rambling recap of last week and a half

I have not posted since last week’s Half Marathon and I have so much I need to get off my chest.

*Big Man’s cousin went to the hospital last week and had 50/50% chance of making it through. He made it through that first night. We have since found out that cousin had not been taking care of himself (no work, no money, no insurance) and he was/is in complete kidney failure.  Cousin has been making progress after many transfusions and dialysis. He should be home soon

*A friend died suddenly last weekend. Big Man found out while I was running my half. Friend was 43 and he was just gone. He left 3 children and wife behind. No one is really sure what happened.

*Adolf, our oldest cat, is 17+ years old and he has been sick.  He has had a hyperactive thyroid and on medication for over a year and a few weeks ago he had a nasty upper respiratory infection. The infection got worse and this week my little man sounded so horrible and he stopped eating. Big Man was so beside-himself-upset and we prepared for the worse. The vet ran some tests and took some x-rays and my little man should get better with heavy duty antibiotics. He is old but he is on the mend.

*I have been on such an emotional roller coaster this week. On one hand I finished my fist half marathon and on the other hand we have had such sadness.

*On top of all that, we are still struggling financially. As we get closer to Christmas, I stress a little bit more. Stress is hard. I want to sleep all the time and when I am just tired and it isn’t bed time I want to eat!  This week was tough with the added vet bill.  We will get through it is just rough right now.  I am so tired of being broke but as long as there is food on the table and a roof over our head I will not complain. But, being home all the time and not having the money to do anything (and I mean anything) starts to mess with my head.

*I am feeling a little lost. I finally got into the swing of my training and I completed my task! I set the goal of completing a half and I did it…now what?!? I haven’t run all week! I thought I would run today but I wound up cleaning the house and running errands and time seriously slipped away.

*There has been some really good news as well this week: 4 baby boys were born in the last week and a half. My cousin, our friend’s wife, a coworker’s wife, and Jenn all had baby boys in the last week or so.  I love babies!!

I still have about three posts rambling in my head but this is all I can handle right now. Stay tuned! I have some interesting topics coming up:

1. what I have learned from running.

2. new goals

3. a twitter by the same name

4. Reader’s choice (Hit me up in the comments – tell me what you want to read all about)

So there you have it! I have rambled and cried! I have been crying a lot lately and I can’t seem to stop myself.  Thanks for hanging in until the end!

Tell me, what do you want to read all about…