Two weeks of being puss in boot (plus the week before without) it
is amazing how doing no training, sitting on ones butt can send the mind into
overdrive.
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| Dream a little distant at moment :( |
Two weeks 'immobilised' to start with were docs orders for my
fabulous boot. Together with a "if
you must" you can swim with a pool buoy.
But I've done the 'listening' to my body this week and so far the aching
ankle/leg has won out, no swimming either.
At the end of the day I figure it is better to get this thing fixed well
and truly. So down the track don't have
further problems to put me out permanently.
BUT there in enters the waiting game....as she taps her fingers up
and down on the desk. In the past week,
I've scanned the internet and truly if you took on board everything you read
happening in the world, you'd be in the corner rocking backwards and
forwards. (I was seriously trying to
avoid that before reading all the doom and gloom.) Holy dooly people what is going on?
By far the most disturbing for me was attack in China, in
beautiful city of Kunming (Spring city).
I've
been there several times with charity that does summer camps for
orphans. I've danced with elderly in
the People's park, doing their daily exercise with smiles. Have
friends live there. Caught buses outside
the very train station where 160 people were stabbed in cold blooded attacks by
northern militant group (30 are now dead).
It is so sad that our tolerance for each other's beliefs, idealism, and
need to use brutal violence is apparently only way (for some in their eyes) to
be heard and point put across. Or just
do random things for no apparent reason.
It's that split second moment that changes hundreds of people's lives
forever.
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| Bird and flower market of Kunming. |
With what positive thoughts I've been struggling to hold on to
these past couple of weeks I send it to the families that have lost loved ones
there. It puts things into perspective
and I know things are all relative.
I may be injured, however, I still have my life, beautiful hubby,
family, friends, house, food etc. So I
figure might be out six weeks maybe longer of my training schedule, next week
I'll have more of an idea. At the end of
the day it's a dream, goal and my chasing a rainbow, sometimes they work,
sometimes they don't. I do know there is
one determined little vegemite keen to get back to training and make that
finish line happen.
Which is funny because I used to be the chickeebabe that could sit
for hours and watch tv, movies one after the other, stuff my face with food and
thought, wow, isn't this cool. Now (and
I really don't know where this other chick has been hiding) I see the sunshine or the rain outside and
think where can I chase my rainbow today. Plus I'm looking at options of where
else I can travel and do 70.3's if I can't do Cairns this year (and I haven't
even completed one full one yet...totally nutter).
When I train it makes me happy and also makes me feel great, even
if get smashed during the session. (yep,
again with the nutter and OMG I think I've turned to the dark side of wanting
to be all fitter and healthy because it is a great feeling..hee hee) I really
miss that at the moment. (I know, lay
off the pain meds ha ha).
That old brain and I have been having a roller coaster over the
past couple of weeks. Frustration,
happy, sad, etc. Then this morning my
amazing hubby leaves a beautiful flower for me on kitchen bench. Everything turns to rainbows again. Although, when you have idle time, that brain
goes into overdrive.. Man, it is one
powerful organ in the body ticking away there.
That if you don't get a control over it instead of chasing rainbows,
dark clouds can hover and consume. I
might be hovering in-between some days at the moment but I'm really trying to
aim for the rainbows. Maybe this is the
part where I mental prepare for my 70.3 ahead.
Maybe....
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| Flower from Hubby, called cat whiskers :) |
Aiming for happy days..and searching for good news stories. :)
Shell xoxo
