Why?

Why is it so freaking COLD?! I don't care if you're tired of hearing about me ranting about weather and how cold it is. It is cold. I am uncomfortable all day long because I feel like I cannot warm up to save my life. I dress appropriately, have my gloves, scarf and stocking cap when I go outside and even now sitting here at my desk I have a space heater pointed at me, I'm wearing a hoodie over my clothes, and I can barely feel my fingers.
Go away freezing temperatures. I would be so much happier if you'd at least get up into the 30º range!! I see people standing outside waiting for the bus every morning and feel so bad for them.
#midwestproblems
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Half Marathon Training Day 17:
Running... that thing I'm supposed to be doing, right? I did not do four miles last night. Andrew and I had carpooled yesterday (in an attempt to save money on gas) and after he picked me up we went to CVS to get our bag of drugs (haha) that have been ready for a few days and then headed home. I was hungry. Not "OMG STARVING" hungry... but my stomach was letting me know that I really did need some nutrition so I decided to make dinner. Then after dinner I cleaned up, made more juices, and then read. School is starting to really pick up with the reading assignments and I feel a lot of my time will be spent reading at night. A treadmill would come in super handy right now......

I'm weighing the pros and cons of using UIS's Athletic Center for $5 a visit or just joining Planet Fitness for $10/month. Seriously, in the grand scheme of things $10/month is not going to bankrupt us. If I go to UIS twice a month... that's....... $10!! So, I could get a full gym membership and use it twice a month for the same price of just driving all the way out to UIS a couple of times. Planet Fitness is seriously one block from my apartment. I could walk there. UIS is about a 20 minute drive from my apartment. Planet Fitness only charges $1 to sign up and you can cancel at any time, no cost. It would cost me $11 to join again (we were members before).
I think Planet Fitness wins...

Thank you all for letting me work that out with you.
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Foodie Food:
Yesterday I was a rockstar. I've actually been a rockstar since Saturday when I started juicing. That is still going really well. I have 3 different juices made up in my fridge right now. I like them after they've sat in the fridge for a day or so. They are nice and chilled and the flavor is wondefabulous. For dinner I had salmon (Andrew had a ribeye), brown rice and broccoli and couldn't finish it all. My stomach must be shrinking because I was stuffed very quickly. Which leaves plenty of delicious leftovers! I had an evening snack of air popped popcorn. Yum, yum!
This morning I had a Go-To-Green and then as a snack had the Carrot Apple Ginger. Both were delicious and filling. My stomach started to growl around 10:00 which is why I drank the second juice so early. It did the trick though. I'm not hungry anymore.

Today's Menu:
B: Go-To-Green: Apples, Carrots, Celery, Cucumber, Spinach
S: Carrot Apple Ginger (self explanatory)
L: Bean soup, brocooli
S: Brown Rice
D: TBD
Activity: Run 3-4 miles

We have lots of leftovers so I will throw something quick together for both Andrew and I since he has school tonight and will leave around 5:30.
The bean soup I brought today is from a package I got from Country Market when we went on Sunday. It was just a bag full of all kinds of beans: kidney, white, black, lentil, black-eyed, split peas, etc. It also had a seasoning packet and I added diced tomato, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper and a little onion. It took almost 3 hours to cook (because they were dried beans) and the entire time it was cooking it smelled amazing. Today will be my first day having it and I am excited! It made 5 servings. I froze some and left some out to eat this week.
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Not much else to update. School is going well, Andrew is liking his class, juicing is going fabulously, I still feel fantastic, and I'm very happy. I'm very much looking forward to the future right now.
Oh! And I did a trial run of our 2013 Taxes on Turbo Tax (still missing Andrew's W-2 from ABSS) but I am happy with the numbers and what we will most likely be getting back as a refund. Woohoo!
I'm going to use some to pay off my surgery I had in August...... but then I think I will splurge for the $150 juicer.... with Andrew's approval of course.