36 Minutes, 5 or 6 laps (lost count). Walked the whole time because the knee is still feeling unhappy. I could have run through it, but I can't miss my first day of group training on Saturday. I don't know my knees well enough, yet, to test my luck there--so I just kept myself moving. Better than staying in bed.

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Hubby and I talked about the whole money-clothing issue last night. He said that I should go out and buy myself a whole new wardrobe. That scares me. But, I have a few days to warm up to the idea and to budget it out.

I wish I had a girlfriend. It would be better for me to have someone to do this with. It is totally my fault, though. I haven't reached out to anyone (especially women) in friendship since I met prince charming. I need to work on that, too. It's amazing how long your childhood affects your adult life, seriously. Time to get over the woman-aversion thing, too, Cindy!!

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My ChristianConnect Word of the Day (seems very fitting today):

Face it; some people are unwilling to take responsibility for their lot in life, so they plough through each day complaining about everything. Because they're incapable of loving themselves, they can't extend love to others. Often their negative edge just masks their real struggle. Deep down they're afraid of being rejected, so they don't get too close to anyone; except kindred spirits. So how should you respond to such people? Don't get hooked! If you can't lift them up, make sure they don't drag you down. When Nehemiah's enemies criticized the wall he was building he replied, ' " I am doing a great work! Why should I stop to come and visit you? " ' (Nehemiah 6:3 TLB). And what was the result?
'The wall was finally finished...just fifty-two days after we had begun!
When our enemies...heard about it, they were...humiliated, and they realised that the work had been done with the help of our God'(Nehemiah 6:15-16 TLB). Was it easy working around people like that? No. How did Nehemiah do it? When he started getting discouraged he prayed, ' (O Lord God, please strengthen me!)' (Nehemiah 6:9 TLB). Notice, he didn't say, 'Lord, flatten them.' Or, 'Lord make them nice to me.' No, he asked for strength, maintained a good attitude and prayed that God would take care of his critics. And God did. Many of the people who aggravate you have no idea why; it's just their nature. When Christ's own disciples wanted to call down fire on the heads of those who wouldn't accept their message, Jesus said, 'Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.'

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I am finding today's blog entries verrry entertaining (the one's pertaining to Trishie's thread, anyway).

It gives the reader a peek into the "real" person. LOL. My immature side wants to copy and paste blog entries in a sort of "collage." It is childish and catty, but MY GOODNESS wouldn't it be hilarious!!!

But, alas, there is nothing to be gained from that activity. Too high a cost and not a big enough benefit. LOL.