Random Shooting Pains

I'm kind of surprised with myself. I haven't touched this thing in four days. That's quite a while for me.

And in those four days I found myself out on a date and then sick. I felt terrible the last two days. My bones were aching and then on top of that... there were random firings of pain all over my body. One second it'd be like a mini-stabbing in my upper left arm then the next second it'd be a mini-stabbing in my right hip. When I say mini-stabbing, I mean the stabbing was done by a knife the size a Barbie might use. None of it felt like it was in the muscles either, it felt deeper. That began to subside by yesterday but I was still exhausted and could barely do more than stay awake for a half hour at a time. Not to mention how cold I was feeling - in rather sudden bursts. Twice I could only warm myself up by getting super hot showers. One of those two times I was shaking almost uncontrollably while I was waiting for the shower to heat up. I don't get sick too often but when I do... this is just about how it is. Random pain, sometimes accompanied by a little congestion or a small sore throat or the chills. I think I wore myself down over the last few weeks. I didn't take any real time to recover from the holidays before jumping right into a workout crazy schedule. All I could do was pray to have a normal amount of energy today so I could be more of what I need to be. Well, prayer did come through this time it seems. Yay! I'm feeling better. And even if it isn't actually prayer, I like thinking it is. I like hoping it is. I like feeling that it is.

But - the date went well. We'll be going out again this upcoming Saturday for lunch. We'll see how it goes. I mean, it went well but it wasn't exactly blow me away... yet it's completely worth at least the second try. I'm feeling more of a friendship vibe with this guy... we'll see if some butterflies start to blossom in the ol' tummy on Saturday. I will say that at least they're not worms blossoming so far.

Weight loss update on Thursday. Hopefully I will have at least maintained my weight though the biggest part of me is hoping that the scale will have gone down by at least some...