MRI results, etc.

I had the MRI done and received the results the following Monday.  Turns out I have bulging discs in 3 different areas of my lower spine, as well as osteoarthritis in another area.  So, Monday I have to call the orthopedic surgeon I've been recommended to see and we'll see what he will have me do.  It could be cortisone shots, surgery, therapy of sorts.  Who knows?  I'm just ready to have this pain behind me!

I signed up for a 5k!  Holy cow, I know!  The only race I've ever ran was back in 4th and 5th grade at the famous Wellsville Mile.  I've never thought of myself as a runner, let alone a potential runner!  I'm more of the lift weights, play sports, punch things type of person!  However, secretly I've always admired and respected runners!  It takes SO MUCH discipline and motivation and effort to be a runner!  Well, my neighbor called me one day and asked if I'd sign up for the Color Me Rad 5K.  I was so excited and pumped up and I signed up that night!!!!!  Well, shortly after I began training my back grew increasingly worse to the point of numbness, extreme pain, and I couldn't move hardly at all without hurting terribly.  So, my training has basically stopped.  Well, tonight I'm sick of the excuse!!!!  I'm sick of just sitting around, feeling sorry for myself, and just getting more unhealthy and less motivated by the minute.  So, I vow to start up my training!  I have to and I don't have a choice in the matter!

Tomorrow I will be changing up my hair a bit.  Granted, it won't be a dramatic, above the ears, cut.  However, it will be dramatic for me.  I've been on a mission to grow my hair long for years now.  I wanted it to be as long as when I got married.  Well, its been that way for a while.  So, why cut it?  Well, there are many reasons.  #1:  I am ready for a change with my hair!  I hate my hair, it's heavy, thick, and just blah!  When I wake up in the morning, I have absolutely NO DESIRE to do my hair!  To me it's ugly!  #2:  While I was pregnant with Corie, my hair became EXTREMELY dry, brittle, and just so fragile!!!  This hasn't ever really been a problem of mine but, became a side affect from the pregnancy.  Now, while Corie is nearly 2, I still have leftovers of hair from when I was pregnant with her.  I just feel the need to freshen it up, make it alive again.  I was never one to be scared to cut my hair.  However, I haven't cut off a lot for so long that I've got jitters about it!  So, I'm anxious in more than one way how it will go but, excited!  I've wanted to cut it for a long, long time but, didn't want to just cut it to say I did.  So, I've been searching and searching for months to find the perfect haircut and color for me.  I think I've found the one I love and every time I look at it, I am assured that what I'm doing is the right thing for me!  Gosh, I sound like I'm making a big change or something, ha ha!  Anyway, so I'm stoked to see how it goes!!!!!  

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