pat myself on the back.

For those of you who know me well, know I am not a morning person nor have I ever been in my life. But get this, I got up at 5:00 this morning. And I ran 5 miles. Yay for me! I actually feel like I have accomplished something huge. It was just about 4 months ago I couldn't get out of bed before 10 am. Although 5:00 was still early, I managed to crawl out of bed and eat a bowl of oatmeal and get in the car and meet my team.

We had our first team run this morning at 6:36. Although I think we started a little later than that because we all went around and introduced ourselves. It's actually quite inspiring to know that I'm not the only non-runner. We met at Furman and ran about 2 miles. I ran with Katie and Whitney and got to know them a little bit better. It was great to be able to run with someone and those 2 miles flew by! After that I continued and ran another 3 miles on my own. I think I would have paid someone to run with me at that point. It was so boring. But then again it was also nice to just run and not have to think about anything but what I wanted to think about (which wasn't much that early in the morning!). Bama usually occupies my thoughts by pulling me or stopping to mark her spot or running into me, you name it, I always seem to be concentrated on her. So it was a nice break. I'm actually really looking forward to next Saturday!

Now I'm off to finish up all of my school work! I will officially be finished with school next Thursday! I have a lot of work to do between now and then so wish me luck. That 10 page research paper is calling my name...