A Brief Update

Not having consistent Internet in my house really does slow down the blogging.

Also, not having much free time in which I feel motivated to accomplish things slows a lot of things down. And traveling for another two weeks straight didn’t really help much either.

I have a few more blogs on the trip to England that I would like to write, but for now I will give a brief life update.

In the past 7 Christmases living away from home I have always had a job that gives us a Christmas break.  So, as usual, I was able to go home for the full week around Christmas and enjoy the usual family traditions. Things like cookie baking and decorating, driving around to see the lights, family gatherings, watching movies, playing games, eating, getting on each others nerves, etc.

For New Years this year I ventured to the small and adorable mountain town of Highlands, where I had never been, with a collection of people of which I hadn’t really spent that much time. And it was a blast! We played games, all sorts and just enjoyed the company of friends that we do not get to see as often as we would like.

Since then I have been trying to get my life back into some sort of routine and order. So far, I haven’t done very well at this.

I have been without running water at my house since Saturday (with the exception of a few hours on Monday) Living in a double wide with exposed pipes in freezing temperatures that shares a water line with another trailer that sprung a leak has led to a preemptive water turn off strike in hopes that my double wide does not spring a leak. But no worries, I have a plethora of water bottles and a large jug that I can refill and at least 50 showers to choose from around camp if I see that as a need and a new appreciation for the wonderful person who thought piping water into a home was a good idea.

This Saturday I run my first official half marathon. I have not sufficiently trained for this, but I am told adrenaline gets you through a good part of it, so here’s hoping for a finish! (By no means do I hope to finish in a timely manner, just to finish.)

The 30 by 30 list is going to look a lot different in completion than it did at creation, but I’m ok with that. This week I came up with the brilliant idea to read juvenile biographies in order to reach my book reading goal, because I must have forgotten how to read the months of Oct-Dec and put myself about 8 books off track. So far I have much enjoyed the biographies. I may start reading juvenile non-fiction regularly.

I think that is all I have to update on for now. Hopefully back to the England blogs soon!