Yes!

Today, I gave myself a choice. I decided to walk again - first time since we came back from VA and NC. During my visit with Mara, she and I took a long stroll with Luna, her dog. By long, I mean 1 mile. Not so long in terms of my hasher friends, but twice as long as what I've been achieving at home. On a hilly road, even.

So the choice I gave myself this morning was: 1) walk my normal route twice, which would equal one mile; or 2) walk my normal route once but at twice the speed.

I took the second option. Twice the speed, mind you, is still much too slow to keep up with the slowest of my Hashing friends, but is still quite enough to get my heart pumping and my lungs working harder.

I felt so exhilarated! And sweaty. But sweaty is good. I don't like being sweaty, as I've stated before, but I do understand the need to sweat, and the valuable purpose sweating serves for our bodies. I'm also pretty quick to shower it off after I've finished doing whatever caused me to sweat. (Side note: I accidentally typed "swear" just now, which sweating can sometimes cause me to do.)

So my whole point with this morning's ramble is that I feel like I've made a great accomplishment today. This, along with starting a slow ween off of my vertigo meds, is my way of fighting back at all the crap that is trying to prevent me from living a normal life. I am DONE with sitting around with my head spinning, telling my friends and family, "No I can't do that because I'm dizzy," and feeling more and more angry and depressed about it all.

There are way too many things causing me to choose a less active lifestyle right now for me to let this bloody head of mine add one more thing to the mix. If I can lick this, then I can work on the other things, and finally be myself again!

GO ME!