Let them eat cake! But no running...

Banned from running until summer training officially starts, i have to turn to other outlets for my energy. Today, I spent a good couple of hours making a cake! Chocolate cake filled with Carmel and frosted with a vanilla cream cheese frosting and drizzled Carmel. Needless to say it was pretty darn tasty and my parents and I crashed on the sugar roller coaster after about an hour. It was great. I used my favorite chocolate cake recipe, but the Carmel was a new trial. I melted a cup of granulated sugar over medium heat until it was smooth and amber colored, then added two tablespoons of butter and a couple pinches of salt. On low heat, I then added a quarter cup of cream until the mixture was somewhat thin. It was a great pouring consistency and stayed within the bounds of my frosting dam to fill the cake, then set up to a nice thickness. The remaining Carmel I drizzled over the top of the frosted cake, and I have to say it looked pretty good. I think tomorrow I'll try making some lemon blueberry scones since I got some fresh blueberries at the grocery store. On a different note, I'm hoping to distract myself from not running with a good rollerblading stint! I'll have to start preparing for Nordic at some point, so I may as well begin while I'm on running restriction. I know it's necessary to go into summer running with a recovered body, but it doesn't make it anybeasier. I'm so used to running every day, having that time to think, and using all my excess energy, and now I dont have that routine to fall back on. With school getting monotonous as ever, I need something like running to keep me engaged. If you have suggestions, comment!