Back at it

I went to the gym and got a quick workout in on Tuesday. It feels like I haven't been there in ages.

Because I haven't.

The short list of excuses/reasons: cold, weddings, knee.

The longer explanation: I got a really bad cold back in September. I'm not sure if the southern climate contributes to it now and I also have some allergy I'm unaware of, but ever since moving down here I find I'm much more prone to catching annoying colds that last a couple of weeks. Before, I used to get one or two a year, they would be bad for three days, and that was it. I now long for those good old bad days.

Anyway, I had that going on in September, and I certainly didn't feel like working out. And since I was laying around not exercising, of course I started eating garbage again too. This continued through early October, when I had good friends get married on back-to-back weekends. One involved a 2,000 mile round trip in the car, the other was just a quick weekend by plane, and neither one included exercise or healthy living.

Upon returning from the first wedding, my busted knee got really swollen. It bothered me so much that I went back to my specialist's office to get it checked out. The x-ray showed some small bone spurs under the knee cap and significant swelling, but nothing serious. I started taking anti-inflammatories and they helped a little, but the knee continued to feel really sore. It wasn't all the way better by Tuesday, but I was starting to feel really bad about myself so I went and worked out anyway. It was just a quick one, but like it does every time, it made me feel better after the fact. I've got about a month until AJ's baby sister arrives, so I'm going to get back into my good routine. I initially wrote "I plan to," and I actually backspaced and erased it. I can't keep waiting to do this, or finding reasons or excuses, even semi-valid physical ones, to not take care of myself. I'm not getting any younger, and the process certainly isn't getting any easier. But I am glad to be back at it.