Back In Action

Tonight I had aerobics. This was my first opportunity to actually do anything physical this week. First, I was stricken by my IBS all weekend into Monday and then, on top of that my chronic EBV infection decided to rear its ugly head as well. Monday morning the alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. Hubby got dressed for work and woke me again a touch before 6:00 so that I could begin my routine. He left for work and I sluggishly rolled out of bed, hunted for my cell phone, and called off. Yep. I barely had the energy to pull my ass out of bed let alone make the 30 mile commute to work.
I went back to sleep. I was awakened about 4 1/2 hours later to the sound of hubby coming home on his lunch hour. Somehow, he didn't know I was home--even though my car was in the garage and he came in that way. He was surprised to see me still home. I told him I just felt crappy. He doesn't fully understand the chronic EBV. Simply put, it's like CFS. The big difference between the two is that EBV can be detected in a blood test while CFS is not. Either way, many people don't view it as a real problem or even an illness. I've been accused of laziness often. Anyway, lazy I am not. I just don't have energy when I need it sometimes. A great great great post about just how chronic illness feels can be found here.
Monday afternoon I had planned to go in to work, but I didn't wake up again until about noon. I decided to take a full day and headed to my parents' for R'n'R. Hubby would be home around 2:00 and I knew he'd have things to do. I didn't want to be in his way nor did I want him to keep me awake. I slept for what seemed like hours, but apparently was only one hour at my parents'. I woke up around 4:00--just in time for The Golden Girls! :)
So, here I am today. I had a job interview which I'm excited about. Honestly, I think it went well. Time will tell. I never truly know how I did at an interview. Besides that, connections get you everywhere in my institution. I don't know anyone in the department I want to work for. Maybe it's a good thing, but we'll see. This put me in a great mood, however.
After work, it was on to Aerobic Jazz class. It was invigorating. I was only about 15 minutes late. Not bad considering I was wearing a skirt and hose that I had to change out of! I think I'm going to have a good ache tomorrow. We did some free weights and my arms are WEAK! I do need to get some strength in my arms and tone up overall. I feel tired now. I have energy, but I'm tired and I could go to sleep. 10 years ago when I was dancing, I could dance for hours and still have energy. Ah those were the days. I wish I could get some of that energy back!