End of the month - thank you!

Okay... so this is the last day of February and I can say, a lot of wonderful things have happened this month.

Spending quality time with my two loves.

Spending some great nights with friends, wine and sushi!

And signing up for not just one but THREE races this month!!!! Awesome!!!

We are all set for a race in March, another in April and in May!!! OMG!! I am so excited!!!!
We have been able to afford to sign up for some of these races before the prices went up and I even got a Groupon for another one.
This month couldn't have ended on a more positive note.

I started taking my herbal supplements again and hitting the gym pretty hard with Liz.
I don't feel AS stressed out as I did a couple of weeks ago... but I know that I am more obvious of it now and I don't want to stress about the stress. I know that with time, things will get better - and they are getting there.

I have noticed that my stamina for running longer on the treadmill is getting longer... hopefully that will transfer onto outside running.
And I am getting so bores with running on the treadmill!!!! I need this nasty cold and snow weather to go away!
Hopefully in the next week I can head outside for a run.

Okay... so I get a text from the daughter of one of my older cousins... Chloe... and she starts asking me about the 5k's that I'm running.
She then tells me that she wants to start running too and if I don't mind if she runs with me... hell no I don't!!!! The more the merrier! !

I gave her some runs that the hubby and I are already signed up for and told her to get some good running shoes and the app for her phone that will help her train for the races.
Hopefully she will be able to run with us... that would be so cool!!
And it can probably get my running group off the ground.
The group I'm in now - who are a great bunch of women - aren't really getting together. I am grateful for being in the group and meeting my wonderful working out/training partner Liz... but I need to be able to count on the group a little more.
I have poured myself into the group, even sponsoring a member for a run but when I asked for help to be sponsored,  no one stepped up to help me out. So unfair.
But that's okay... I'm doing it on my own financially and with the support of my hubby (and those friends that will be there also) I know that I will get far with this!

There are a lot of things that are falling into place... and I've never been happier! Except the day of my wedding and the day that I gave birth... both types of happiness are different than what I am feeling now.

I can see the goals that I have set up for myself for this new year becoming reality! Things are clearer now... the fog that once was blinding me from the sun  is being lifted and I can finally see the light that is shining down on me.

I am not allowing people or things to stand in my way of happiness! Not anymore!
I do what I can to survive and get things done for myself - and for my loves.
It might not sit well with others but that's not my problem, not anymore at least.

Other people have been able to turn their backs and not look at the mess that they have made... I might not be that type of person but I am looking out for me now.

I am not writing this blog in any hurtful or upset manner.... please don't take it that way. Just know that I am growing and I need to do what is right for me, both physically and mentally.
And if you don't like it... not my fault.

I have goals and dreams that I have set up for myself and I will achieve them!

So with this most uplifting, positive month coming to a close... I bid adu to February and welcome in March with my arms wide open!
Marching into the month of March like a lion!
And I know that April will see a different ME all together!

Hasta la proxima!