Paying for It

Wow, I think my vacation just caught up with me.  First of all, today all of a sudden I feel like I've gained 10 pounds.  I know in reality it's not 10 pounds, but maybe 4, but what a difference I'm feeling today, all bloated and puffy, clothes fitting a little snug.  Yuck.

And on top of that, I just feel so washed out.  I'm surprised but I guess it took a couple days for everything to catch up.  Riding in the car for two VERY long days, not drinking all my water for fear I'd have to stop at every single rest stop, and just not my normal routine.  I am so tired today.

I did get to the gym yesterday and got a decent run in on the treadmill.  Woke up last night with that darned pain/cramp going up the front of my lower leg/shin.  Ughh.  Had an appointment for follow-up with doctor tomorrow but I just rescheduled it to make room in the schedule this week since now we have to get hubby to the doctors.  He hurt his back on the way home and we're not sure what's going on  All he did was pick up our little 20-pound dog to put him in the car and something happened in his back.  I feel so bad for him.  Living with chronic back pain is the pits.  How can I complain about a little leg pain when he has such terrible pain?

Now I'm realizing how much he does for me since now he can't do much of anything.  I'm behind in the wash, the cleaning, Christmas hasn't been put away (don't think that's happening any time soon), he usually does the dishes for me and empties the dishwasher, puts leftovers away after dinner.  All that stuff really adds up.

So I just stopped my work for a minute, took a hot bath, and now I'm headed for a cup of coffee and back to work.  Plan on getting two more big mugs of water in today too.

Have to weigh in at my meeting on Saturday.  Hoping I'm feeling better by then.