First, let me preface this by saying that I pride myself in being a fairly optimistic person. I also pride myself in being someone filled with activities and keeping my time filled with productivity. There comes a time, however, that my life starts to become chaotic. To put it another way, filled with mayhem. Yes, a “violent or damaging disorder; chaos”. I was clued in to this chaos after waking up Monday morning in extreme pain.
When I woke up Sunday morning I felt like my neck was a little stiff but as the day progressed it got better. I had no idea that the next morning I would wake up in excruciating pain. At first I just tried to shake it off and figured it would get better. I donned my running clothes and headed outside for a run. I only got about 1/10 of a mile down the street when I realized that I was in too much pain to continue on. I thought maybe I would go for a walk instead, but even that proved to be painful.
When I got to work later in the morning, my coworkers encouraged me to perhaps call and make an appointment to see the chiropractor. Being my stubborn self and one who likes to avoid doctors, I decided to wait. I figured my pain would feel better the next morning. Sadly, that was not the case.
Fast forward to today, Thursday, and I finally went in to see the chiropractor. The verdict? A stiff neck and stress. Go figure.
Right now I am juggling:
- a full time job teaching 5th graders
- a husband, a teenager, and a pre-teen
- training for marathon #15
- a part time job grading state tests
- a part time job as an influencer
- helping to plan an event
- the precipice of a BIG family change
I totally understand that I’ve brought a lot of this extra “stuff” on myself, but I enjoy “doing”. Rarely am I idle. You will never hear the words “I’m bored” come out of my mouth. For the month of May, however, perhaps I’ve bit off a little too much. I keep telling myself that June will be better. Once school gets out and it’s summer break I’ll have more time to run, to blog, to clean the house.
Lesson learned here?… Not every single moment of every single day must be filled.
Until next time,
Run Strong Run 
Oh no! I was disappointed to see the chiropractor didn’t help. I always hear amazing things about going to one. I hope your pain subsides soon! June WILL be better! All of my teacher friends get pretty frazzled in May. Until then, just do everything in your power to squeeze in some relaxation between everything you’re juggling.
Thank you Christa! I will try to find some time for relaxation… come to think of it, I DO have a float therapy gift card to use. 🙂
Ooh I’ve been told I have to try that sometime. I say use it 🙂