Breaking the rule!

I'm sure the nurses are getting quite tired of the same questions after each follow up visits.

I found this Q&A from UK's Runner's World site a few moments ago. It's giving me hope. Although, I had a smaller procedure in the abdominal area, my recovery time is only two weeks. Today is day nine. The medical adviser in the article suggests that you can start out gentle running during your recovery time. I'm feeling up for a run later this evening. I'm pretty excited! Hopefully my breathing won't be too labored from my squished diaphragm.

And here is another Q&A column that I really like. The questioner is also an avid runner and a kayaker!

UPDATE: Apparently, *gasping* I don't think I'm quite yet ready. I feel like my insides are about to burst after 5 minutes of gentle jogging. I'm really tired now. I normally can go 1.5 hour or so of heavy running before the surgery. I wonder if I will have to start back at square one once I'm fully recovered. That thought makes me nervous.

Mix Lounge with Mermaid and my aunt

That's right. I hit up Mix Lounge last night with my 40 something year old aunt. She got hit on more than Mermaid and I combined. So Mermaid and I decided that the next time we paint the town red with her, we're going to step up our game. Yes. We're going to hoochie-fy ourselves. I'll post up pictures from my aunt's camera later since she doesn't know how to upload. I've been waiting for a picture of her and the Senator for 5 months now! She's technology challenged.

It's funny that my aunt stole the spotlight that night because I went there feeling really good. Another thing, I needed to get out and have fun since I had one hell of a Thursday (terrible Thursday...). Usually when I run before I hit the town, I feel really good about myself. But not that night when I saw my aunt in her Herve Ledger style dress. Ferreals.

Abrupt change in weather

What's with this sudden cooler weather? My body is achy. I hate how my body cannot adjust to sudden changes in weather. My joints are in pain and my stomach feels funny. I need to listen to my body today and take a break from logging my miles or this day will not end well.

Back to being busy busy

This is going to be another backbreaking weekend for me. Tonight, I'm attending a cooking showdown in which I'll be documenting between two iron chefs. Saturday, I'll be doing a walk-a-thon with my sisters at 6am, then at 10am I'm off to the reptile show at the Sacramento Convention Center; around 4pm, I need to pack up Philliam and Mermaid and take them with me to Galt for Miss USA's birthday which will involve sumo suits and wrestling. After Miss USA's birthday bash, I drop off Mermaid at her place in Elk Grove, then take Philliam home to Natomas. Then off I go for bar hopping with old and new friends. Afterwards, I call it a night. Sunday, helping my parents with the farm and try to squeeze in some time to memorize Chinese radicals and simple phrases. I don't know how I'm going to be able to log my miles this weekend.