Date Day & New Shoes:)

I woke up to snow this morning! Sadly, we haven't had hardly any good snow this year. I was so excited to see the roads white and then it stopped! Oh well. By the time it stopped, it was already too late to make it to church so my husband and I had a date day. We went to eat Mexican for lunch. I had not had Mexican in months and it's my favorite.

Last week I made some extra money from working for my dad. I have been getting more serious about running and REALLY needed some new shoes. So, I used the extra I made and found some shoes on sale for a great price. I am so excited and can't wait to get out in them tomorrow. I just hate to get them dirty:( I have been running on a road near my house that is so pretty and peaceful. It's a dirt/gravel road with a good size creek beside it. Yesterday, only two cars went by. I love to get out like that and just be able to think--and sweat a little:) I was thinking earlier about how much running and strength training is helping me emotionally. I was struggling with depression pretty bad before I increased my exercise. I have never been too sedentary, but I guess I needed to up the intensity a bit. It is really hard to even describe the difference I feel since running/weight training. I look forward to it everyday! Since I am running, I have been reading everything I can get my hands on about how to make sure I do it safely and effectively. I already have Osteopenia so I have increased my Calcium. I have read that running and weight training is actually good for building stronger bones. It will be interesting to see the next time I have a bone density test.

Tomorrow will be an interesting day. I have been having some symptoms of sugar problems again. I am having a fasting glucose test done tomorrow. I am NOT looking forward to that! I remember drinking that nasty stuff with each pregnancy and it nearly gagged me. If it turns out that I do have sugar problems, I don't really know how that will change my life. I am already eating as healthy as I can and exercising. I really don't know what else I can do. If the test turns out normal, I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and stay away from sugar. It makes me feel like I'm dying when I eat sugar!

Okay, enough rambling:) I have 5 extra teens at my house today so I better run. I will be fortunate to have any food left in my house by the end of the day:)