Staying in Bed

I've been doing so good at getting out to run...until this week. Monday was a good day and I logged 4 miles and felt pretty good about my progress, then the weather turned cold and my three year old stopped sleeping. All at the same time. This means that when my alarm goes off around 6 O'dark in the morning, I snuggle deeper into the blankets. This works for me until 8:30am when the older kids are finally at school. Then I find myself wishing I could go for a run but I still have a three year old sitting at home and 100 things to accomplish before 2:30pm and the return of the other kids.

I think I'm going to start picking a different neighbor/friend and asking them if I can drop Cole off for an hour so I can run. Do you think that would work? If I can just get in one good hour of running, my brain will work better, I won't feel so sloggy, and I'll keep losing the weight I want.

On another note, I have 2 new recipes on the menu for next week, so I may actually post a recipe! (Chicken & Broccoli Rotini and Turkey Wild Rice Soup) Yay! I know it has been a long time, but I've been so busy that I couldn't think about food. Crazy, I always think about food. Told you the writing bug had taken over my brain.

Speaking of which, I've been in this happy, giddy, silly mood for the last 24 hours. I went to the UPS Store and printed off my book for my hubby to read. I stretched the margins and only did a 1.10 spacing between lines and it was still 140 pages long. For $13.95 I can look at my book in print. There is just something about seeing all of those words stretching neatly across the white page that sends a thrill all through me. It represents so many things for me, the least of which is four years of playing with the idea and one good year of hard work. I keep looking at it and imagining it in book format. It is going to be a fairly thick book when it is finished. As I work on the chapter outline for book number 2, I'm finding things that I need to go back and put into book number 1. They don't have to be read in order, but the second story is giving me insight to the first story, so it is nice to have 2 books in different stages going on at the same time.

I could talk about these books for a long time, so I'll wrap this up instead. Today one of my student's mom told me that her son loved my class. She said that he has always liked to help in the kitchen but he will now come in and do something without waiting for someone to tell him what to do. Isn't that wonderful! My goal was to help them feel confident in their cooking skills and it looks like I am on the right track.

I feel so blessed in my life right now. I feel happy and fulfilled, who really needs anything else?