Thoughts

You haven't experienced thunder until you've lived in Kentucky.  I can't believe how loud it gets. We have thunder that literally shakes the windowpanes.  It's like you can feel it in your guts.  And it is always at night.  Like a bomb going off.  It's crazy. 
I don't mind it; I actually think it is kind of cool.  The girls, on the other hand, not so much.  Of course it is horrifying to them, and I totally understand that.  Maybe they will eventually sleep through it.  Hope so.

I have a stress fracture in my foot.  Well, in my fibula, which is rather rare, because it isn't a weight bearing bone.  Now, I haven't had this confirmed by a medical professional, but I am sure of it.  I Googled it.

"Stress fractures are among the most common sports injuries and are frequently managed by family physicians. A stress fracture should be suspected in any patient presenting with localized bone or periosteal pain, especially if he or she recently started an exercise program or increased the intensity of exercise."

I have all the symptoms and the injury came right when I got into exercising after having Carver.  Normally I start with a gradual exercise routine, but I put it off so long that I was eager to jump right in.  Instead of gradually increasing my running mileage and intensity, I started with some interval training because I was so pumped after reading this article.  I jumped on the treadmill and did one minute of walking followed by one minute of sprinting, continued for twenty minutes.  Apparently the sprinting was too much too fast.  Enter weird ankle pain.  It didn't seem serious, as it was just a dull, weird pain.  It didn't swell, and I couldn't really notice increased pain with any certain activity.  I stopped the sprinting and started doing Jillian Michael's shred and yoga videos (which I love), but then I also kept doing a 5 mile weekend run.  The weird pain persisted for months and then, because I was most likely compensating, I started to get knee and back pain on the same side.  Since I don't want to be in pain for the rest of my life, I figured I had better keep off it.  I stopped exercising, but how do you stay off an ankle when you have to continue life with holding kids, grocery shopping, vacuuming, mopping, etc.?
I don't know how effective it has been.  I haven't "exercised" in almost three weeks.  I think it is getting better, but not much.  It still aches a bit and is tender to the touch.  Now I have lost all my hard-earned flexibility and muscle tone.  And I've gained a good four pounds.  It is sad.  I can't decide if I should keep resting it.
Continue to get flabby and maybe it gets better? or Get back in the routine, feel better, and maybe it gets worse?
Ugh.