11:00 AM - Snowing outside. My mom and I drove to the local YMCA about twenty minutes away. It was the first time that either of us had gone to swim there in probably a year if not more. I got set up with a new YMCA ID since I lost the one that I had previously. It was good because I got a new photo. (No more 14 year old baby face!)
The rest of the California trip went significantly better than it had prior to the doc. visit. The tylenol with codeine helped make the plane ride bearable, even though the long flight was made an hour longer because we were out on the tarmac idling for about that time.
Yesterday, Tuesday 1/19, I went with my sister down to Albany to see my mom's friend Inez who is a doctor. I currently do not have health insurance because after graduation I was kicked off of it. Thankfully my mom has known her for like thirty years and she only charged us each $10 to be seen! She gave me a scrip and I took it to Walmart and was able to get 2 months of a prescription painkiller for only $8. What I found funny was that both the doctor and the pharmacist at Walmart told me to STOP RUNNING because it was BAD for me. (HA! Like that'll ever stop me!)
I did 2 warmup laps in the pool and then eased into a steady freestyle and did 500yds, stopped for a drink from my waterbottle and then did another 300yds. Then eased into a combination of freestyle and breastroke, but the breaststroke was hurting my hip so I stopped that quickly. I believe I went through the 1000m mark in about 17:35, with about 25:00 of swimming total today. I am so exhausted that I think I want a nap!
Yesterday the doctor was also concerned because my blood pressure was elevated to about 154/90 and it is usually 130/70 or so. In addition, my weight was a whopping 209.6 yesterday. Ick. So today I started a new plan to elminate salt and prepackaged foods which are usually laced with salt my buddy Jeff told me.
Breakfast was a bowl of raw oats and skim milk with a spoonful of sugar. Lunch was a homemade salad of carrots, grapes, tomatoes, lettuce, a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and fat free vinagrette dressing. Dinner is a bean stew my mom has been making all day.
Now off to go figure out wedding communicant stuff, health insurance, do some loads of laundry, and find a frame for my newly arrived NEW YORK STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATION!! woo hoo!
Total Swimming Time: ~25:00 Total Yards: 1200 yards | 
