Lots of ups and downs this week.
Down: Twenty-six lives in CT cut short.
Up: I ran fourteen miles on Saturday without my injured leg bothering me!
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| Photo borrowed from Judy Loy |
Down: My entire body hurt because of that run.
Up: Made a super yummy dinner for my grandparents on Sunday.
Down: Got a huge list of projects at work that needed to be finished this week.
Up: Went to a Christmas party for my running club and saw my friend who fell and broke his rib and clavicle.
Down: Had a rough recovery run on Tuesday and noticed the neuroma in my foot flaring up.
Up: Picked out Christmas gifts with the kids for their teachers.
Down: Can’t figure out what to get my grandparents.
Up: Mailed my sister’s family’s gifts and they arrived in time.
Down: Mailed my parents’ gifts and they won’t arrive in time.
Up: Seeing Nathan happily read a new book out loud to his little brother after school.
Down: Seeing no movement from the Haitian government to start the new adoption process and allow us to move forward.
Up: Hearing two families from our agency exited IBESR with dispensation super fast. Adoption timelines in Haiti appear to be speeding up.
Down: Hearing my grandfather sound afraid to deal with my grandmother’s wrath over moving (last Sunday). I gave him a major pep talk.
Up: Hearing my grandfather express interest in taking next steps towards moving (yesterday).
Down: Having an even worse run on Thursday and now feeling the foot pain from the neuroma more than ever. Unsure how I will run twelve miles this weekend.
Up: Finding out my friend is finally pregnant after four years of trying.
There’s more, but that gives you an idea. Right now I’m smiling because of how excited my little boys were this morning as they headed off to school in their pajamas for Polar Express day. They have been more excited about that than Christmas itself.
