Pursuing Balance & Joy

Merry December!

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Hi, friends!

I finally found a minute to write! Wow, my life has been crazy lately.

I survived the super short trip to the west coast. I’m happy that’s not a long-term project for me right now. It took 12 hours of travel each way. That’s a lot. After the long trip home Thursday night, I flew to Chicago Friday morning to work one day at my former client. I flew home after work Friday and was really never so happy to just be home.

I planned to run on Saturday, but I was worn out and suffering from a massive headache. I spent the whole day on the couch watching TV and being grumpy. Honestly, the headache still hasn’t completely gone away, but it’s not bad enough that I’m still on the couch either.

So Sunday I went for my longest run yet: 6.22 miles! It took me 1:13 (wow, I need to work on that…sigh). It snowed Saturday so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but they clean the Monon trail pretty well. It was cold but beautiful.

It snowed a little while I was running, but mostly I got snowed on when the wind hit the trees.

Honey and his 10-year-old son did a whole bunch of decorating Saturday while I was laying on the couch. The apartment is beautiful and festive. They saved putting the icicles on the tree for me to do Sunday when I felt better.

Then Sunday night I flew back to Chicago for (hopefully) one last week at this client. The best part of being in Chicago though is definitely seeing the Sears Tower. I just look at it and smile knowing honey and I climbed up there together. It was so hard, but it was also just awesome. I super loved seeing the spires lit up red and green last night.

Yeah, they’re hard to see so you’ll just have to trust me on that one. It’s pretty magical.

Merry December, friends!

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