Spring Semester

I hate going so long between blogging because then I feel like I have so much to talk about when I do update.
Spring semester started Wednesday. I am really not looking forward to my class schedule for this semester. I am expecting it to be terrible, but hopefully I will be proved wrong. I am really going to try to go into my classes every day wanting to learn and be a good student; after all, going to school costs money, so I need to get my money's worth out of it. I really need to start taking my nutrition classes more seriously since I graduate in December. I need to make what I learn more than just something I memorize for tests.
I wish I could write about how good my training is going. I haven't been able to run more than 15 minutes for over a month because of pain in my knee. I have been on a steroid dose pack, gotten an MRI, and had a cortisol injection. My knee still isn't better. I thought the injection would knock out the inflammation, but I tried running today and I still felt pain. The next step is going in with a scope to clean it out. Although this is a very minor surgery, it still scares me. I want to do whatever I can for my knee to get better, but surgery is the last thing I want.
It has been extremely difficult not to be able to run. I wasn't able to cross-train much either over the break. I feel like I have lost all my fitness from cross-country, and it's going to take so much time to get back. I feel like I'm just not meant to run track because every track season, something happens that keeps me from racing. I find comfort in the fact that God has a plan in this and He knows what's best. I know good is going to come from this, I'm just not sure what that will be. This would be much harder to handle if running was the most important thing to me. As much as I love running, there are other things that are just as important to me that I want to focus on.
I didn't really make any New Year's resolutions this year, but I do have some goals for this semester:
- develop deeper relationships with girls in the college ministry at church
- be in a weekly small group bible study
- develop deeper relationships with girls on my team
- memorize the book of James
- stay on top of my school work (I am a huge procrastinator)
- break 18:00 in the 5k (I need to start running again so I can reach this goal)

No classes tomorrow due to snow and ice! I am looking forward to reading/relaxing! Hopefully I will see the doctor again on Tuesday and figure out what to do about my knee.