"Water, water, everywhere..."

I really love water. I do. I carry a pink 32oz Nalgene bottle with me everywhere I go. My brothers always tell people I have a drinking problem! :) Other than unsweetened tea and the occasional (VERY occasional) coffee or juice, water is really all I drink. If I were a poet, I think I would write verses about water. In fact, writing this little paragraph about water has made me thirsty. Ah, so good. Fortunately, water is vital, necessary, and downright beneficial to my body...and no, I'm not drowning myself: I'm more of a constant sipper than a binging gulper. True story.

So lately I've been experimenting with my water. Plain old ice water is my favorite, but every now and then I like to spruce it up. Today, for instance, I added a couple of key lime slices to my bottle before heading to work. Very nice. A couple of days ago I added a drop or two of peppermint extract. The minty flavor was especially helpful when the late afternoon munchies kicked in. Nothing snacky goes particularly well with peppermint, you know? Except for chocolate, of course, but fortunately I didn't have any around!

I've also tried fresh strawberry slices, cucumber (I blame The Other Guys for that experiment), and oranges. Plain is still the best, though. :)

In other news, today was a good day! I really, really, REALLY didn't want to work out, but I did it!! Woo hoo!! I couldn't walk outside today, so I danced for an hour instead. Yup, a whole hour. Oh, how I love to dance!! I've decided I need to learn all the choreography from my favorite musicals, starting with the ones I actually own, like Hairspray. I wish Mamma Mia! had more real dance sequences, but I'm sure I could come up with a few of my own! Hmmm...

Side note: Hockey preseason games begin a week from today!! HOORAH!!! Oh, man...I'm so excited. MAJOR hockey fan over here! Prepare to be bombarded with hockey rants on a regular basis. :D

Well, I think that does it. Exercise was good. Food was good (I made homemade oat mini loaves to go with our vegetable barley soup for supper. Delicious!). Need more sleep.