Monday Happened Again

52 times a year.  It happens.  Monday comes.  I'm just glad to check another one off the calendar.  But Mondays don't always bring good news you see.  I know you know.  I went to one of those specialty running/walking shoe stores today to have them recommend a shoe for me.  I told them what I wore, told them about the pain when I run, showed them my foot where it's still swollen from NOVEMBER, let them watch me walk around a bit.... and the fella says, "Well, I think you're definitely in the right shoe for you."  *Cough.Cough*  Dude, I just told you my feet hurt like crazy when I run.  I just SHOWED you the swollen spots on my foot that have been swollen for Six MONTHS!  Dude!  Then he says, "yeah, those swollen places don't look good."  Sheeeez.  Ya know, they don't dang feel too good either.  Grrr.  So I'm in the right shoe.....  I guess my next stop is the podiatrist.  When I get up the nerve to go.  Once these blisters get in bearable running condition, I'll try again with my "newer" shoes and old shoes and keep on until I give in and see what this podiatrist business is all about.

Today I biked 14 miles.  My main focus today was getting through my workout and not hating life.  It was a close call when I got here.

But I went Full Steam ahead!  Not gonna let those hills get me down, oh no.  I've got to keep on moving.  (You're welcome.)  And I conquered them.  No wrecks and no stops.  I just kept on peddling and peddling and peddling.  And felt super accomplished when I climbed those hills!

I've had a hard time enjoying life lately.  And rather than be one of those awesome people that like to give life a big punch in the face and kick butt along the road to awesomeness, I just want to sleep.  A lot.  Sleep has ALWAYS been my drug of choice.  I just love it y'all.  But, as I said Saturday, my focus this week is to enjoy my workouts.  To breath peace and joy and love and count my blessings during each workout.  And who Wouldn't want to do just that when this is your training ground??

Yep, that's where I ride my bike.  It's sooo lovely.  Today, I did enjoy my ride.  And when I got that phone call with crappy subject matter during my ride, I looked around and said, "it doesn't matter."  What matters is that you have people that love you and a God above that has great things planned for you.

Today I read a parable about a man in a village that kept having bad things happen to him.  After each increasingly bad event, he would go to the elder in the village and say, "this is the worst thing that can happen to me."  The elder would say each time, "Maybe so.  Maybe not."  The moral to the story was that each time something bad happened and the man thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen to him, something good came of it.  Each time.  I made me a sticky note and put it on my computer.  It says, "Maybe so.  Maybe not."

On my drive home from this nofunday Monday, I saw TWO rainbows.  Not a double rainbow.  But two, separate rainbows.  Do you know the meaning of rainbows?  God placed a rainbow in the sky as a promise that he would never again flood the earth.  It's God's promise to us.  God holds promises for me.  For ME!  And for you.  For Us.  And I plan on cashing in on those promises as soon as He'll let me.  :)

Thank you God for the blessings I forget to count and for the blessings I don't deserve.  Amen.