Thankfulness, and to balance that, some complaints. :)

1. I'm thankful for my family, as annoying as they may be sometimes, especially for my dad and my little cousin (this is only her second thanksgiving! Can I hear that collective "awwww"?)

2. I just picked a zit on my nose and it bled like I was hemmoraging. I actually wondered for a bit if I had nicked a nose-artery.

3. Lots of good food yesterday. Lots. I gotta learn how to cook like that. Maybe that will be my next project.

4. Running sucks. I decided yesterday that tomorrow, (which is now today) I would try to exercise a little everyday, with the goal of looking good in a bathing suit this summer. (If I do really well I might even go bikini :) lol) So anyway, This morning I played twister with my sister (which not only rhymes but definately counts as exercise, as I was sweating. It was a very intense game of twister.) Then my brother asked me if I wanted to run with him (he is a cross country runner - one of those crazy people who likes running) so I said fine, I'll go 2 miles, but definately not the whole 4. So Olivia and I did some plyos (Which I learned should always be done AFTER running - NEVER BEFORE.) while he did the first two and then joined him - ran maybe half a mile, went on the swings at the park, and walked a mile, but made up for it by sprinting the last 200 yards, Indian run style. I realized this is definately not the way I wanna exercise. My soccer training completely betrayed me here. Now lets be clear, I'm not in the best shape, but I'm not pathetic. I just have no motivation to run in circles with no goal. My brother argues that the goal is to finish, but that doesn't do it for me because I can just stop running whenever I want. Running in a soccer game is completely different. Anyway, I also run like a soccer player, which means I run like I'm sprinting all the time. It feels weird to have my heels touch the ground when I run, which is what you're supposed to do when you're running a long distance. Anyway, I am no longer running with xc superstar over there - and I'm gonna have to get more creative...