track workouts are hard

last thursday i had a track workout. 8x800. i went to the HS near by and they were having some sore of nutty track meet. so i went to another HS and tried to get some boys to show me how to sneak into the track since it was locked but they didn't think that was a good idea, so i went to the dirt track. puddles.
i got through all 8 of the 800s and was happy that i did. i was dying and really had to work hard to get through those last 2. i was happy with my effort tho. i felt that workout for the next few days and even felt it when i was trying to get on my bike 2 days later.
so today my workout was 10x400s at 90 seconds. i thought maybe my coach did some mis calculating but i said, ok i'll see what this is about. i didn't stress about it because i am instead stressed out about the open water swim on sunday. mothrafarker, that is going to be cold. so i hired a baby sitter! i went to the HS track and what? another track meet! so i went right to the jr high dirt track again. i did a little warm up and then started. the first one went well! the next few were ok and by #5 i was thinking this is going well and yeah, maybe i can get these all done. they weren't all at 90 but close, and definitely faster than anything i had done before, but then on my recover after #5 i was like uhoh. things weren't happening. so i did #6, and #7 and then i was like well, i gotta do #8 but then i decided i better stop or i might wind up with an injury. i got in 2 easy laps and then called it. yikes. hoping everything is ok, i imagine i'll be quite sore so we will see.
the other thing about thursday was that sirus had a mother's day event at his preschool. i left work early so i could go. they sang a little song and i had to fight the tears because i knew if any came out it would turn into full on crying and sobbing. i was so proud of him. then the mom's sat at the table and the kids brought us cookies and strawberries and lemonade. sirus made me a note pad with a flower made from his hand print. and he gave me hug after hug, and happy mother's day after happy mother's day. he is adorable and i love him.
today i went to masters swimming. we did a lot of IM. i kept looking at the board saying what is UP with that? why do much IM, since when did Monday turn into IM Monday. and then someone let me know its wednesday. and then i totally hit my hand time and time again until my knuckles were bruised and swollen. so i stopped with the butterfly and just did the other strokes. now it looks like i've been fighting.