Today was a good day. It was finally warm.....it must have been in the high 40's today at least. That's warm. My run, although muddy felt great. There are good running days and it's-so-bad-I-think-I'm-going-to-pick-up-another-sport-kinda-day. This was a....I-think-I'll-run-that-4th-of-July-race-this-year-kinda-day.
My son made his Spring Break destination safely. With 5 College kids in one car traveling 14-15 hours I was a bit worried but all is well that ends well right?
He even called and invited me down to the now 85 degree weather he's enjoying. I thought that was cool. No, not the weather, but the fact that he invited his (cool) mom to join him. I'm thinking of maybe going down to visit him for a long weekend after Spring Break when he gets back to school. His girlfriend just lost a roommate and has offered to let me stay with her. Yes, btw he's back with his girl friend. I guess they never really broke up, he says now. They just had a cooling off period. All's well that ends well.
I've gone back to my biblical studies that I'm doing out of Liberty University as a distance learning program. I took a long break from it and now am going back full force. I want to finish this program within the next year.....if all goes well. Maybe, I can graduate the same time my son does.
I've got a new weight trainer. He's instructing me in a weight lifting program. I run but I feel so weak upper body and thought it would benefit me in so many ways to start going in that direction. So far so good. Yesterday at work I was a bit sore from our first
meeting. Not bad really but it was very noticeable when I'd walk from room to room with an armful of files. While I did ok with the weights, he said I was strong, I can't do a very good pushup. I do the girly ones and that's hard enough. Pfffft.....I really need to do weights. I just need some good core strength to build more muscle. As we age, we lose muscle, and I'd like to get some of mine back. Besides, the more muscle we have the more calories we burn, and lately I find I'm not losing weight very easily . So I'm hoping this will get my metabolism back in high gear. Time will tell.
It's only been recently that I feel I have to kind of watch what I eat. I've never been on a diet but I've always eaten pretty healthy avoiding the big bad caloric downfalls. Although I have to admit, chocolate is my downfall. Big time. Just about every day something chocolate has to pass by my lips. I think of it as sort of a supplement for good behavior. The more chocolate I have the happier I am, the better behaved I am. Denial of this supplement only makes me crabby and very jittery. Hey, for some, it's coffee. Not me. I hate coffee, blech! Give me a hit of chocolate and all goes well with the world.
So let's see. Today I ran, had my fix, did a good amount of studying, talked to two out of three sons and didn't argue with the hubby even once. Yes, today was a good day.
Here's hoping tomorrow is as well.