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Day 115: Hooray for Introverts!

I am so introverted.

This is when you say: "How introverted are you?"

I am so introverted, that when my daughter poked her head in my bedroom this morning and said her husband's family was coming over for a visit soon, I jumped up, pulled on my sweats, a t-shirt and my running shoes and breezily ran out the door saying, "I'm off to the gym! See you later!"

OY! Will I ever grow out of my shyness?

But today was a good thing! I actually walked the trail to SE 122nd and SE Harold, which is 1.33 miles.  There, I caught the bus to the gym.  I haven't worked out with weights in several weeks. And I really need it! Today was great. My adrenaline was racing a bit from my social anxiety.  So I worked back and biceps. In a circuit. Then I did about 12 minutes on the treadmill and some crunches and stretches.

I feel good!

I was tempted to go out to eat. I mean I almost did. I used to eat at Happy Garden on SE 122nd near Division years ago. They had the most amazing egg flower soup. And they have brown rice if you ask. But I walked up there and they were out of business. 

I was tempted to go somewhere else, but then I spied my bus. So I jogged to the bus, hopped on and went down to Safeway and picked up ingredients for a root vegetable soup for dinner.  I was going to put chicken in it, but we eat so much chicken! I opted for a ham hock.  For flavor. Once it has cooked enough, I will chopped up the meat from the bone.

So I cooked the ingredients first on the stove and now everything is sitting in the crockpot on low.  Should be ready in time for my dinner at 6:00 p.m. The whole house smells divine!!

I tasted the broth. It is heavenly. I used garlic, onions, a bit of beef broth, ham hocks, rutabaga, sweet potato, carrots and celery. I seasoned it with parsley, lemon pepper, salt and a little bit of turmeric.  Wow, the flavor! I cannot wait until dinner!

For lunch, I had left over majadarrah and coleslaw. With a gluten free pumpkin cookie for dessert.

I am so happy I worked out today.  I would like to try and get a good work out for the next few days, because next week fall term begins with a vengence.

Today, I am thankful for my introverted nature!

Yahoo!

Happy Tuesday!  

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