Lingering....

It seems to be evident that Jonenne and I are still dealing with the effects of our illness even though we both 2-3 weeks past the worst part of the whole ordeal. We're both getting back into riding and other activities we like. Jonnene did a triathlon last Sunday where she was about two minutes faster than she was when she did the same event two years ago. I got back into riding about a week ago today and have already put in over 160 miles. But we can tell that we're not all there yet. I'm a little embarrassed that my desire to ride the bike isn't as strong as I'd like for it to be. I didn't ride at all yesterday during a holiday when I had all day to do so in good weather. And even though it's wet outside right now and probably suitable for getting on the bike, neither of us have any desire to go out there.

I did ride this morning with the 5:50 group, doing the strongest pull of the ride around 24-25 mph and even did a few hill repeats once I got back to our neighborhood. I noticed, again, that I'm still not breathing as deeply as I need to...the lungs seem to persist in having some congestion in them. I'm thankful that I don't feel anywhere near as bad as I did just two weeks ago but I'd really like to get over this stuff for good. Both of us feel tired most of the time which we attribute to trying to stay active as we usually do while still recovering from this lingering illness (which we've never really gone to the trouble to identify). Oh, well, we'll let some more time pass and eventually we'll shake it off.

Spent some of the day working on the medicine cabinet for the guest bathroom. The bathroom is pretty much finished and we decided to reuse the old wood cabinet instead of buying a new one. Major changes were a new lighter door and removal of one of the shelves inside. I need to finish painting it, then install it into the wall, and the loo will be done for all practical purposes. All that's remaining is to pretty it up with some pictures and stuff and any future guest will feel right at home. Photos to come when the cabinet gets installed. I'm pretty proud of it...looks really good!