First weekend of July!

Dear friends,
Hope you all had a lovely weekend so far!! I for sure had... (.....well, that is until yesterday evening...explanation to follow...).


I had a really good session in the gym on Friday evening to kick-off the weekend. Then came home and had a nice, quiet dinner with Chris and then edited some photos that I took while we were in Sweden (I took around 1 500, so you can imagine it takes a bit of time to finalize ;)).


Saturday, we went up at 7am to take photos of a bike race in Schleitheim called the GoldenRace. A lot of fun I must say! Especially since we biked there and back and as Chris's sister was competing and she's really a skilled mountain biker! The pictures in this post are some of the ones I took during the race.

In the evening, we had a really really lovely dinner with Chris's parents. The food was great (as always) and I got to practice my German a bit (oooohhh so needed!).... I also got a pair of really nice bike gloves from Chris's mom, which was a nice highlight!


Today, Sunday, I was planning to:
- Be outside enjoying the beautifully sunshiny summer weather
- Go for a jog or a bike ride
- Have a swim in the Rhein
- Make a picnic for lunch....


....but am instead:
- In pain
- Watching the sunshine from the inside
- Laying on the sofa with my legs in a 90 degree angle
- High on painkillers
- Full of self-pity
- Stretching...lightly.
- Trying to recover from acute Lumbago....
- Wondering how this could happen?! A few days ago, I was playing soccer and doing cartwheels....
- Frowning.


Well well.....at least it could be worse ;))
Hope you are all enjoying your Sundays and wishing you a great start of the week.
xox

A case of the Mondays...

I mean a reeeeaaally bad case of the Mondays...the kind that will be extened into an entire week.

So, On Friday I hurt my back really bad and got Lumbago (ryggskott in swedish). So let's say this weekend hasn't exactly been very active...

Yesterday I was feeling a bit better, but this morning I woke up and could hardly get out of bed on my own. It has gotten worse and now I also feel it in my legs.

I was determined to go to work anyway, stubborn as a donkey, since this week happens to be the most stressful week during the entire month, so off I go! Crawled into the car (I was not driving myself of course).

30 (painful) minutes later arriving at the office... (30 minutes late as I move at the pace of a senile turtle). What happens? I can't log in to my computer! Someone has deleted my work account! (maybe a sign??) Great... I call helpdesk - but they can be of any help. They have to send a technician...

I speak to the director, as my boss is on holidays this week, as I have to cancel my businesstrip to Paris with him on Thursday (obviously since I can barely walk). He starts asking me If I should really be in the office as I'm clearly not feeling well and tells me to go home and makes a joke. Actually a very nice joke.....but what do you think happens now? I start to cry! Crap! Crap! Crap! Bye bye being respected! I CAN'T HANDLE PITY (unless it comes from myself)! Gosh!

I quickly ran (yeah, well in my head I ran) into the printer room... Big crocodile tears running down my cheeks....5 seconds later Mr Director is there. Such a sweetheart! Telling me I shouldn't worry so much and only think about myself and my health first. He said he admires the fact that I tried to work, but to now cancel this weeks meetings and just go home...so I did.

Well, I stopped by the doctors office on the way home as I need a permit to be off work.

Now I feel like an involuntary junkie!! He prescribed me one week of rest, Diazepam to relax the muscles, Tramadol to ease the pain, Paracetamol to get rid of the headache?! This can't be good!

If this isn't a case of the Mondays, then I don't know how to qualify ;)

Now I will try to rest (which is quite easy when you're all drugged) and then watch a bunch of movies... Who knows? Maybe some movie tips will come out of this!

Stay posted.

xox

The Turtle