Step Away From the Cake

Over spring break I started running again and it felt good. Really. Really. Good. But this first week back to school has been a train wreck. I could not get my act together on Monday or Tuesday. By Wednesday things were going better and by Thursday I felt back in the groove,  but that was the end of the week. I'm hoping for a much, much better next week. Because of the train wreck that was last week, I didn't have the energy or motivation to run after school. Then I was going to run home from the park yesterday but Mavy was not feeling well and I wanted to get to school and get my stuff done for the day. So I flaked out on the running. That's not going to happen today, I'm running home no matter what. But the bottom line is I want to do things. I'm getting to the point where sitting around is just not cutting it anymore. I want to do things. I want to run. I want to lift weights. I want to do some cardio. I want to do things and move. So I'm going to do th...

So spring break didn't go quite as planned - does anything??? Ever????  But it was good. My head cold ended up hanging around longer than it needed to. I felt kind of crappy until Wednesday or so. Then on Wednesday, I got an attack of side pain like I've had before. I've finally come to the conclusion that I need to get that checked out even though it's going to cost me money. So it's been a great week for health..... On a better note, on Wednesday the Roadrunner Sports tent sale started and I went. I've been wanting to get back into running but didn't have any real running shoes. So I went to get running shoes. It was crazy. But I got 2 pairs of shoes, 2 tanks, and a sports bra in the wrong size - ugh!!!!  I spent less then I would have to buy one pair of shoes new. The shoes were the gently used ones. Roadrunner has a 30 return policy on their shoes as long as they aren't too worn. Then at their tent sales, they sell them for super cheap. I got $1...