Wife and A Life at 30 (+)!: One.. Uno.. Mono, What?

April 12/13th ish- As I sit here at home in Silence by myself (well and 3 kiddos and two annoying dogs) I have two thoughts one.. I sent Andy a text that said "I don't really even know what to do with myself now that all the kiddos are asleep and you are out of town. (Surely I am not spending this peaceful moment cleaning... could, but... it will look the same tomorrow at 830). So, I will utilize my time and blog. Second thought....These Damn dogs are so annoying...Anyone need a companion??

Here I go again playing catch up, only this time I am going to attempt to break it down into separate blogs. I get overwhelmed when I look back at all I need to catch up on. This..Is the story of life, not just mine but life. And many times instead of catching up I choose to take it all in and make memories.

So lets back up. Back in January I started telling Andy that I didn't feel right or felt off a bit. I didn't want to complain too much, honestly I thought to myself "this is what life is going to be like until they turn 5? then I can nap and maybe catch up on sleep." I thought how I felt was a normal part of being a Mom to 3 13.5 Months apart. I also thought that maybe running and exercise (hot yoga a few times) would help, decreasing gluten, eating healthy, and I hardly drink anymore, would all help with how I was feeling. I can remember telling Andy... "I am doing this, this, and this, and nothing is helping or changing how I feel." I called and talked with my Dr's nurse and asked her if she would have my Dr. order some labs for me "to know that I am not dying." I thought maybe I was anemic. Everything came back normal except for my liver enzymes were elevated (My first thought, haha, Do I really drink that much?). When the nurse called to let me know she said my Dr. felt strongly that it was related to a virus, that I had a virus or was getting over a virus. Well, things didn't improve. And without going in to great detail (around the end of Feb), I will just say that It is very interesting that my Obgyn was able to diagnose me (confirmed with labs) that I have Mono. She called me and said "Guess what Kellie, You have mono." Oh great, Lucky me. Go figure. I listened to her as she said she wasn't at all surprised with all that I had been through the past 2 years. My response to her and to Andy..."If I can do this much with Mono... Look out world for when I do feel better."

In January I made it my goal to get my health back. Being on bedrest for 10 weeks inpatient wrecks havoc on your body... I am not complaining, whining, looking for sympathy etc. Read about it, What just one week on bedrest will do. I am working to get myself back, to feel better, to feel good, and to feel normal...Right now I have accepted a new normal (24/7 tired) But like I said when I found out I have Mono, At least I know things don't have to be this hard or this difficult and that things will get better. So here is too me...As much as you can give to yourself when you are a Mom to 3 littles, But I am going for it.

Mono didn't stop me from much. I will say though as soon as I got the diagnoses, I definitely took every opportunity to nap and was sure to say I needed a nap.

On March 12th I ran a 10k. Bozeman's Run to the Pub race. 2 days before I found out I had Mono I had registered to run a 10k, Good grief.

I didn't die running it, so that is good. It was actually fun. I did it with a few girls from work.Our time wasn't too bad either.