Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Working Through The Pain

Last week was finals week and I get so extremely stressed out during finals week. For some reason, everything else in my life also seems to fall during finals week - Alex starting baseball practice Monday and Tuesday nights, long work projects...etc and for those of you who don't know, in the past.....I'm ashamed to admit, I use to smoke during finals week. I hid it from almost everyone that I knew so I'm sure that you out there in blogging world didn't know about my nasty and disgusting once a semester habit. I would turn on a movie for Alex and sneak across our alley behind a tree to light up which, I realize, is really pathetic.

However, I now jog when I get stressed and yes...it takes a bit longer to wind down than smoking an ultra-light Marlboro, but I feel much better. I've been smoke-free for two semesters now!! You can see last weeks finals week had me stressed from this picture.



I ran 6 miles one night and when I arrived home and took my shoes off, the insides of my shoes and socks were bloody! I know....EWE right?!?!! I was so focused on everything else that was running through my mind that I didn't even feel the giant blister that had formed and popped on the bottoms of my feet.

7 comments:

Amber said...

Girlfriend, I think that you need new running shoes!

Amanda said...

Well, I just bought new running shoes which may have been the problem. I really didn't have time to break them it

Tracy said...

Oh.My. OUCH!

Good for you for not smoking. Not so good for you for the owie!

Just Mom said...

No pain. No gain.




:-D

Kerrie said...

For cryin' out loud!

Heidi Jo Comes said...

okay, feet...issues...freak...me...out!

deep breath, i think i'm okay now.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SMOKE FREE! amanda that is HUGE. running though? really, i so wish i could do that.

Jamie said...

Suck it up woman!!!

Just kidding...you were really in deep thought to not feel that.