Doing Things Differently™ – My Week In Review [Part Twelve]

[Week 12: April 19^th – 25^th]

* For those of you who are NEW to ‘Doing Things Differently™’ you can find out HOW and WHY ‘Doing Things Different’ began simply by clicking HERE. *

‘Once Upon A Time’ A Girl Named Meleah wanted to improve the ‘Quality Of Her Life’ so she started ‘Doing Things Differently™’. And then she noticed the ‘Little Changes’ she made every day had a huge impact on her life. And even though Meleah had a few ‘Setbacks’ she kept on forging ‘Ahead’.

After completing ‘The First Four Weeks’ of ‘Doing Things Differently™’ Meleah stepped up her game by taking things to the ‘Next Level’.  She momentarily took a break to ‘Visit With An Old Friend’ but she continued ‘Doing Things Differently™’ even after things became slightly ‘Boring.’

Meleah completed ‘The Second Four Weeks’ of ‘Doing Things Differently™’ but she felt like things were becoming slightly ‘Mundane’. So, she started ‘Doing Things Differently™’ with a little more Intensity. And then she got Injured.

Onward.

Upon ‘Internet Orders’ [via comments on this Blog/Facebook, coupled with ‘Non-Negotiable Statements’ from her family members and her friends] Meleah took ‘One Week Off’ from ‘Doing Things Differently’.

And Meleah found herself quite depressed. Especially since she planned on starting ‘Day One’ of ‘Doing Things The Same’ by now.

Meleah thought she could almost feel the return of  ‘Doughy-Softness’ with respects to her ‘Tiny Physic’. And it was the very same ‘Doughy-Softness’ she’s been trying to ‘Battle’ since ‘Day One’ of ‘DTD’. But then Meleah remembered she is ‘Crazy’ and how a ‘Temporary Seven Day Break’ could not possibly ‘Undo’ the previous ‘Eleven Consecutive Weeks’ of ‘Intensive Training’.  [Unless, of course, she spent those seven days stuffing her face with ‘Junk Food’. Which she totally did.]

Meleah also realized that she wouldn’t  ‘Properly Heal’ unless she actually ‘Rested’.

So…

Instead of ‘Doing Things Differently’?

She spent the ‘Whole Week’: icing her legs, sleeping, watching television, playing ‘Bejeweled Blitz’ reading books, writing new chapters and entertaining ideas for her book, blogging, facebooking, and of course, she did a lot of laughing with her friends.

However.

Even though Meleah could not put on her ‘Outfit’ nor could she go ‘Outside’ she continued pushing herself and tried to sustain ‘Doing Things Differently’ by doing 100 ‘Stomach-Crunches’ and 50 ‘Sit-Ups’.

Every. Single. Day.

[For the 8^th Week In. A. Row.]

Now.

As much as Meleah LOATHES going to the doctor’s, she really had no other choice but to schedule an appointment with her ‘Primary Care Physician.’ Because the pain she was suffering did NOT ‘Go Away’ on it’s own. In fact the ‘Excruciating Painful Shin Splints’ and the ‘Mysterious Lumps’ seemed to worsen.

Any by ‘Mysterious Lumps’ she really means her ‘Right Shin’ was covered in what looked like ‘Swollen Knuckles’ that ‘Protruded’ directly off of the Bone. You could have easily confused her Shin with a ‘Spinal Cord’ belonging to a really skinny person.

So, Meleah begrudgingly showed up at her doctor’s office late Friday afternoon.

And after just ‘One Glance’ he immediately sent her for an ‘Ultrasound’.

Of course Meleah launched into ‘Full-Fledged Panic Mode’ seconds after her doctor suggested the problem might be caused by ‘Blood Clots’.

But more on THAT – another day, and in another blog post.

Meleah will tell you that she has to wait until Wednesday to find out ‘The Results’ from ‘The Tests’. And, in the meantime, she refuses to ‘Speculate’ about ‘Possible Medical Conditions’ anymore than she already has.

She has also been ‘Ordered’ to stop ‘Doing Things Differently’ for at least ‘One More Week’. And she has to keep her leg ‘Tightly Wrapped’ after applying ‘Special Medicated Patches’ ‘Every Twelve Hours’ to her ‘Right Shin’.

In closing, Meleah does have some POSITIVE news.

On Saturday night Meleah went BOWLING for the FIRST TIME EVER with her father, her mother, and her brother. And, she will be bringing you a HAPPY blog post chock filled with ‘Photos’ and ‘Videos’ staring ‘Yours Truly’!