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2-12-17

God is so good. I had been worrying about money and within minutes of talking to several people and asking for prayers, I got a text from one of my employers asking me for 2 days of work! I was amazed at how quickly God answered my prayers. Immediately afterwards I clearly heard "Don't doubt me again."

Amen.

I've been swimming a fair amount, 1250 x2 a week and 1 mile at least 1x a week. The mile is down to about 53 minutes or so, which I feel good about, especially since I'm basically only doing the breaststroke right now. Every 5 laps or so, I do a few lengths of freestyle, but it puts me so out of breath that I think the recovery slows me down.

I'm constantly having to remind myself that 'I'm not getting fat' (I'm pregnant.) and 'I'm not lazy' (I'm pregnant.). 




Every afternoon I take both dogs on a walk around the neighborhood, at least 30 minutes. Also, I met up with Amy P. and we've done some long walks.



Honestly though, I haven't run since that fateful Tuesday when I got the cramps. I miss the freedom of the movement and I'm going to give it a whirl today.

I'm ready to go hike around outside. It feels like spring.

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