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Blueberrybook · 03:17 PM

I had a hard walk today. It was a slog the entire way. Usually if I'm tired, it will ease up after the first 1-1.5 mi, but it didn't today. I should have come in at 2 mi but kept going the whole 7 mi. I had trouble breathing, and I'm not sure exactly if it was fatigue (my cat woke me at 3:45 AM by walking on me), dehydration (weight was a bit on the low side this morning and I woke up dying of thirst), pollution from the nearby chemical plants (there was a strong chemical odor in the air when I started my walk), allergies (though I don't have any symptoms so I doubt it), panic/anxiety, well after some time, I was having anxiety that it was so hard to breathe, and I don't have asthma or anything like that. Even after coming in, 2 hr later I still had issues. Finally I took my low dose Seroquel early (it's for anxiety), that didn't do much so I took Benadryl and finally my breathing eased up some (more I think as a result of benadryl making me tired than allergies).

My breathing has eased up now, but always a glutton for punishment,I decided to vacuum some (because the cat litter kicked out of the litter boxes was driving me crazy). I vacuumed more than I had planned and that got to me some too. I need to just chill out for the rest of the day though I do have to cook dinner later on; that is the downside of having a family and with H working, I have to cook. We used to pick up food when I didn't feel like cooking, but that has gotten so expensive, we tend to eat out on birthdays and our anniversary and that's it although once or twice a month I may get a breakfast wrap or lunch panini from Starbucks. Well, I know cooking at home is healthier anyway, but I don't enjoy planning & cooking meals much since both H and my daughter are picky eaters. My daughter I can't really fault; she has issues that probably could have gotten her an Asperger's diagnosis, but H didn't want her carrying around a label and she copes well enough. She likes healthy enough food just not a lot of foods mixed today other than a few soups.
I often have to find recipes where I can give her meat seasoned only with salt and pepper and veggies only cooked in olive oil (or eaten raw). H doesn't like casseroles or any meals cooked in a slow cooker and always wants meat with his meals. I probably have about a 3 week meal rotation because it is so hard to find meals they will eat. I'm not picky. As long as a meal doesn't call for beets I'm pretty good (barring weird foods I might never have heard of or tried before).