Fab Friday

It's another Fab Friday! The rules:
Share the Fab Fridays pic on your blog.
Tell everyone all about some of the FAB things you have going on.
Go back to Laura's blog and link up at the bottom so others can see what FABulousness you have going on.
Visit others who have linked up!
That's it! Easy, peasy!

Here are some things that have been FAB in my week:

• My daughter's basketball team is playing for the COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE TONIGHT! Huuuuge deal! Our school's girls basketball team hasn't played in a county championship game since 1996 and they haven't WON a county title since 1991! Like I said ... it's a BIG deal! And I couldn't be more proud of my baby girl. I know she's almost 18 years old, but she's still my baby!
• We had some fun family time Thursday night and went to another college basketball game. They lost! But we had a fun time anyway. :)
• I have discovered the joy of peanut butter mixed into plain or vanilla Greek yogurt. OMG! It's my new favorite sweet treat! Mix in a few chocolate chips and it is totally a heavenly dessert!
• We placed an order for a bunch of new K-cup flavors and I can't wait for them to get here. One new flavor we tried is French Toast! Sounds so yummy!
• I got a new shellac put on my fingernails this week. I love having pretty nails! :)
• Oh my gosh, I'm coming back to this post to edit and add something that slipped my mind when I typed this list! For YEARS I have shopped online at Old Navy for plus-sized clothing. Recently, there has been a sale on their active wear line. You may have seen where some bloggers were sent a $50 gift card to try out their line (Lucky!!) so I went ahead ordered a few pair of capri length workout pants and yoga pants.I knew I didn't need plus-sized (1X or 2X, etc.) any more but I wasn't sure if I would need a L or an XL so I ordered both. I decided to try the L first ... and they FIT! They weren't tight. There was not any wiggling into them. They just FIT! There was no X in front of that L. There was no 1X or 2X in front of that L. It was just an L. A regular ol' L. That. Is. Fan. Tastic. :) Now I'm looking forward to the day that there is an M on the clothes I'm buying!

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So, I started getting this weird twinge in my lower back on Monday. I went ahead and did a kettlebell workout on Tuesday and it was even more sore on Wednesday. But being the optimist that I am, I figured I could just walk it out! I got on the treadmill Wednesday afternoon and although I felt a little tightness when I first started, it started feeling a little better so I figured I was good to go. I started jogging and that felt ok too. Yay. There was the occasional twinge but I figured that was just my body's way of working it out.

Afterwards, I jumped in the shower and got ready for my daughter's basketball game (they won!) but by the time I got home Wednesday night my back was realllly aching. It only worsened yesterday. :( Other than going to the ballgame last night, I pretty much spent the day sitting or laying back on a heating pad and taking Bayer back and body every 6 hours. Boo.

When I woke up this morning it's still got that same ache/twinge. When I lower into a sitting position or when I twist at all or get "jarred" even a little is when it hurts the most. Sneezing is a nightmare! A slight twist or jarring causes an intense pain. On a scale from 1-10 it hurts as a 3 or 4 all the time, but when I twist or turn at all it flies up to a 10! As soon as I move back into a straight position, it's back to just a small pain.

Standing is hard because I find that I'm bending forward just a little bit and trying to stay directly upright puts too much pressure on my lower back.

Gahh. This is NOT fab. And I don't have time for this!:(  whine. whine. whine.

I'm just not sure what to do from here. Do I try to push through it? Do I rest it? I don't think anything is "wrong", I think I've just pulled something.

I think it's so funny that I finally get myself back on the "get moving" train and now I'm slowed down again by my body. Argh.

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