loud and clear

it felt like my body was screaming at me last week.
something along the lines of, "STOP! i'm TIRED!"

this isn't the first time it's done this.
but it IS the first time i chose to listen to it before something crazy happened (like breaking a hip, or foot. remember those?)

i decided that, after my long run on saturday morning (and the bike ride/run saturday afternoon), i would take a week off running. this is a harder decision for me than it would be for most of you. i was just praying the benefits would outweigh the con's (it's my stress reliever and i have a *litttle* bit of stress in my life!)

i felt good about my decision. i embraced it.

then i woke up on sunday morning feeling like i got hit by a truck.
and on monday morning with 2 pinkeyes and even worse overall.

and today. worse still. and the pinkeyes are worse - i couldn't open my left eye it was stuck shut.

my body is saying LOUD and CLEAR - you've run me into the ground. slow down. stop. enough.

if only these 3 little boys got the memo...i'll do my best, but it's pretty hard to lay low with all their energy!

{added blessing - it's been rainy the last 2 days - which has cancelled sports stuff and made our evenings less complicated  (yay!!) but means we've ALL been home and inSIDE and on top of each other! :-)}

heal body, heal!