Great workout-better attitude

Well I had a great workout this morning and am in a much better mood (even though I am still a tired, I swear sometimes my period just really makes me exhausted!) And my cramps are almost gone.

Today was our cardio day and I ran/jogged the whole class (except our 2 in recovery intervals) This is the first time I have ever done this, normally i fall back on my crutch and up the incline and walk..... but not today! Granted the longer intervals i was only slowly jogging but still i did it. Then I ran at 6.0 on the treadmill for the 1 min intervals...which is about as fast as I will trust myself to go right now. The cardio workouts are always intervals and we have a segmant of 6 different intervals and we repeat it 3 times. Normally i do at least one of the times with the incline sometimes 2 or all 3 but not today. I was good and sweaty when i finished and it felt good. I am so bummed this is the 2nd to last week but kinda excited because I was talking to one woman in my class and her and another girl decided they aren't going to pay to take the class again but are goign to do it on their own....I asked if I could join them and she said sure...so it sounds like I have workout buddies!!!!!!! YAY!!!!! So it looks like i will be keepign with my crazy early mornings...at least through spring. As the weather gets nicer i can see myself working out more cardio outside and just going to the gym to lift weights.

Speaking of great weather it was 68 degrees yesterday!!! It was awesome, I picked up Iz a little early from my mom's so we could maximize our time outside. We ended up having an impromtu BBQ with our neightboors and we grilled together and ate together and all the kids played outside and had a blast! It is so funny because all the big girls (8 and 9) love to play with Izzy. Cara from next store kept coming back over while Izzy was eating asking if Izzy was done yet so she could come out on teh trampoline! So funny, izzy is so popular and doesnt' even know it. I absolutely LOVE watching izzy play with these girls next store. She was waiting for their bus yesterday and took each of their hands and walked them home it was ADORABLE!!! We are very fortunate in our neighboorhood to be surrounded by kids (and parents) that was really get along with. On one side we have the 8 and 9 yr old girls and their parents which Amy has become one of my closest friends and DH and her husband are super close too. On the other side of us there is a 3 yr old girl and a 7 mo old boy and Izzy and the 3 yr old also play really well together adn we like the parents too. And then across the street there are 2 boys, almost 4 and one day younger than Izzy and they have #3 due in June...and we love those parents too. So last night we were all outside, drinking a few beers watching the kids play..it was great! I can't wait for summer!!!!!!!!!! My one neighbor Amy is a teacher so she is home all summer so we hang out all the time when I am not working. Bring on the warm weather!!!