Oh, hello stranger…

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Goals, Half-Marathon, Happiness, Head Cold, Hockey, Hot Yoga, Motivation, NHL Playoffs, Night Shift, Nursing, Running, Sick, Training

Has it really been 23 days since I last posted? Ugh, that’s not cool. To help get myself back on track, I kind of sort of promise Miss Laura over at scribbles & sass that I would post today. And… she double, double dared me to write 10 posts this month.

Well… I’ve never been one to back down from a dare. Here we go!

So… What have I been up to? When I look back it doesn’t really seem like a whole lot! I’ll put it out there that I haven’t been running like I probably should be. I’ve been averaging 2-3 runs/week still, but the furthest distance I’ve accomplished is 8km since that awesome 14km run I had. There is approximately 5.5 weeks until my first half marathon of the year. Someone needs to get their butt in gear!

My eating has been so-so. I’ve been trying to stay committed to using my fitbook (I’m actually on book number two now…), but sometimes with working nights, it’s really easy to forget, or lose motivation with tracking, and staying motivated. I’ve been toying with the idea of hiring one of the trainers at the gym… They do eating programs and workout programs. I haven’t decided yet… I’m stubborn and want to do it on my own, but I think I’m to the point that I might need a little more help.

One thing I have been doing? Hot yoga! I have totally reignited my love for the practice! The feeling has been amazing, the peace it’s brought me, I haven’t felt in a long time. That, together with running, should hopefully be my key to feeling great!

I was sick this past weekend with a head cold. Yuck! What made it worse… I was working nights all weekend. I managed to survive, but barely. Saturday night I was so stuffy, and felt like I was just in a daze. I’m glad the worst of it was only for one night, and didn’t completely knock me out.

It’s taken a bit longer to completely recover though… I hit the treadmill yesterday at the gym, but only managed to run 2km before my lungs just couldn’t give anymore. Today I took to running outside. I made it 5km before I needed a bit of a break. Walked 0.25km, then ran again. Another little break about 1km later, then finished at a slow run pace until I reached 8km. Ugh. Hoping my lungs get with the program soon, I have some serious running to do!

It’s that wonderful time of year again… NHL Playoffs have started!! 2 months of intense, awesome, blood sweat and tears, hockey?! I love it! I can’t get enough! I’m a pretty big Vancouver Canucks fan, and that’s dangerous when you live in Alberta! Needless to say I’m hoping for a similar, yet obviously slightly different outcome for these playoffs…

I’m off to watch my Canucks play!

Do you love the NHL Playoffs? Who are you cheering for?

Do you love hot yoga? Do you, or have you used a personal trainer?

♥Krista – Stethoscopes & Running Shoes

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Graduating to solid foods.

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My Book Shelf, Sick, The Help

Has anyone ever had food poisoning? Not pleasant. I’ve had it one other time, and though this time has not been as… violent, in terms of sickness, it sure has stuck around…

Our fridge is kind of broken. Kind of, meaning that the de-thawing part in the freeze gets clogged full of ice, and occasionally decides not to keep the fridge part very cold. It’s done this a couple other times, and the boyfriend would bust out my hair dryer and get rid of the ice in the de-thawing part, and viola – FIXED! Well I had a couple things out of the fridge on Saturday before I relized that stuff wasn’t as cold as it should be. Ugh.

Sunday was by far the worst day. I was pretty useless with a super upset tummy. Yesterday wasn’t too bad, but still was only tolerating ginger ale, soup, rice cakes and apple sauce. Today, I’ve finally graduated to solid foods! I managed to eat a bagel with peanut butter and banana… and my tummy doesn’t seem to know what to think about it. Any time I eat I feel bloated (TMI?) and like it ‘just sits’ in my stomach, right below my rib cage. Still sipping’ on ginger ale.

I will say that I managed to finally finish reading The Help, yay! I’ve been working on that book for just a little too long. Haha It really was a great book. I think it took me so long because I was so distracted my so many other things going on with work, and family, etc. I really need to make that effort to set aside time in my evenings to just power down and read.

Now to watch the movie! I’ve heard from many people that the movie is just as good, if not better than the book. And that NEVER seems to happen. I’m looking forward to it!

Anyways, that’s all I’ve got for right now. I’m hoping to be back to my regular self soon. I have my “me” day tomorrow, maybe that’ll kick some life into me.

Have you ever had food poisoning? How long did it last? What food did you rely on to get you through it?

♥Krista – Stethoscopes & Running Shoes

That time I had a head cold, and then someone broke into my house…

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Angry!, Arrest, Boyfriend, Burglar, Christmas, Cold, Fail, OMG!, Police, Scared, Sick

WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE?!

