Archive for December, 2011

Welcome back!

Christmas is over, Hanukkah is… well I have no idea if it’s over because it’s based on the Gregorian calendar so it changes every year. Ok, actually I just looked it up and tonight is the last day. Anyways, I don’t celebrate it so I just brought it up because I like to be inclusive [...]

Why am I blogging on Christmas?

It’s 7 am Christmas morning, and I’m the only one up. Florida isn’t my ideal Christmas vacation spot, but we’ve had a good bit of fun. And while I’ve eaten to excess at a couple of family meals so far, I’ve also been pretty active, including a 20 mile ride yesterday. It wasn’t very fast [...]

I’ve got a coach

The lack of reading material from this particular source is about to end. You see, I can officially say I now have a triathlon coach. I took a couple weeks and did a LOT of looking. At least 30 different websites, all the local coaches (there’s even one only about 15 minutes from our house [...]

Fingers crossed

You haven’t heard a lot from me lately. I’ve been waiting for news on a few different fronts. And I’m still waiting, so I don’t have a lot to report other than I added a new one to wait on; I picked a coaching group and have inquired about a coach within the group. I [...]

gratuitous puppy pictures!

But first todays update I went 96 hours straight without a bad food choice before caving into pizza cravings tonight. Back on the wagon in the morning it seems. 4 days isn’t too bad, and I’m going for at least 5 next time. We’re going out for dinner with Rach’s co-workers Thursday night so there [...]

I’ve been busy

Work has been really busy the past couple weeks, with a lot of learning and lot of full days. I’ve gotten behind on my writing, and pretty much everything doesn’t involve work or being with Rach and the puppy. I think it’s fair to say I was burnt out after a long season. I rarely [...]