Almost bagged it

So I'm almost slept in this morning and skipped my swim workout. On my business trip last week, I started to get this scratchy throat thing. Luckily, I had planned ahead by bringing a tube of Airborne. So I battled the throat baddies by taking one of those every morning while I was there. I continued to take Airborne when I got back as with all these workouts being on a plane with 200 other people there's definitely germs floating around especially this time of year.

Yesterday, I couldn't sleep because of work. I woke up for my usual in the middle of the night bathroom relief and couldn't get back to sleep. I'm so used to waking up that during a normal night it's not a big deal. It was 2am and by 2:30 I said what the hell might as well get up and start the day. I was in the pool by 3am or maybe I should refer to it as a "tank". Swimmer lingo that I found this past weekend by reading about the new state of the art Mt. Hood Tank/Pool. I guess world class swimmers call it a tank. Who knew, now if I could find out what those Olympic divers shammi like towel things are called I'd be able to hold conversations with the aquatic folk and impress. :P

I had a decent swim yesterday and made it to work at 4am. I went for my normal lunch time ride and then started to feel the throat afterwards. I just know I was right on the edge of a full blown sore throat. I was beat when I got home last night and called it a day at 8pm.

I felt worse this morning and the bed was so warm. Thank you flannel sheets. Flannel sheets are the best and it really makes me want to sleep forever. I was thinking I'll just sleep in since my throat was really bugging me but I got up anyway. I'm hoping by keeping my routine I'll be able to just kick the bug quicker. My arms were sore from yesterday's swim so I didn't go so well in the tank today.

I did treat myself to an Egg Nog Latte at Starbucks before I got to work. OMG!! I have a major weakness for the Egg Nog lattes. I'm always excited once November hits because Starbucks starts up the egg nog. They're so good I can't resist. I'm pretty sure I could gain a ton of weight if they were offered year 'round. I luckily didn't gain any weight from my trip so I was quite pleased but now with the Nog it's gonna be hard.

Can everyone believe that next week is Thanksgiving? Where did all the time go? It just seems like yesterday it was September. Of course, that means Xmas is coming super fast. Ugh...at least I'm gonna get a little jump on things this year and get my daughter's yearly Santa photo out of the way this weekend.

That's about all the stuff going on with me. The big move to DC is coming up fast and I don't feel ready.