"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

4 easy miles avg 7:24 pace. 

I spent the morning at the hospital with my 4 year old daughter.  She had an MRI and an ABR (auditory brain response) test done.  We found out she can hear normally out of her right hear, but is totally deaf in her left ear.  The Audiologist painted a somewhat grim picture of how this might affect her especially with regards to her schooling. 
 
I'm really happy she can hear out of her right ear as the Menangitis she had at 15 months could have just as easily taken the hearing from both ears.  I'm glad she will be able to live a "normal" life, but it still makes me a little sad.  I never thought about what it would be like to only hear out of one ear, but apparently it's a lot harder than hearing out of two.  

A lot of people deal with things that are a lot worse, so I don't want to sound like I'm complaining.  I'm glad we found out about the problem when we did and that the problems aren't any worse.  One doctor at the hospital yesterday said, "I don't want to make light of this hearing problem, but if this is her only problem you're really lucky."  He was referring to her bout with Menangitis.  I am really lucky to have her and that she's doing so well.  She's beautiful and bright and is actually my best "listener."  My boys have selective hearing.

I welcome advice or insight from anyone with experience with this sort of thing.

10 miles up/down Provo Canyon.  Started out "meduim" pace then sped up.  Average 6:56.

9 miles Avg 7:22 pace.  2 miles to Melody's house, 5 miles with Melody and Amanda, 2 miles back home. 

I got some new shoes and they rubbed a huge blister on the side of my heal.  I've had this shoe before, so I don't understand what's going on.  I was going to go 10, but stopped at 9 because the blister hurt so bad.  I'm taking them back to the store.  I just hope the blister heals enough so I can do my long run Saturday without being in a lot of pain.  Right now I can't wear any shoes. 

I'm so mad! I can't believe a stupid blister is taking me out! I'm not going to be able to run tomorrow either and I planned to go 18!

I lay in bed last night thinking about how I wasn't going to be able to run because of this dumb blister.  Then I got out of bed and started cutting up old running shoes thinking if I cut a hole out of a shoe so it didn't rub on the blister I just might be able to do it.  Was up until 1:45 a.m.  My husband was gone doing a work thing from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and couldn't believe I was still awake when he got home.  I don't think we've stayed up that late since before we had kids. 

I got a pair of shoes to work good enough that I could do the elyptical.  Not good enough to run though.  I slept in to 9 a.m.  That was some sort of record too.  We've arrived at a some  new parenting stage.  I don't think we've stayed in bed that late since before we had kids either.  I went to the Fitness Center and did the elyptical for 1 hour 20 min and read 38 pages of the Book of Mormon.  The multi-tasking aspect was nice.  There was hardly anyone there and the TV's were off. I would have gone longer, but I ran out of time.  The morning goes really fast when you sleep in until 9 a.m.

I'm hoping to run on Tuesday.