I didn’t go back to the gym until today. I spent 20 minutes working out this time. I took my shoes back and got a different kind of shoe and a different size. Made a huge difference! My feet didn’t hurt at all like last week. I chose to use an Arc Trainer instead of the treadmill and I liked it way better. I think I could have gone longer but I didn’t really know what to use next that didn’t just work my legs to death so I decided to come home. I’ll do some research into what is best to use to work different areas of the body. I am pleased that I went back and did a fuller workout than last week. I’ll go back there at least twice more this week so hopefully I’ll build endurance and work up to a full hour within a month or so.
I ate terribly this weekend so I feel badly about what it’ll do to any progress I could make. I need to work on getting my eating under control. I am going to sign back up to MyFoodDiary.com and keep track of my food intake, and calories burned through exercise. If I can see it in full color, it’ll be easier for me to stay aware of what I’m doing. I want to give up soda and it’s so hard to do. Not because of any withdrawals, I don’t notice anything like that. But just remembering to not drink it! LOL We went to Pizza Hut on Friday night and I ordered a soda, had a couple slices of goodness and on the way home Dave said ‘I thought you weren’t going to drink soda!’ I was like ‘Oh crap! You’re right!’ LOL I completely forgot about it. And you know- I craved it all weekend after that. Must be a mental thing but if I don’t drink it, I don’t crave more. When I have some, I start craving more of it. It’s rather annoying. Today I have only had water so I am happy about that. It’s a good start to my week.
My brain is sort of taking a vacation I think. I was on the way to school and all of a sudden I was freaking out “Do I even have class today? I don’t have class on Mondays. Wait, yes I do. Every day but Friday. Right? Well….now I’m not sure. I think I have class today, I can’t remember.” I decided to just throw caution to the wind and show up! Turns out, I DID have class today!! LOL Not sure what is up with me. I always say I can only manage to focus on one or two things at a time. Everything else becomes a second thought or it doesn’t get thought of at all. School and my religion take up most of my attention and the rest of it has to be divided into a million things and I think I’m overwhelmed. We are also dealing with Dave’s medical problems and working on getting him taken care of soon and so that is crowding out the spaces that are saved for remembering housework and laundry. heh
Speaking of Dave’s illness- we have an appointment for him! He’ll be seeing a specialist at the Cleveland Clinic in just a couple of weeks. It’s a long drive- nearly 4 hours. So we are getting a hotel and staying over. He wants to go to an NBA basketball game so we are doing that on the night before his appointment. His appointment is at 8am!! I told him he totally owes me because I am SO not a morning person and he’s going to keep me up late and then make me get up way early the next day. He said to call it his anniversary gift so my job is done! No more trying to come up with a decent gift for him. He’s so hard to buy for! It’ll be a good gift for both of us. I love going to games. It’s so much fun to be there live- I hate watching it on t.v. We’ve been to regional hockey games, arena and college football games and college and regional basketball games. I love them all. Hockey games are so much fun to go to!! I don’t know the rules to hockey though so I am usually a bit lost as to why certain calls are made but it doesn’t detract from the experience. Now I’ll be able to go see an NBA game which is cool. And the teams that are playing are #1 and #3 in the east coast division so that is really cool. It’ll be nationally televised!! 
As much as I complain about having to get up early the next day, I am looking forward to it. It’ll be a lot of fun for us.
We had a nice day yesterday. Our congregation threw a small ‘Welcome Back’ party for us. Not so much a party as it was a get-together with tons of food. It was a surprise to me, I thought we were just having a get-together. So I made food for it. I help with my own party! LOL It was so nice to be welcomed back with loving arms. Even though we didn’t want to be here and we would much rather still be in NC, we are all doing very well here this time around. And everyone in the congregation knows us very well and loves us like family. So it’s a good thing. We enjoyed ourselves very much yesterday. There was TONS of food! Yummy food too. I made Mexican Layer Dip and O.M.G!! Divine! I got the recipe from ThePioneerWoman.com- Ree has the best recipe for that dish. I got several compliments on it. The avacados I had weren’t very ripe but they tasted fine so I was okay. I had a big helping of it for dinner. It was so yummy, I will be using that recipe again very soon. Except I will be omitting 80% of the cilantro. I don’t know if I put too much in or what but it was too strong and I hated the taste of it. Next time I’ll put way less in and I’ll make sure it’s chopped extremely well (and small). If you are looking for a great dish, go try her recipe. It’s heavenly. I want some right now actually.
I must go work on some homework now. Fun, fun!
