Antibiotics work wonders. When I felt this crap I've got going on moving into my ears on Wednesday, I made an appointment to see the doctor. Turns out I had a full blown sinus infection. Luckily for me, after just two doses of antibiotics, I'm starting to feel like myself again.

I hoped to workout this morning, but I'm still not 100 percent and the doctor warned me not to wear myself out. So yet another rest day. This is getting old.

Since I've been majorly lacking workout news to share, I figured I'd do my round up of books I read in March since I'm a few days late on that.



Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I was on the waitlist for this forever at the library, and I finally got my hands on the Kindle copy sometime last month. This book was insane. Twists and turns everywhere with some seriously psychologically messed up characters. I get why it's been on the best seller list for so long because even thought parts of the book infuriated me, I couldn't stop reading. It was just that good. And the ending, well it just made me mad. It wasn't one of those books you put down where everything is tied up in a happy little bow, that's for sure.

The Forgotten by David Baldacci
This is another waitlisted book. I waited a few months to get my hands on this one, but it was worth the wait. This was one of Baldacci's better books in a while. His earliest books were by the far best, and I feel like in the last few years he'd hit a little bit of a slump. The books were good, but had started to get predictable. I didn't feel like that with the Forgotten. I a lot of the plot changes caught me by surprise. It was a great and suspenseful read that I couldn't put down. It definitely reminded me of classic Baldacci.

A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman
One of my free Kindle downloads. I'm usually not a fan of historical fiction at all, but this book, set in the late 1920s, really drew me in. I enjoyed the characters and the storyline of a young girl wanting to make it as a lawyer and fight for women's rights and the issues she runs into a long the way. I'd definitely call this a bit of chick lit. There was a lot of love story stuff running through the background, but it was smarter than most other chick lit. This is the first in a series of books by the same author, and I'm thinking about maybe reading the others. I thought the author told a really, really good story.

Have you read any good books this month? And did you read Gone Girl? I'm dying to hear what other people thought!

When I went to bed last night, I had high hopes that I would be feeling better by this morning.

I was still congested as heck, but the burning in my throat had started to subside. So in my very optimistic way, I set my alarm for 4:30 planning to get up and get a run in before work.

Unfortunately, when I woke up, I wasn't feeling much better.

I'm not one of those people who will workout through a sickness, even if it is all above the chest and you're technically able to. Pushing it in a workout when my immune system is depleted just seems dumb and like a very good way it to take even longer until I feel better again.

I'm just starting to get frustrated. It's been almost a week since my last workout. Friday was a rest day, then I got sick on Saturday and I've been a bum trying to heal ever since.

I'm starting to feel like a lazy blob, but between my throat hurting and my sinuses being all backed up and my ears starting to hurt, I suppose rest is just what I need.

Baseball season is back!! Waahooo!!!



Yes, yes the Phillies may have lost last night, but I'm still so excited my favorite guys are back in my life!

If you've been wondering where I've been, I promise I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth. I just took a much needed long weekend at home at my parents' house...and then got sick.

If you've been reading for more than today, you know I've been a little bit overwhelmed this semester with everything I have on my plate. I love being busy, but that sometimes leads to my downfall.



I say yes to too many projects and don't leave any time for myself.

As a result, I end up turning into a stressed out crazy person who never sees her friends (sorry friends) and neglects her health. Working out and healthy eating have definitely taken a back seat as I try to manage everything I've got going on.

So the weekend at home, away from DC, away from all my responsibilities, couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I did nothing more taxing this weekend than going shopping with my mom. I read a lot, watched a bunch of basketball, spent time with my family. It was good.



Except for the getting sick part.

As for that, I'm fairly certain it's one of those "let-down" sicknesses. You know the kind that happen when you've been all go-go-go for weeks and months on end and then you give yourself a second to decompress and it's like wham, all the germs in the world attack your immune system, which has now let down its guard.

I'm fending it off the best I can....lots of fluids, cough drops, tissues and decongestant medicine, but I still sound a little bit like a man.

Hopefully this won't hang on for toooo long. Being sick is the pits.