yay… back to work..

 I went back to work Wednesday. still slow and fatigued but I was able to make it through the whole day. I did some appts so there was standing. and 30-minute coverage of surgery for lunch so some more standing there. definitely wore me out but I survived. I was hoping to leave work “early” to prep for our early, long day Thursday in Bakersfield. I didn’t end up leaving work until after 10, half-expecting Ron to already be in bed. he was still awake and told me we had to be there at 9:15 not 7 like previously planned. *phew*

I had already packed Gatorade and water and a granola bar. my tablet was charged for reading during surgery. Ron woke up with a gout attack (probably from all the stress) so I was driving.. no napping on this drive, no texting Gale or Tammi for where we were going. he couldn’t remember what freeway number to transfer to. so we took the wrong one. and then drove around looking for the hospital - on the wrong street. SO we were an hour late for check in. he had 2 hr pre op then i trucked it to the cafeteria to sit for awhile. decided I’d be much more comfy in the car. I came back inside a little over 2 hours later because I needed to be ready for the call from doc when he was done. he did well. I called his Gale because she and Tammy had kept calling and texting when I was waiting for the doctor call. once he was truly awake and getting dressed, the nurse reviewed discharge care with me. I went outside to be big the car around while they were going to wheel him out - and then the hospital went on lockdown for an active shooter. hooray. so all in all, we left at 8:30a and got home at 7:30p. long long day. I was expecting it to be only half of that. so no chance for resting. 

Friday was another semi-hectic day of getting back into routine. thankfully, I didn’t have to cover 30-minute lunch on surgery that day. 

Saturday is such a blur.. the day came and went and I can't even remember what happened. 
I do know that I realized late in the day that I had a 5k run early the next morning. I had to be at my mom's at 7:15. I found my clothes I'd wear, charged by iRiver (or so I thought...) and figured out my breakfast for the road. 

Sunday - I never slept at all. I was awake pretty much the entire night with no dream that I can recall.
I crawled out of bed at 5:35 (shortly after Ron had just come back to bed...) and quietly went to the bathroom and got dressed. I went upstairs to gather my things and grab my food.. I snuck out the door around 6:20 and remembered that my car still needed gas. so I was already running late...
I quickly drove to my mom's in Simi (71 miles away) and we made our way to the park for the 5k. I had not trained at all since signing up. and then I had gotten sick which put me even further behind physically. I walked the entire 5k in 57:08. I had planned to run part of it.. but I DID keep a steady pace for the most part. towards the home stretch my feet really started hurting and I had to lower my pace for a bit.. but I sped up again closer to the finish line. I had done it.. I had walked the entire thing, with zero training, and 2 weeks after being majorly sick and fatigued. slowly but surely, I'm come out of this exhaustion.