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Turning Off

I just said on Twitter that I’d turn my computer off at 8pm. I had to take Bailey out, so I’m giving myself a 15-minute extension.

I had another headache this afternoon, so I had to miss my Junior League meeting tonight. I’ve had a lot of headaches lately, and I’m not sure why, so I’m trying to just rest and take care of myself before they get any worse. And drink more water. Um, and eat sushi. It’s good for the soul, if not the wallet.

[Dumb blogger mistake: I didn’t have my card in my camera at lunch, and the cord’s at work. But imagine how awesome it was: hummus, pita, falafel, chicken, a potsticker and tabbouleh, all from the work cafeteria, and all for $4.85!]

My head has been swimming with to-do lists lately—work, blog, Junior League, life. I can easily find stuff I need to do from when I get home at night until when I go to sleep. And if I’m not doing them, I usually have my laptop in front of me, idly checking Tumblr, Twitter, blogs.

I’m generally not super-lonely any more (I used to feel really alone in D.C.), but I do live alone and I’m single, so I do feel lonely from time to time. (And, I’m human.) I can too easily waste a night doing absolutely nothing on my laptop, using it as a crutch so I never feel alone. But this also means I don’t often shut down and just CHILL on my own.

So, I’m going to turn off my TV, the e-mail on my phone, my laptop, and curl up with a good book  the Kindle app on my iPad. (Turning off the wireless over on that, too!) My to-do list and the internets will still be here tomorrow.

Have a good night, y’all!

Holy DOMS!

(DOMS=Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)

After Monday’s boot camp and a speedy tempo run yesterday (3.5 miles in 30 min!), my quads are SCREAMING at me. Walking to work this morning felt like I was lugging huge weights on each leg.

This morning, since I have another Junior League meeting tonight and plans at lunch, I hopped on the bike for an easy half hour to hopefully work out some of the residual soreness. It didn’t help too much, but at least I got in some exercise while watching The Today Show. Afterwards, I had a hot few minutes with my stick.

When you have delayed muscle soreness like this, you’re supposed to take care of your muscles the same way you normally do when they’re sore—stretching, yoga, massage, etc.—but you should also be mindful of why they’re so sore (did you start a new routine? Push yourself too hard?) and make sure to get active recovery in. That means, don’t stop working out just because it hurts, but take an easy day.

I took an easy day today, but I’m trying to decide if I should do my speed work tomorrow (I was supposed to do it yesterday but I switched my workouts around because I didn’t have time for the speed work yesterday) or take another easy day, or maybe another cross-training day.

Eat in Month be damned, I was craving a spinach feta wrap from Starbucks this morning…so I got it.