Tired, tired and sore...

I feel like hell today...

Yesterday was like on fire, alert and full of energy...

It was silly actually, why I felt full of energy. It was the Clarinase doing it. Like being on amphetamines, I guess. I don't know why on earth I chose to take the tablet just before bed, and then top it off with Actifed. Of course I was up at 4 am and completely alert and awake. That continued throughout the day, and I didn't even feel tired in the evening.

So today must be like a pay back day. Double lethargy.

Yesterday was my first boxing lesson with a PT. $85 a pop. I had been REALLY hesitant on taking it up but I give it to the guy, so persistent with his bugging me and that worked. Anyway, wow. I was pooped after 30 minutes but had another half an hour to go. He let me stretch and do some ab work then I struggled through another 10-15minutes of half baked punching and that was it. I think the hardest part was my arms! My wrists, hands and forearms were shaking like from alcohol withdrawal. And my right wrist and hand was actually hurting. Today the shakes are better. But my back is aching like never before. Argh. Tempted to give up already. This is after popping 2 Voltaren and 1 Vioxx over the past few hours!

So, I told him maybe to start with only 30 minutes of boxing then 30 minutes of resistance work or something else. And see from there. I don't really want to break any metacarpals or get some repetitive stress injuries to my wrist either. It's not as if I'm going to became a competitive boxer. It's really something new to learn and so it'd better be fun.

On another note, I have been trying to bring Madison to the playground more regularly now because there is another girl who goes there around the same time. Only that she leaves before 9 so if we're late we miss them. The other girl is the youngest of 3 kids, with 2 older brothers, so she's understandably more boisterous and daring. Madison is quite a careful person, and generally seems not terribly adventurous. I think this girl is good exposure in limited quantities. So far, not bad, after a few playdates. Initially the other girl tended to ignore Madison, but yesterday was like a turning point when we showed up with Madison's Little Mermaid balloon in tow. The power of commercialism. Yesterday she gave Madison a chocolate wafer so today I brought Kit Kats along.

Argh... Chris is on call again this weekend. And I have appointments on Saturday, so Warni is going to end up accompanying Madison for chinese class. That's another issue I haven't really resolved yet. Whether to keep Madison in her current school, or change her to another one that seems more popular in the forums. There is this forum that I stumbled on while googling Mandarin classes, called kiasuparents.com, where they discuss in great and fine detail about the schooling and enrichment curriculum. It's really terrifying. But also intriguing. Anyway, Madison's school isn't even mentioned in the forum!

I think maybe when she's a little older I might try the one that's nearer us at United Square. Hua Language school. I used to see the teachers there as patients too previously. The other one is Tsien Hsia Chinese school. The only thing is that Madison is getting used to the current one already and the teachers are pretty nice.

And October is gone, just like that ...