day.17.timeislove

"How do you have time for this?" one of my favorite subs asked. "I mean, you teach all day!"

If this was last year, or the year before last, I would agree. There would be no time or energy for this.

Something I've learned in the past couple of months is that it's okay to stop and think about yourself and your happiness. It's okay to relax and not be productive all the time. One of the teachers on my team once said to me last year "Do you have a life?" when I was laminating at 6pm in the afternoon. And that was early to still be at school for me at that point.

While I've done more relaxing (a beautiful backyard and two pups make it hard not to), I found that running is relaxing too. I am actually enjoying the RUNNING part of my runs! And surprisingly I don't try to make excuses to get me out of doing my runs because I look forward to it. Being outside, mostly at sunset, every single day is very soothing. Tonight was no different.

Edinburg Municipal Park at Sunset.

Chapa and I revisited the 5k course I did on my birthday. My goal was to have a strong last mile, and I did. We walked twice and did the last mile stronger than the others. It was beautiful outside, and I was glad to be on my feet running at that time, and not fighting the copier at work. In the end, I believe my personal health and happiness will allow me to help my students more than anything else.

Day.17.total.5k.time: 34:17 with 11:04 min/mile pace. Walked twice for 1.5 minutes and did the last mile much faster than the other two.