Crap. I've jut been feeling like complete crap on and off lately, and I'm
not sure why. Sunday before last I spent most of the day just laying on the sofa.
Yesterday I was fine until the drive home, then I started feeling progressively
worse (tired, burbling gut) and ended up eating about three bites of dinner and
going to bed. It's frustrating because I don't know why it's happening. I could
blame dehydration now that it's gotten hot, but I do spend most of the day in air
conditioning. Unfortunately [TMI warning] some of the general effects an usettled
stomach has on me tend to add to the dehydration factor. And now I feel icky
again, but at least I have a culprit: I drank something packaged as a juice
smoothie (pre-bottled, from the supermarket) this morning, not realizing skim milk
was the third ingredient. So now I'm in the throes of lactose intolerance.
Ouch.
I wouldn't mind so much if I could just take a day off and lie
down, but as usual that's not an option. I couod phone into my afternooon
meetings, but I'm already here and it wouldtake nearly an hour to drive home. The
worst effect is on my workouts. I can't just skip them, because I've got a race
this weekend. This morning I drove all the way out to the lake, couldn't bring
myself to go out on it, went home and erged instead. I did get a decent workout
(5K including a 1K piece only about 5 seconds below my best) but it's just
frustrating. And the scenery isn't as good. I don't know what this on-and-off-
ickiness is, but I wish it would *stop*!