The Sick and The Dread

Oye! What a long week it has been. Let me tell you something about mothering, there is nothing harder than going 24/7 sick with worry for your child. Riley came down with a cough last Sunday, not a big deal we thought. Tuesday night he had a low grade fever and by Wednesday Josh was down too. The difference Josh seemed to bounce back twice as fast, where as Riley was getting worse. By Saturday he had consistently carried a 104.6 fever and spiked at 105.5 Saturday night. I know what some of you are thinking, "hello at what point do you go to the doctor?" Well, I know for a fact that they would not have treated him the same had we taken him 2 days into it. I could always get it down a bit, he was eating, talking sense, and drinking. Monday was the day we decided to take him. I drive 40 miles to get him to a doctor that is so good, and knows our kids so well. He ordered chest xrays and 4 nasal swabs, and 2 strep cultures. The results, no Whooping Cough, just a bad case of Pneumonia. 36 hours later we are doing great, he got hit heavy with anti-biotics.
What does this all mean for my training...

(courtesy of I <3 to run)

I took off most nights and ran away from germs so to speak, so far I am staying strong. I slept nearly everyday until 8am as I was up most nights with Riley. My total mileage last week was 18 miles. My longest run was 7 miles, and I was tired, but I think that was a given this week. Olivia came with for 3 of those miles, and if you get that girl talking I think she could go all day! Also, a note to myself, new trail on Sundays, too many darn horses to run in to.

This week I am excited and a little eek! On Monday I was all excited to reach 300 miles this week. That meant I only needed to run 15 miles this week, it's Thursday and I haven't run one. I have been doing circuit training, and all I am going to say is it is working. While my kids play up stairs I workout in a sports bra, advice if you want motivation to keep going on the ab part of training rip your shirt off, you won't stop, unless your already blessed with a six pack as my husband would be go ahead and keep your silly shirt.

In case you have been paying attention to my facebook posts, I have been the freezer cooking mama this week. And in case you think I am just this fabulous diva who gets it all done whilst looking good, eh ugh. Most days this week I cooked, and cooked in the mornings and couldn't get to circuit training until 2 or 3 pm. The good thing about Riley being sick is I don't go anywhere and can focus on this stuff, and LAUNDRY galore. This itchy neat freak can't stand the thought of germs on towels, bedding, clothes, etc... Plus blogging, so do I look super fabulous when my man walks through the door?

Nope, but I do clean up well, and that's what he knows. I just don't want any woman or man to be fair, think that you can accomplish ALL of it ALL of the time. Sometime stuff slides, and most days are better with mascara, but some days I am just a sweat ball, and we're all good with that around here :) See I told you there would be a few laughs!

Anywhoo! Back to 300 miles. If I make it this week, great, if not next week would be alright to. So cheers to next week, I know your pulling for those numbers for me! I am going photo shooting because next weeks blog is going to focus on hills!!

xoK