Chicago Marathon Training: A Different Kind of Taper Madness

Things are not fun right now. 

I feel a little overwhelmed with everything, and it's really preventing me from getting in a Chicago state of mind. 

one step closer to the edge...

Everything: 
1) Voice Issues
I've been having throat/voice problems that necessitated a visit to an ENT specialist. I paid a crapton of money this morning to have a tube shoved down my throat via my nose and, while there's nothing super serious amiss, and I should still be able to sing at the International contest in 14 days with my quartet and 15 days with my chorus, I'm not able to sing for the next ~10 days, which means less practice/rehearsal time. This is stressing my quartet out, which stresses me out. Also, it still hurts to swallow. :/

2) Work
Work has gone from chill-lax mode to OMGEVERYTHINGNEEDSTOBEDONERIGHTNOW mode... and over half of the things on my plate are things I don't know how to do. 

3) House
Our house is a disaster, and I've had no time to address any of it. A housekeeping service might vacuum, but I'm pretty sure it won't organize our junk for us.

4) Bad wife
Training + rehearsing for International = next-to-no time with family this past weekend

5) Unprepared
I have done ZERO preparation for Chicago. No packing list. No "do I need to order anything off Amazon?" check. I don't even know how I'm getting from the airport to my hotel. Did I mention I am the most Type A person you will ever meet? My Google Calendar has scheduled sleep, shower, and meal times. I also have a comprehensive GSheet with every packing list ever. I haven't so much as STARTED a sheet for the Chicago trip.

6) Bad mom
Baby boy is moving up a class and I wanted to get his Infant room teachers parting gifts. Nothing has happened on this front.

7) Fraud Crap
Our credit card got stolen last Friday and now I'm having to go around updating EVERY SINGLE THING we use it for. This is about a dozen AutoPays (most of which have stupid@$$ GUIs on their webpages that make it impossible) and all of my hotel/flight/travel/everything reservations for the next month of trips. Did I mention that every time I've called my Chi hotel to update the card number on file, they transfer me and the line goes dead? I hope I have a room when we arrive on Friday.

8) Bad friend
I've had a handful of friends have babies this past month, and a few other friends who haven't had babies, but who've tried to reach out and reconnect with me. I haven't made time to call them back, and I haven't made time to visit or see if any of the new mommies need anything (except one). 

9) Poor nutrition
I've been eating terribly this week. A lack of preparation meant that my breakfasts have consisted of Jerry's Poptarts, lunches have been fast-food, and dinner is whatever I can throw together (and this hasn't included vegetables). I know this is an important part of success on Sunday too, but I just don't have the time to cook the broccoli or cauliflower that are sitting in my fridge... 




While it's been nice not to freak out over the fact that I'm running a marathon in five days, I feel like some focus is essential for success, and I hate that I haven't had the time to do it. Really hope this changes in the next couple of days... Maybe once I get through the next two days of work I'll have about twelve hours at home to prepare. Hope I don't need anything that I can't buy in Chicago at that point...