I did it.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, I did it. I got up at 5:30 this morning and worked out BY MYSELF. This morning when my alarm went off (which it only took me 5 minutes to hear this morning tee hee) I had a BB message from Lori saying that she was still feeling like crap...literally. Being married to the porcelain throne she didn't feel like it was best that she come and work out this morning. So then the debate began in my mind. Do I get up and go swim by myself or stay in my nice warm comfortable bed and snuggle with my honey. Usually for me this is a no brainer. Stay in bed of course! And to add to that that I didn't get to bed last night until about midnight, which is usually grounds for me to not ever hear my alarm the next morning. But on the other hand I already had my bag packed for swimming and all my clothes laid out. I thought about just sleeping and going for a walk later with Max, but then I remembered that we are in the middle of an inversion and I'm really fond of my lungs and would like to keep them as healthy as possible for as long as possible, so maybe that wasn't such a good plan. Then I thought, well Lori will probably be better by tomorrow, so I'll just sleep and swim then. The debate continued on in my head for about 15 minutes. Then I looked at my clock and realized that if I even wanted to have a swim lane I'd better just get up and go...and much to my surprise I DID. I rolled out of bed got changed, headed out to the gym and was in the pool by 5:45. There were only 2 other people in the pool, and I worked out hard. I was surprised that I was able to push myself. But I think the fact that I was the only girl in the pool kind of helped that. I didn't want to look like a wuss, so I pushed it. By 6:30 I was tiiiired, so I hopped out showered, got ready at the gym and was home by 7:15 ready for the day. I feel great. Not only does swimming make me feel awesome, but I am totally impressed with myself this morning. I know it may not seem like that big of a deal, but I'm pretty sure I can count on one hand the number of times I've worked out by myself since starting to work out with Lori 4 years ago. So good job me. You get a big gold star. Most importantly I proved to myself that I can do it on my own...at o dark thirty in the morning...which will be important when a certain someone decides to move away...