Springing Forward

So we sprang forward last night and changed the clocks ahead one hour. I'm sure I'm not the only person that misses having that hour of sleep. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that it will now be lighter out in the evenings, but it also means that it will be dark in the mornings for awhile longer. Oh well, it is what it is and there's no point moping about it.

On to other news. I did my first run for week 10 of my training the other day (5 minute warm-up walk, 3x 15 minute runs with a 1minute walk in between and a 5 minute cool-down walk) and it was alright, but I'm still not feeling the fun factor yet. I'm sure it will happen at some point. All those runners out there can't be wrong...can they? I'm optimistic that I will get to experience that "runner's high", it just might take a little longer, so until then I will keep plodding along knowing that I always have my cool-down walk at the end to look forward to.

I went to my friend's open house of her new wedding supply shop the other night, so that was fun. I think she'll do really well with it because it's such a great concept. They supply things for weddings, but a lot of the products can be used for other events as well (birthdays, etc), so they'll have a pretty good market to sell to. I've already seen a bunch of stuff that I would love to get some time. The shop is called "Avenue Weddings" for anyone that's curious.

I went and tried to give blood last week, but was unsuccessful. The vein in my right arm had too much pressure and sprayed blood everywhere as soon as the needle went in and the vein in my left arm rolled out of the way as soon as that needle went in. I still got my cookies and juice though and I will go again. I wish more people would give blood. Like the ad says "It's in you to give". I understand that some people are anemic and cannot give blood, but I think a lot of people just don't want to. I have a really hard time with that. This is something we can do that doesn't cost us anything and can save lives. Why would anyone not want to save a life? One of the girls I work with actually had to get transfusions last year, so that really drove it home to me how important it is to give blood. Okay, that's my rant on giving blood.

Now it's time to get back to the reality of life and get some chores done.