Two 5s on a Friday: What’s working (and what’s not)
This week has been a little rough for me. I’ve been super anxious about my knee; the possibility of just tripping weirdly and tearing my ACL completely ma...
Category: Health & Well Being
Build-a-weekend
This past weekend was a lot of prepping for the coming week. Also a lot of putting things together and taking things apart. I put together a cargo carrier for o...
I injured my knee! (And I’m trying really hard not to freak out)
Tonight at sparring a bigger guy jumped on my back and when I got down to throw him off, my right knee collapsed inward and I felt a horrible popping on the out...
Should I stay or should I go?
Go to martial arts I mean. And I really struggle with it sometimes. I am VERY good at sticking with my workout routine. I work out at least four times a week an...
Silly me
I thought I’d be writing a post today about what I did and did not end up doing this week. Instead I’m writing a post about how my husband just test...
Bummer (or on not managing disappointment well)
Today I was supposed to go to my first book club with a friend. I have been plowing through the book all week, trying to finish in time, I was nervous, but exci...
Not a stroke, but maybe a silent migraine?
I spent several hours in the ER today. A couple hours in the waiting room, and one in the actual ER. I was there because the advice nurse told me I had to go. B...
I’m so glad I didn’t quit
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I considered quitting martial arts, and how glad I am that I didn’t. I was thinking of quitting because it was getting hard, ...
Perimenopause confirmed?
Actually, I think it’s not. Confirmed I mean. The perimenopause. I don’t fucking know. How exactly am I supposed to know? I rarely got my period, wi...
In search of coping mechanisms
Today was a bad day. Not necessarily for me, but for people I care about. So naturally, I felt really bad for them. And again I was reminded that when I’m...