First of all, I am sorry. I have been MIA for a couple of weeks and haven’t posted like I promised I would. To be honest, I haven’t felt much like writing. We bought a new bed and it was delivered a few weeks ago and apparently between the platform bed and the memory foam mattress, there was not enough support for my back. After about a week, I was messed up! I was in so much pain, I couldn’t sleep in the bed (even after buying a nice new mattress!), I couldn’t sit in my desk chair at work. I just simply wanted to cry! I was in pain and so exhausted with no end in sight. I think the most upsetting result was the fact that I had to walk my St. Patty’s Day 5k instead of running it. This was very upsetting because I felt like I had done so well at training over the last 8 weeks. Not that I would have been able to run the entire thing (thanks Mr. Winter for sticking around and making it impossible to run and breath at the same time!) but I think I would have done a lot better in this 5K than I did in my first. I know, I know, at least I was able to complete the 5K, but I was still upset. Thank goodness that, after many Icy Hot nights, Salonpa’s heat patches, daily stretching, much more medication than I care to take, and wonderful (though painful) nightly massages from The Husband…I am FINALLY feeling better! Still not 100% but at least I don’t want to cry every time I move now. Other than daily stretching, I haven’t worked out at all since walking the 5K last Saturday. Though I hated taking a week off, I thought it might be better to take a little time off so that everything could heal without any added strain. I am hoping to be able to have a short run this weekend and then get back into my routine Monday. Fingers crossed anyway!