Bah hum bug

I want to be in the Christmas spirit.
But it's just not happening. I am excited to see my brother. He's coming down on the 23rd. I haven't seen him in over a year. I can't wait to see him.

Hopefully we will have the house in SOME semblance of order by then. These past few days or week or so have been full of Christmas parties, WORK, and tiling. FUN! nah. not really. but...

It's looking AWESOME.

I've been lazy with my running. I don't know why. Maybe the weather. I only have one pair of "pants" (really they are capris) so maybe I need some CUTE winter running clothing to motivate me. I'm running a 5k tomorrow. The New Braunfels Jingle Bell 5k. I did it last year and PR'd with a 25:40. Hopefully I can do better but we'll see. It's supposed to be in the 40's and drizzling. Yuck.

I did my first official crossfit workout and it kicked my butt. I LOVE IT! I can't wait to make my garage into a gym so I can start getting CROSSFIT!

Merry Christmas all.

So thankful

I am extremely thankful and very emotional today. I was at a birthday party last night and I noticed I had a missed call. It was from my brother. My little brother, who has been serving our country in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year. I started to call him back, but when I realized it was almost midnight I hung up. He called me back this morning and we able to talk for the first time this year. I am SO grateful for his safe homecoming and I am extremely emotional today. I didn't think it would hit me so hard, but I am so thankful to my little brother and so happy he's home.

So, short and sweet, thank you my dear little brother. I love you! For serving our country, helping to protect me, you and our freedoms.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Welcome home.