my back still hurt when I took them off.  Also, though, they’re called “Shape-Ups” because they’re supposed to work-out your legs and butt.  I don’t know if I’ll see any difference, but I do notice a slight tension in my butt when I walk, but mostly I notice my calves burning after a while – it’s not so obvious that it feels like a strenuous workout, but you do notice the difference.  Anyway, I do recommend them at this point – but I sure wish they came in more styles in my big ol’ size!  The photo to the right are NOT the ones I have, but mine are all white, and so a photo of them pretty much looks like a photo of nothing, they blend in with the background, lol.

Anyway, maybe after a month or so, I can give a review of them

Okay!  So, that’s about it – had a great Valentine’s day, and other than being sick, am in good spirits

How are YOU?