It's that time of year again when I get the holiday blues. It was great to have everyone here for Thanksgiving but it looks like we'll be alone for Christmas. We are going to visit Colleen on Christmas Eve and Erin and Josh will be there but we'll only be there for a couple of hours. It just doesn't feel very Christmassy to run in and out! Oh well, I guess that's the way it is. One day we'll have Christmas at our house and have everyone here. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Looks like we'll have 3 grandbabies by next Christmas! Wow! Looks like Tate and Julie are expecting again.
After the holidays, we'll have lots of time on our hands. I take my certification exam for doing massage next Friday. I don't think it is very likely that I'll pass, but I'll give it a try. I can't even figure out how to study that would help me pass so I'll just resort to pray and luck! If I don't pass, then I think I'll pursue a different career opportunity. I'd really like to work at a health club as a trainer or fitness coach but am not sure how to get my foot in the door. I plan on pursuing that after the first of the year. Now that the house is pretty much done we need to find something to keep us busy. I guess a job will do that!
Running is going okay although I've been trying to get back into my weight training and spinning so my legs were pretty trashed earlier in the week and I kind of had a set back but I think that they will be stronger as a result. I just need to be consistant with doing the weights so it doesn't work against me. I'm planning on running my 25 mile long run tomorrow but if my legs are still recovering from lifting, I will cut it short and run long on Sunday. I plan on running at least 30 miles over the weekend and that will give me 55 miles for the week although many of those are probably junk miles but it's time on my feet which is what I need for now. I'm planning on increasing my weekly mileage and workouts to get ready for Umstead. I'm thinking that Umstead will be my one and only 100. It's just too time-consuming to spend so many hours running. I really would like to spend time doing other activities but we'll see. Maybe I'll figure out a way to do them all!
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Donna,
This is hanging in my kitchen all tatered and torn:
A Winner's Creed
Author Unknown
If you think you're beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you won't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch, you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person's will,
It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster hand; But sooner or later
The person who wins
Is the one who thinks "I can"
You can pass this test. IF not the first time, then the next. I have faith in you.
Jean
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