What does debt ceiling mean?

I pondered my title question for about 2 seconds on my run today, among other things. Obama and the Speaker of the House addressed the nation in a way that seemed childish to me - why contradict each other? I felt no better after watching it and it cut into my puppy's walk time...just be smart elected leaders, didn't we elect you to be smart and take care of us? To do your jobs? I'll never understand politics...

My time keeps dropping, which I love :) 4 miles in 33:53! Below 8:30 pace! I ran the first 2 miles in 16:39, 8:20 pace, then must've slowed for the last 2 (after I turned around). I'm cool with it. I did not feel like I was running that hard, just sorta pushing. Honestly, my fitness was lacking and my arms were feeling tired. My legs still haven't hurt or burned in the least - but there are no hills to speak of. I need my heart to pump some more blood, and I probably need to do more pushups ( I hate them with a passion). I'm whipping myself into shape though. I can't wait to weigh myself on August 1 (one month after starting) to see if I have lost any weight. Weight doesn't matter to me, but I have been working hard and wonder what it is doing to my scale numbers. I can feel my muscles toning up and it appears they are a little more uncovered, which is fantastic!

I have a run tonight with a friend, the same friend as before :) I am just putting in more miles this week. I might trade a run for a ride one day, we'll see :)

A couple songs from my running playlist I have really enjoyed recently:

• Mushaboom - Feist (doesn't seem like a good training song, but I really like the beat/sound for running)
• Rumour Has It - Adele (her voice is like art)
• Call and Return - Hellogoodbye (this song/band is too much fun)
• Monster Hospital - Metric (something about this makes me go fast)

Check them out!