Christmas Festivities

Christmas was fantastic, I had a blast, as did Ash.

The Saturday before Christmas was a fun trail run at Sabino with Kiera and her sister, Ginger. We set a PR for our ascent, and Kiera set a blistering pace for the way back (although no actual blisters were harmed during the making of this run).

Christmas eve found me up early to give a friend a ride to the airport, then scampering about town, trying to get all my last-minute errands done. I also deep-cleaned my house, woo hoo! At 8 pm, I realized I had two more gifts to make – I quickly set about getting those done. Then I was off to Johnny’s to stuff the stockings, and back home to crash. Up early again on Christmas morning, to get to Johnny’s before Ash woke up. Upon waking and seeing his mom, Ash was so so happy, the look on his face just made my year. It was awesome.

After stockings and cinnamon rolls and tree gifts, Ash and I were off for my folks in Mesa. At dinnertime, Ash seemed exhausted, so I suggested he go into the living room and lay down on the couch, which he did (unheard of for him). About 15 min later, he was asleep! Woke up 2 and a half hours later with a temp of 102.6, poor guy. Medicine dropped the fever, and he slept the whole way home and then through the night. Woke up the next morning with his tummy hurting. After vomiting (making it mostly in the toilet), he felt much better. Even though he was sick, he still seemed to really enjoy his Christmas.

Yesterday, I made myself go out for a run at lunch. I was sluggish and slow, it was only 2 miles, but I had to walk parts. I decided to be happy that I got myself out there, rather than be pissed off and angry that I was slow and had to walk. Today, Paki and I decided spur of the moment to head out for a short lunchtime run – it was a good run. My knee hasn’t been hurting since my second acupuncture session (yay!), and I need to make sure I keep foam rolling and stretching. I’m trying to take it easy and run around 2 miles a few times a week. After I ease back into things, hopefully I’ll up my miles and go from there.

Here are the gifts I made:

Kiera's "friend" plaque (notice the running gear in the background)

My sister's box

My mama's tray

My mama's frame (on my art table/tv table/computer table/storage table)

A friend's seed pod plaque

Ash's Grandpa's plaque

Paki's plaque (us racing to the finish at Jim Click's Run'n'Roll)