Bathing Beauties

Since I'm still not feeling great, but not working out was driving me up a wall, I decided to do something I haven't done in YEARS. Laps at the pool! I managed to convince Amanda to come along with me since I didn't actually know where it was. For $5 (Amanda used her student ID) I got access to all of the facilities in the field house for as long as I wanted (well, until they closed)! They have a sauna, lap pool, diving pool, cardio machine, squash courts, basketball courts, and probably some other things we didn't get a chance to see. I will definitely be back!

Amanda and I had our own lanes right next to one another. We warmed up with a few laps before churning out a 500 made up of mostly freestyle and breaststroke, with a few laps of backstroke thrown in for good measure. It was a great low-key workout to help ease me back into the groove after having to take so much time off while I've been sick. I had a tasty breakfast to fuel my swim this morning consisting of:

• Flat Out italian herb wrap
• Cheddar cheese
• Egg whites
• Ketchup (Heinz, of course!)
• Handful of cherries
• Mug of mango green tea

It was a great breakfast that definitely kept me fueled through my swim. When I got home I was feeling the burn though (of hunger!) and threw together some vanilla greek yogurt, Kashi Go Lean Crunch and Optimum Blueberry Cinnamon cereal with raisins and crushed pecans. Yummy!

Since I never got around to doing laundry yesterday, I'm going to get on that now while doing some GRE prep. First I'm calling my dad to bug him about the vacay we are supposed to be planning. He is impossible to pin down with this stuff. This has been in the works for the last month and so far zero progress has been made. Today is my last attempt! If he can't commit to something, I'm going to start planning other trips for my 2 weeks off from work (I'm so psyched! Our study goes down the last 2 weeks in August).

I almost forgot, since I didn't recap from yesterday... Amanda and I met up with our friend Brian at the community pool in G-town and soaked up some sun (with my spf 50 on, of course!) for a couple of hours. Amanda and I decided to drop off our Goodwill donations afterwards, then went to Dicks Sporting Goods in VA so I could use my $10 off coupon I got at my half in May. I ended up buying a swimsuit on sale for $35, and a yoga mat for $19.99. Thank goodness I got that suit, it really came in handy today! I like my yoga mat, but didn't realize it was an extra LONG one. It's way too long to bust out in class without folding it. Perfect for my long legs, but probably not a good idea to take up an extra foot or so in a crowded yoga class.

After Dicks we went to Old Navy where I picked up some flip flops (2 pair for $5!) and a sports bra on sale for $10. We headed home after that since I had plans to watch movies with 2 of my friends who are moving out west soon. All in all, not the most productive day - but a good one.