Exhausted - A Good Thing?!

Go, go, go…that's my motto as of late.

Friday…what DID I do Friday?  Oh yes, I remember…(it actually took me a minute or two to remember)  I met Paul at the new house and proceeded to rip out a ceiling and all the two by fours that was beneath the ceiling while Paul worked in the basement on plumbing or something.  We worked for a good couple hours nonstop then went back to Paul's place, showered and had some pizza.

Saturday we got up.  I stopped at home to feed the dogs and let them out.  Then I ran to Costco - never go when you are hungry! - spent way too much and didn't even get half of the stuff I needed, finished some shopping at Walmart, dropped the stuff I bought at home, went tanning and then met Paul at the house for more work!  I finished ripping out the ceiling and then started washing the walls.  It was soooo disgusting.  I think I said the word disgusting at least two hundred times and I'm not exaggerating!  I don't know how people could live like that.  I sprayed the wall and the gunk just oozed down the wall…it was disgusting!  Needless to say I washed walls for four hours straight…tired!  I did the kitchen walls, hallway walls and ceiling (barf!), upstairs walls and the walls of one bedroom.  Living room walls and ceiling, bedroom walls and ceiling and ceilings in the kitchen and bedroom I did the walls on still need to be cleaned.  Paul was working in the basement - ripping out walls, drop ceiling, finishing plumbing and working on some electrical.  Paul did come up to check on me when I got quiet…he wanted to make sure I wasn't passed out from all the fumes!  After that we went to our own homes and collapsed for a couple hours.  I met back up with Paul and we went out to dinner at Palio and then to the Oasis Hot Tubs!  It was relaxing…and that's all the details I'm giving out!  Hee, hee, hee… >:)  I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed myself.  I was a little hesitant and wasn't too sure about cleanliness, etc…but it was fantastic.  I would definitely go back.  We got back to Paul's and slept like rocks.

Sunday we got up and went out to breakfast.  Paul had to work and I needed to do some stuff around my house.  I got home, fed dogs, sat down and looked around and thought…Ick!  I then proceeded to start cleaning my house.  I was complaining the day before about how disgusting the new house was…and thought my house looked pretty bad.  Everything is tidy, but it sure didn't appear to be clean - dust and dog hair everywhere!  I washed the bathroom and kitchen floors, the trim and window sills in the living room, hallway, kitchen, my bedroom and basement stairway and the walls in my room, kitchen, hallway and part of the living room - dogs!  I felt pretty good about things when I got done.  Plus, I did two loads of laundry and talked to my sis for a good hour (while cleaning) because she is having communication issues with her boyfriend (sound familiar?!).  I also ran a couple errands and went tanning.  When I got home I ran almost three miles outside.  2.85 according to mapmyrun.com ;)  That was my first run on pavement since I fractured both my ankles.  It felt really good to run.  And I felt much better and was able to free my mind of any negative thoughts.  Just having my feet hit the pavement…awesome.  I will say that it is much harder on my body when I run on pavement vs running on the treadmill/track.  Well, at least when I don't have a date with the track!  LOL!!!  By this time it's 4:30ish and I collapse on the chair.  I make plans to have dinner with Paul.  He was still working and wanted to go see the kids, so I cooked and then met him at his place with dinner and some wine.  A very nice ending to the weekend. :)

This morning it was soooo hard to get out of bed.  Now, as I'm sitting here in an audio meeting, all I can think about is that my entire body aches; well, at least my back, my arms and my legs.  I think it's from all the manual labor I did over the weekend.  Makes me wonder why the heck I work out 3-5 times a week.  If I'm so sore from a few hours work, what's the point?!  LOL!  Or maybe it's from not stretching all that great yesterday.  Or maybe a combo of the two - manual labor and running outside? 

In general, I'm just exhausted.  It was a really great weekend, so I guess being exhausted is a good thing!  Now if I just had a couple days off to recoup…  ::sigh::

Boy, I just read this and I think I'm even more exhausted!  LOL!!!