Persistance

It’s been a really great day.  I feel so incredibly blessed and grateful.  Lately one of my prayers has been to stay motivated with my running.  Sounds like a silly prayer but it’s important to me right now and I know that with everything I do, I have to bring God in.  So anyway, this week Ellison is out of town and I wasn’t sure how I was going to run because I can’t afford a babysitter. So I was just going to bag the entire week.  Well on Monday a friend, who doesn't live in my neighborhood, text me to go running and she even drove to my apartment. We did the bridge run as the sun was setting and it was absolutely beautiful.  Then another friend offered to watch Adjei on Friday so I can go for a run. Then ANOTHER friend offered to watch Adjei on Sunday so I can do my long run.  It’s amazing.  You know, not having family in NY is hard sometimes because it’s hard for me to ask for help.  So for friends to offer without me asking, it’s just a blessing.  I feel very taken care of by God lately and I heard a word THREE times today.  Whenever I hear something three times I know that I am being given a direct message. The word was persistence. Thank you Lord!

Food Diary

Morning
2  oz deli ham	2
1/2 large banana	0
2  egg whites	1
1/2 oz Swiss cheese	1
1  English muffin	3
1  ff slice Kraft Cheese	1
Subtotal	8
Midday
2 slices stone ground bread	3
1  small apple	0
1  peach	0
1 1/2 Tbsp creamy peanut butter	4
Subtotal	7
Evening
2  Tbsp sour cream	1
1  oz shredded Cheddar cheese	3
1  Pint of Ben and Jerry Greek strawberry shortcake yogurt	19
1  oz Baked Tostitos Tortilla Chips	3
1/3 cup taco beef (my recipe)	6
Subtotal	32