My 1.5 Million Dollar pair of new running shoes!

You know how you can't wait to get outside and break in a new pair of running shoes?  I always walk with an extra spring in my step when I'm wearing new running shoes.  In fact, when I've struggled to stay consistent with running, investing in a new pair of shoes guarantees I'll get back on track.  I'm speaking metaphorically in my title.  I did not buy a 1.5 million dollar pair of running shoes.  Our local health club just finished remodeling its swimming pools and they are NICE!  I haven't been swimming in forever, but  now I'm at it at 5 am in the mornings!

I actually woke up ten minutes before my alarm went off this morning at 4:35 am!  I pulled into the parking lot at 4:52 am and I was like the 8th car.  Who knew there were so many crazy people in Amarillo?!

Actually, I could get used to this.  I love getting so much accomplished in the mornings.  I had a load of laundry done, my 90 day Bible reading almost finished, breakfast served, I was dressed and had dried and straightened my hair, and family devotions completed by 7:30 am.  By 9 I had done the grocery shopping and taken my husbands shirts to the cleaners.  The downside is by 1 pm I was toast.  As in, people in my family were strongly encouraging me to take a nap.  I have never gotten up in the 4s before and can't imagine that this new routine will hold up for long, but who knows.  It must be my new phase!