Let me eat cake!

I missed my run on Monday night; I went to see Inception (I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed the film, by the way) with some friends, and the 7:15 showing worked best for them. I was going to go for a run when I got back from the movie, but after dropping the guys all off, it was 10:20 at night, a little too late and a little too dark.

Since I have a rule- "Don't make plans that make you cancel your exercise"- and I broke it, I had to pay for it by getting up wicked early Tuesday morning.  I like working out, since it makes me feel great, but I do NOT like getting up around 5:30 in the morning.  It was a lovely and cool morning run though, and I was going to add on one minute of jogging before taking a four-minute cooldown walk.  I didn't check the time until I'd added a full three minute interval of running on, which was amazing- I definitely felt like I could've kept going.

I also did Jazzercise on Tuesday night, so I was EXHAUSTED by the time I got to bed, and super tired all of Wednesday. 

We had an end-of-summer BBQ for the interns. I would have done SO WELL, but for the cake! It was chocolate and had two layers and yummy frosting... I was going to cut a piece and half and take half, but didn't want to leave a half of a piece (silly, I know), so I took a full one. I felt satisfied after half, but it just looked soooo yummy there on my plate.  I actually felt a little ill for the rest of the day after I finished it, since it was 90, humid, and I was overly full!

That cake might just be the only thing that got me out of the house to go running yesterday evening; I was literally falling asleep, then Damien told me I should go for my run or I'd be upset with myself (he was right). At 9PM I hauled my butt out the door... and felt like I was stepping into a SAUNA. It was still over 80 degrees out, with at least 65% humidity (having trouble finding the exact), an hour after sunset. I didn't go quite as far, maybe because of the dark and humidity, or maybe because I ran two days in a row, but I still added in an extra three minute jog before I finished.

Despite caking out, I dropped another half-pound or more from two days ago, bringing my total this week to 2, which is fabulous. I've been worrying a little bit, since it seemed like I was losing maybe a pound every other week.

Money spending... I talked myself out of a cute dress at the Express Outlet. It was summery, green, and adorable, but I didn't really have the forty bucks for it and should start looking into fall and TA-appropriate clothing. I did, however, buy a cute short-sleeve pink sweater that I'm already wearing at work right now. $17 and I will definitely wear it a lot :-)  It's a good thing I don't pop up to the outlets on my lunch breaks more often!