What's so special about today?

February 14th.

A day of first dates, marriage proposals, wedding anniversaries, births, deaths, and a day to remember to love your significant other.

Wait. Whoah. Slow your roll there...

Isn't that every day? Don't those things happen every day of the week? What makes the 14th of February so special??? I could go into the history of Valentine's day, the Valentines Day Massacre, Hallmark, Hershey's, Whitman's Samplers... But I won't. I've found my very own reason that February 14th is special.

Today, Rusty and I started the Couch to 5k Running plan. Basically it takes you from... wait for it...

The couch....

to...

Running a 5k!

I'll let that one sink in for a second.

It's not a fast process, and if you find it too hard, you repeat the week that gave you trouble. Also, its a free program. You don't have to sign up, you don't have to pay money, you just have to be able to read, be able to run, and be determined.

Granted at this point, I should feel like crap, right?. My legs hurt, my lungs are a little constricted, but all in all, I'm OK. It's amazing to me that I didn't even need my inhaler. I alternated 60 seconds of jogging with 90 seconds of walking for 20 minutes, following a 5 minute warm-up walk. I'm still ALIVE! We're both still alive! (yes, this is an accomplishment)

So now, we're looking for 5k's in the May timeframe to solidify the agreement. Here's hoping we can find something close that falls on a weekend that suits. Talk about a special day to make a special agreement!

But hear this, followers and creepers:

WE WILL do this, WE WILL finish this, and WE WILL be held accountable!!!

MAN that sounds GOOD!

Now, I'm off to bed. That is, as long as there are no more fire sirens... the whiskers have taken a liking to 'singing' along with them (read: yowwwwwlinnnng)

GOOD NIGHT! :D