Mojo Half Way Back

Yesterday I dragged my butt to the gym in the morning. I did 45 minutes of cardio while listening to my Jillian Michael's podcast. I love listening to her podcasts about fitness and health while working out, it wouldn't be the same if I was listening to them while sitting on the couch. It felt good to get up and go. I always feel better after hitting the gym no matter how much I am dreading going beforehand.

When I got home from the gym, I needed to go deposit my unemployment check at the bank (to which I usually drive), and decided to walk there. It's only 7 blocks away, and as I was locking my front door and started walking to the car I thought 'This is stupid, it's not that far, just walk!'. So I did. It was sunny and a bit breezy, perfect walking weather. I'm hoping that the nice weather holds for my 5k on Saturday. Not too hot, but not raining like last time. I'm looking forward to picking up my race t-shirt and number tomorrow morning.

I feel as though a little weight has been lifted off of me. The unemployment check that I got was suppose to be my last one before I had to reapply for unemployment and it wasn't guaranteed that I would be awarded more time on unemployment. When I opened the check, I was happily surprised that I was already given an extension that would allow me 13 more weeks on unemployment. I am still a little stressed that it's some sort of cruel government joke and I won't be given the extension. I won't feel totally relieved until I get my first check from the new extension. However, I have applied to 3 teaching jobs in Sacramento (as I'm sure 300 other people in my situation have done also). I've also been exploring other options for employment as well... it looks like I have 13 more weeks to figure it out! Yikes! :)

I brought left over lasagna to my cousin's when I went to babysit for her last night, even though she is a great cook and eats very healthy. It's just nice to know that I know exactly what I'm eating. Now I only have 9/12th of my lasagna to eat, since I had it for both lunch and dinner yesterday. Thank goodness this lasagna is good!

I'm taking it easy tomorrow so I can try to beat my time in my 5k on Saturday! Very excited to be able to run feeling healthier than I did last time!