Squirrels.

They entertain me in the mornings.  When I'm doing my morning putterings on the computer and drinking my coffee, I can watch them chasing each other along the power lines and through the trees.  Caught one of the little guys this morning.

Went running this morning, about 3 miles... but it was a hard run.  I got to about... 3/4 of a mile in, and really struggled.  I felt like I wasn't going fast enough, or didn't have enough time, and felt like I'm never going to be able to get up to a half marathon.  I was terribly frustrated with myself, and almost threw a little temper-tantrum there in the solitude of the trail.  Then I just stopped for a moment, took a deep breath, and started up again.  I was ok after that... so I'm not sure what it was.  I hope this doesn't happen often; it's discouraging.  Need to figure out how to get through it.  I will though.  Hoping for a chance to run at least 5 miles this weekend.  We'll see what happens from there.