Yoga Pants Life

So…long time, no blog.

What can I say? Everything is mostly fine. Life is busy, but not more so than usual.

I don’t have real excuses for why I haven’t posted recently (but, really…when did I ever regularly post in the first place?) but I think a lot of it has to do with my work-from-home-half-time schedule. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE my new arrangement. Like, really love. Like, I honestly did not know I could be this happy about work. But the problem is that after 8 hours of sitting in a super cute, but not super comfortable chair and staring at a screen, the last thing I want to do is sit at a screen for another hour, trying to come up with something creative to write about (yet, you can find me parked on my bed or couch, getting fired up on Twitter over stupid politics, followed by looking at cute animal videos on Instagram, all evening, every evening.) 

I’m still running, though, my grand plans for a half marathon (this weekend) and a full in June fell through. While I managed to avoid the awful flu, I had a host of sinus and stomach issues most of winter and all of spring. I’ve had 2 diagnosed sinus infections in the last 2 months. The last thing I want to do when I’m dripping snot, yet congested with a headache, is run. Ditto when my stomach is twisting a thousand different ways and all I can hold down is ramen #sorrynotsorry Also? Turns out antibiotics can do evil things to other parts of your body #I’llleaveitathat #don’tmakemegoogleitforyou

I realized a month ago that a full marathon was not going to (safely) happen this spring. I actually stopped running halfway through March and didn’t pick it back up again until April. Even now, it’s sporadic at best, though, I think I’m finally getting back into a workout groove. I’m also missing a half I wanted to do this weekend and while I know I can finish, I don’t see the point of shelling out $125 to slog through 13.1 miles of hilly terrain.

So, all of that being said, I dropped my full marathon down to the half and I’m getting really excited. It’s 4 weeks away and while I won’t be as well trained as I would like, I think it will be fun and I’m confident that I can finish strong (for me.) 

I’m sad that my original plans fell through, but I’m 99% sure these races will be around for years to come. They will be there for me when I’m ready.

Hopefully I’ll sign up for a half in October and my goal is to run the LA Marathon next March, but I’m going to wait and see how things go, especially since there is a very real possibility I’ll be having sinus surgery sometime this summer/fall. I know it’s incredibly routine and recovery is pretty quick, but if it happens, I want to make sure I put my health and recovery first. I’ve been so miserable for so long, I don’t want to do anything to mess it up.

Anyway, I’m getting too far ahead of myself here – I’ll have more to report on my sinus saga soon.

As for the rest of my life, things are status quo.  I’m still working on getting my finances in order. I’m a LOT less spendy these days, and I’m still happy with my retirement savings, but I’m not thrilled with the short-term stuff. I mean, I’m probably better off than a lot of people, but there’s a lot of room for improvement. Hopefully I’ll talk about it more one day (because I’m obsessed with personal finance) but meh. I need to learn how to consistently blog before I make promises on certain topics (for my 2 readers who actually check this blog every now and again.) 

Alright. Time to finish my final 2 hours of work today. Sigh.