I've been sick with a nasty cold all week, but I *might* go to the gym tomorrow morning to jog for just a little bit. It seems a tiny bit cruel that I've waited soooo long until I can start jogging, and then the day finally comes and I can't jog because I've been sick.

But being sick also means I'm going to spend most of Christmas alone because I can't risk getting my grandmother sick. I'll see my immediate family in the morning, but then have to bid them goodbye while they see grandma and about 30 family members.

Alpine, way to go with the swimming! I think you'll start to see some very rapid improvement now. I know it took forever until I could just do 4 or 8 laps, but then things got a lot better.