Holidays are over time to get serious

It seems that every entry starts with excuses on why it has been so long. Well this is no exception. First I was sick, then I had lots of house guests for the holidays, then I was just tired. But in the tradition of new year's resolutions, I hope to be better about updating this thing.

Sickness: It totally sucks and put me way behind in my training. I ended up having strep throat and then just as that was clearing up I got a cold. I lost my voice for a whole week (to some people's joy). So now I am struggling back into a schedule and trying to hang onto my health.

Holidays: This was the fun but exhausting part. I had 4 house guests, 7 guests for Christmas eve, and 9 guests for Christmas day. So there was a lot of preparations, cleaning, cooking, and entertaining, but it was a blast!

Christmas day - after opening our obscene amount of presents and eating the world's best Cinnamon rolls (thanks Ted) we started cooking for dinner. Then in the afternoon we took a little break and headed to Ocean beach. It was a lovely clear day and we had a great time walking along the beach and enjoying its beauty. Then it was home to finish cooking and start eating. We had such a wonderful time with lots of friends and family over for dinner. It was a great way to celebrate the holiday.

New Years Eve - We headed back to the beach after a fabulous dinner at Marnee Thai (with 2 Marnie's). We had gathered a few Christmas trees and bought some more wood and made a fabulous bonfire on the beach. What a great way to ring in the new year with wonderful people, the sound of the ocean, the smell of pine, and a roaring fire. I can tell it is going to be a great year!!!

I managed to squeeze in a few runs amidst all of the this celebrating, but not enough. So now I am back on my schedule and hope to gear up quickly for race season.

Hope everyone else had a wonderful holiday too. Happy New Year!!!