My planned post for last week was going to go something along the lines of ‘well I have officially been run over by the Head Cold Train’, and then proceed to say how I have not run or done anything that remotely resembles physical activity (unless you count work) for more than a week.

Then… Someone broke into my house. While I was in it. Say what?!

Here I was, minding my own business on the couch with an icky cold, trying to get my stupid Shaw remote to work with the digital cable box they sent us (ya, still isn’t working properly…), when I hear noises from downstairs. My cats ear perked up, and my initial thought (which is always my paranoid initial thought) ‘OMG somebody is in my house!’ I quickly talked myself out of that one, and decided it was probably the hot water tank or something along those lines, and began walking downstairs to investigate the noise.

When I got to the bottom of the stairs I turned and all of a sudden there was somebody walking towards me!! Somebody was in my house!! Eeeekk, you can bet I freaked out! I yelled at them to stay were they were and started rapid firing questions like nobody’s business.

‘STOP! DON’T YOU MOVE!’
‘WHO ARE YOU?!’ 
‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?!’ 

This guy (later I found out, was really a kid), listened to me, and began attempting to answer my questions. It was obvious that I scared him just as much as he scared me!

His story? He apparently came home early from school, and found my boyfriend’s truck parked behind his house (he told me he lived across the street from me), and the truck was running with the keys in it. He said that he recognized it as my boyfriend’s truck, and decided to bring it back over for us. Then… he thought it would be a good idea to crawl through the basement window to return the keys. Umm… Ya. Does that make sense to anyone else? When I asked why he didn’t just ring the doorbell, he said he thought no one was home. Red Flags everywhere.

Red Flags Everywhere!

Once I finally calmed down a bit, I analyzed the situation the best I could. This guy was a kid. A bit shorter than me, and kind of scrawny. I found that I was no longer scared of him, just completely shocked by everything that was happening. He was attempting to be cooperative, probably in hopes that I would believe his story. I made the choice to call my boyfriend, T., first, before calling the police. I was worried that if I said I was calling the cops, he would get angry, or try to run away. And I already knew where he lived, so I figured since T. only works 2 mins away from home, I would get him here ASAP.

I called T., and told him that someone was here at the house, and that they apparently had found his truck that was ‘stolen’, and that they brought it back. I said that he needed to come home right away. He was home in less than 5 minutes, and as soon as he walked in the door, and I told him who the kid was, that the kid apparently ‘found’ his truck, then crawled through the window. T.’s faced totally changed once I told him that. I said I was going downstairs to call the police, and T. guarded the door. The police showed up quickly and arrested the kid right away.

Gotcha!

I still can’t believe this happened. The police have charged him with a few things, one being theft as he entered our house with T.’s truck keys. He’s still saying that he found the truck. My thoughts? I think that this kid came in the house earlier that morning, through the window… (while I was sleeping!!) and took the truck keys. I think he had his little joy ride, then brought the truck back, still thinking that no one was home. He actually told my boyfriend that he thought no one was home, because he saw that T.’s work truck was gone, and thought he lived alone. He obviously has been watching the house. And what else? The kid knew exactly where to hang the truck keys. Unbelievable. So odd. Very odd.

When talking to our one neighbour later that day, he told us that he had ben watching that kid and was worried about him. Apparently this kid has been in trouble quite a bit. That neighbour came over later that evening and told us that his wife just told him that she saw the same window the kid went through, open with shoes outside it the day before, when both T. and I were at work. She didn’t think much of it, thought maybe we had locked our keys in the house…

So this kid has been in my house AT LEAST 3 TIMES!! I feel violated. I feel angry, and borderline paranoid now. How unnerving it is to know someone has been in your house, with your things. And once possibly when you were sleeping!! As far as we know, we don’t think he took anything from the house. I think his main focus was driving the truck… I guess soon we’ll find out more…

Wow. So that’s my exciting story! It happened just a couple days before Christmas, and obviously took up a bunch of our time. I didn’t have time to blog about it before leaving to go home for Christmas, and our time at home was busy running between my family’s house and T.’s family’s. Christmas was awesome though! It was enjoyable and actually quite calm overall. Just what I needed!

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and got spoiled with love (and presents! ). I’ll try to write a little Christmas recap tomorrow!

Merry Christmas!

I’m still battling a nasty cough and my voice is finally coming back. I might try to go to the gym tomorrow, but I really don’t want to rush it. Health comes first! I will get back at it soon enough!

Krista – Stethoscopes & Running Shoes