Recharging Batteries

There has not been such stressful year as my junior year has been. I don't struggle as much with time-management or procrastination, I think I have developed a rhythm. But only until the second half of fall semester 09, I started visiting the school gymnasium. And, it has become like my third home. I have developed the habit of exercise. On a quick note, I have never been this fit, slim nor active since I was like nine years old; except for a year where I was dancing with a folkloric group in Mexico. But it was dancing, I love dancing. I have been involved with salsa group here in Goshen, which also recharges my batteries, but visiting the REC-FIT is the activity I do more frequently and that I truly believe has a major impact in my physical and mental health.
I started going because I had a peer to go, then I started developing confidence on myself that I could go and get fit alone. I didn't need anyone to walk me or encourage me to go work out.
Lately, one of my classmates has been my loyal companion and we do full work outs whenever we can. It feels very nice to have a person who shares the same routine and with whom you can have a very personal relationship, therefore I think that the relationship I have gained with my work-out buddy also recharges my batteries.
I go and exercise Monday through Fridays. I usually like to go early in the mornings when I don't feel like staying awake after a class, when I feel like taking a nap and I think that the day will be long and tedious, that's when I go and recharge my energy and motivation. Besides the scientific facts of endorphines being released and getting healthier; it must be the sweat, the burning sensation, reaching a limit everyday that drives me and recharges me everyday. Another fact that bring me satisfaction and motivation is hearing the comments from acquaintances and friends who tell me that I look good, at least better than before. I like getting the reactions from people I haven't seen for some time and they look surprised that I'm slim and my clothes fit better, and that my face is "sharp" rather than round.
Even when I know I might not be able to make it to the gym, my day gets frustrated. I enjoy working out and using my physical energy in something productive, because if I was to sit down and try do get an assignment done without previously worked out, I get very hypertensive, I cannot focus and I feel like standing up and do something active. I believe being tired, or having used my kinetic energy compliments my mental capacity to concentrate and focus.