rest day = shovelin? what the!?

ahhhhh friday--yay! 
Yesterday was a "rest day" but apparently snow waits for no one!  The snow storm didn't know nor care about my rest day which meant---i shoveled.  Thanks to my awesome neighbor at my mom's house i didn't shovel nearly as much as i could have.  He cleared our whole sidewalk, and then once i cleared off both cars, and moved them into the street, he plowed the rest of the driveway!  I had to go back over with a shovel--so fun when its all compacted down from driving on it--to get the rest, but could have been worse.
Other than that i really tried to rest rest rest rest!  This cough has got the best of me thats for sure--i sound nasty!  I am really starting to stress about the long run coming up on sunday and hope i don't struggle to much with breathing.

Today was a cross training day.  I did elliptical for about 45 mins and then some weight stuff with arms.  With my throat feeling so dry and rough today's workout was hard.  And i forgot a water bottle--yeah i'm a mess!  Luckily i had Study Buddy Erin with me for the workout so i was able to go longer than i normally would have pushed myself while feeling this way.  Tomorrow is another cross train day except i have to work swim until at least 3, so thats gonna be a tough one.  I can do it, i can do it, i can dooooooooo itttttttttttt!

Side note, Moe and I went to EMS (eastern mountain sports) and bought some new Gu and other treats to use while running.  I got some jellybelly running beans, and some chewy fruit snacks.  I'm looking forward to this weekends run JUST so i can try these out!!  Also, some Gu as well.  They didn't sell individual packs of Gu however, so we had to buy boxes of 6.  Some of the flavors we got are going to be new to us, but since there are 6 in a box--we better like them :-)
Anyone else know of a good place to get Gu in singles so i can get a variety?  Does Dicks/Sports Authority sell them individ?