Feeling much better. The plague lifted late yesterday afternoon, dissipating as quickly as it had arrived. It's Sunday afternoon and I'm sitting here drinking coffee and listening to the Drive-By Truckers. They rock.

I went running this morning for the first time in forever. I'm tired of how I look and how I feel. It does not help that my friend Drew recently did his first marathon. I ran a lot when I was in high school and college and truly not much since.

So today I was out for almost an hour. I had my iPod shuffle with my "upbeat" playlist to keep me motivated.* It wasn't all running, but I feel better for having done it.

Why are some things that are good for us so hard? I always feel better after I run, yet I can never get motivated to do it. I always feel better after cooking a healthy meal, yet I frequently just throw some crap in the microwave or, worse, swing by the drive-through.

On a related note, I want to see if anybody has any bean recipes they care to share? I love beans, they're healthy and filling, and I'm looking for more (preferably easy) recipes for them, outside of chili and burritos. Thanks.





*While many people already know this, I don't think I wrote here that I recently won a contest and got one of the fancy-shmancy video iPods with 30GB. I think it will hold almost all the music I own. What overflowed the Shuffle doesn't even make a dent on this thing.