New beginnings. It is time for me to be healthy and happy again.

I have been running with Carly. So far we have gone twice this week and are planning on going again tomorrow. Yesterday was a very hard run day. I couldn't seem to find the energy for it anywhere inside of me, no matter how deep I dug. So it was ten minutes shorter than usual and I didn't run the stairs. But today was an amazing run. Much easier. We ran faster than we usually do and we ran the entire flight of stairs rather than the half the we usually do. I felt great rather than exhausted right to the bone. Absolutely wonderful. I love it when I can tell that I am improving in something. The runs make me feel great. Strong and capable and happy.

I think my tonsilitis is finally 100% gone. Today is the first day in about two weeks that I have had no sign of a sore throat. Not even a twinge. SO WONDERFUL, I can't even explain. It's such a relief to actually feel healthy again. I have some color in my cheeks from being out in the sun a little more often, I had lunch with a great guy named Kyle (although I am trying to keep my head when it comes to that one, it would be so easy to go a little - or a lot - crazy over him) and things seem to be getting a little better.

Thank God.

I knew that with Jesse gone, I would be able to put myself back together a little.