I am so sick. I didn’t sleep at all last night. I planned to run this morning but… I took a bath instead. I managed to get outside for some ice skating with Todd and his family but returned home with a temperature of over 100 degrees. I’ll probably be in bed by 8:00 tonight.

I did read the first chapter of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Living today. Ironically, I’ve started this book at least 3 times in the past without ever finishing it.

TODAY’S CHALLENGE was to do something creative to kick off the project. Unfortunately, a dry throat and aching muscles kept me up last night and I woke up too sick to do much.

However, my suffering inspired my husband Todd and I to buy a new bed. We dragged ourselves to Select Comfort and laid around in Sleep Number beds all afternoon. The result was the perfect complement to the “Change Myself” phase of the project – the promise of a better night’s sleep. It should arrive in two weeks!