Spring is always a hectic time for most of us! The weather begins to warm-up. We're all anxious to get back outside after being couped up for so long and plans start popping up everywhere!
For us at the Mills' house, Spring means birthday's, baseball, recitals, school parties, more outdoor training, golf, trying to keep my dogs entertained, spring cleaning, and the inevitable... Allergy related sickness!
I give Coach Jen a hard time for growing up in crazy cold Chicago and then choosing to live there as an adult. However, I grew up in Atlanta and have always had HORRIBLE allergies! I've had 4 different sinus/allergy related surgeries and now as an adult that has developed into asthma. I don't go anywhere this time of year without my inhaler, yet I CHOOSE to live here! :) Yet I always question why when I get hit with this sinus infection/asthma illness that literally knocks me out for 4-7 days at a time as if I had the flu! Ahh!
So so far this year, 2009 has really sucked! I've been sick now 3 times. I went on the pill at the beginning of the year that literally made me crazy and that set me back for about 6 weeks! (Sorry, maybe a little too much information! :) I've lost my dad. I've really been trying to grow my coaching business. I've went back to work teaching to make extra money, and I've been going back to school to renew my certificate. When you write it all out on paper like that, I'm like... hmmm no wonder my own training has been pretty much in the tube ever since Clearwater! I think I'm in the worst shape since I was overweight in college!
But I am signed up for 2 ironmans!! Thank goodness they're later season Ironman's or otherwise, I might be calling the Ironman corporation to see what the refund policy is! :) ha ha!
But, as I was sitting around on Saturday starting to feel sorry for myself to be in such a slump, I thought about ok, what could I do to help myself, what I needed to just get over so that I could move on, and it reminded me of the serenity prayer...
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. "
I can not change the fact that I'm sick. The fact that I'm not where I wanted to be physically right now. The fact that I had to loose my Dad. Those are things that I simply must accept.
However, I can control somethings about my life. Like my attitude in dealing with all of these things. I can control the way I eat. The better I eat, the better I will feel and hopefully that will help prevent any further illnesses. Things such as this.
So, I'm writing off the first quarter of 2009 and moving on. It's not too late... It's just life. And we'll all make it through somehow. :) Life will settle down, and I'll find my "zone" once again. One step at a time.... So April 6-12th... here I come!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Craziness that is Life!
Posted by Kellye Mills at 8:45 PM
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Great attitude - love it.
Woooo... two Ironmans... You got what it takes! This pollen doth suck :-)
You're so hard on yourself! I couldn't juggle as many things as you do. Maybe lunch ON ME sometime this week might help....but only if it doesn't add to your "to do" list...or cause a major allergy attack when you leave the house. Let me know if you're interested. From one sniffly, red-eyed hacker to another ;)
Hang in there Kellye! Life isn't easy, and you've had so much on your plate with family, training, friends, your dad, work, school, the business. Take it one step at a time - I think that you're incredible. It's tough, I know... we want so much to do well, to succeed - and when things don't turn out the way we had envisioned, it's frustrating. Don't be too hard on yourself...accept what you can do and go for it! I love the quotes that you listed - they are SO true.
I'm a big fan of yours Kellye - hang in there! Sending you lots of love and good vibes!
K:I love the serenity prayer. I have it posted near my bed and say it every night before i go to sleep. It really helps me keep things in perspective. I hope everything falls in to place for you soon and know that Renee and i are already planning to move to Tucson ( and sleep on jen's lawn) bc life was good there. If even for 4 days, it was good:) HA no worries Lemmon cant solve right?
Take care of yourself, things will get better!!!
Kellye, you and I need to meet up and discuss life over a couple of beers - exactly the same these last couple of months. As I read your post I kept saying, Yep - check: sinus surgeries - yep, sinus infections - yep, not where want to be in the season - yep, lost an immediate family member - check. BUT, your attitude is inspiring and just what I wanted to read right now. From anything I have gathered from blogging with you the past year, you will most certainly rebound stronger and more physically fit than you were last year!!!
I'm with everyone else Kellye - amazing attitude! It's hard to let go like that but that's all we can do...let go and move on and look forward to what we have to come! And in the end this might be JUST what you needed - a slower start to the season so when those 2 IMs roll around you will be chomping at the bit and ready to go!! Thinking of you!
I hate the pollen. I have always had asthma, but my allergies picked up when I moved to GA
Hope things are looking up, Kellye.
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