He's burnin' up

My older son's fever got up to 104.8F yesterday. We were concerned, but not emergency room concerned. So we pumped him full of ibuprofen overlapped with tylenol, and put him in a lukewarm bath. He's acting fine, just a little tired. This morning he seems to have broken it, sitting pretty at a relatively cool 99.6. Whew. He was worried he'd miss his day with his dad (his dad gets him Tue, Thurs, and Sun), I felt bad for him.

I'm down a few more pounds! I've been doing mostly raw still. Sticking to my calories. I just made a morrocan couscous salad called Salat Tangiers. It's got raisins, peppers, carrots, onions, parsley, almonds, and mint in a super yummy marinade of OJ, lemon juice, a little oil, cinnamon, cayenne, and a pinch of salt. I used whole wheat couscous and halved the oil, and it still came up atrocious on the CRON-o-meter! It's got 600 calories per serving! Ouch! Still, I can have that for lunch and keep everything else light. Should be ok.

We had a terrible rainy windy storm here on Long Island last night. The house actually creaked and shook a little in the wind. It was pretty fa-reaky! The power flickered off a few times, but never actually went out. Today there are branches all over the driveway from the empty wooded lot next door. I was worried that I'd wake up this morning to a tree sitting in my living room. It was that windy. I'm surprised that local news isn't calling it a hurricane.

I'm on my last day of my 5th week straight of running. Of course, I'm only running on my treadmill three days a week, but the C25K program recommends taking a day of rest in between runs. So I'm just doing what the internet tells me. Today's run is the toughest yet. 20 continuous minutes. I'm a little nervous, but also excited to 'conquer' it. The last interval was 8 min running, 5 min walking, then finished with another 8 min running. The program runs a total of 9 weeks, working up to 30 minutes straight running. Doesn't seem possible, but I know I will do it. It just seems so foreign. Me- a runner! Ha! Who'da thunk it?!