snow

I really enjoyed January in Nashville this year. It was so beautiful. I think we had at least 1 or 2 60 degree days every week. It gave me so much motivation to exercise and start the year off right. Now that it's February, I'm not quite as excited about the weather or about exercising. It's actually feels like winter now. When I ran on Sunday with Laural, there were little ice balls hitting our faces most of the time. We were just proud that we actually made it through the run.

I do like when it snows though. When I looked out the window Saturday morning, I was very excited to see white. It stopped snowing by noon, so a couple of roommates and I grabbed some sleds and walked to the park at the end of our street. There were lots of kids and parents already enjoying the hills. There were so many different "runs" and we had to try them all. It was so much fun, though I forgot how tiring the walk back up the hill for another ride can be. It really wore us out, but it was so worth it! We didn't go out the rest of the day. It felt so nice to just stay home with the roommates and watch movies. The snow gave me a good reason to stay in most of the weekend and just chill. It think that is exactly what i needed.

finally...

So, I'm obviously not very good at updating this thing (sorry Liz). I started a myspace and it's rather addicting. I had a really busy day at work yesterday, so I'm doing a great job of wasting time today.

I haven't really had a chance to even think lately. There seems to always be something to steal my time away. I've actually been hanging out at home more with my roommates. Jenn had surgery so she has to sit at home most of the day by herself so it's fun to hang out with her in the evenings when I can. The bad thing is that I usually just sit down and watch TV with her... meaning my room is a mess and I am in desperate need of some clean clothes. It's amazing how quickly the few hours I have after work before I should go to bed seem to pass. It frustrates me almost every night that I never make it to bed when I want to.

I went snowboarding in West Virginia over the weekend and it was really fun. We chose the perfect weekend to go. It snowed the entire time. It's always fun to take trips with a bunch of friends. It's such a bonding experience. It would have probably been a little nicer to have a few less people with us though. There were 12 of us and everything just takes longer with that many people. Luckily, the place we went to had night skiing until 10:00, so I made sure I stayed out as long as I could. It was all so worth it. It was kind of a blending of two different groups of friends. It's always fun to hang out with people you don't really know and gain new friendships.

Now, I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. I'm still trying to train for a half-marathon and I didn't run for over a week until today. I was really disappointed with myself, but I hope I'm able to get back on track and keep up with it.