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Merry Christmas

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. It is hard to believe that it is here already. Hard to believe.

Christmas for my family always starts on Christmas Eve. We headed to my parents house around 1:00 pm. My brother and his family showed up about 20 minutes after we did. We then had a few turkey sandwiches and then off to opening gifts. I was reminded of how much fun it is to have a small child to buy for on Christmas. My brother's daughter just turned 2 earlier this month, so she had a blast opening gifts. It was really fun to watch. I took tons of pics. It just amazes me how a $2 toy can make a young child so happy.

After a couple of hours it was time to load up and head to my Grandma's house. You never know how many people will be there when you get there. I was surprised that the only people there were my cousin Pat and his family, and they were walking out the door when we walked in. We got to spend a little time with Grandma before having to head to my Aunt's.

My Aunt cooks a huge Christmas meal. Then it is into the chaos that is opening gifts with that side of the family. Let's just say it is a mad house. It is a very entertaining time though. We ended up heading home a little before 9:00 pm.

When we got home we just kind of hung out for a while. Watched A Christmas Story and then headed to bed.

It is currently 7:00 am and I am sure my house will soon come alive. I hope that the kids enjoy all of there gifts. I will try to post some pics later.

Merry Christmas!!

Later

18 Weeks!

It is hard for me to believe, but the Kentucky Derby Mini-Marathon is only 18 weeks away. 18 weeks may sound like a long time, but in reality it's not. The bad thing is that I have seemed to have slacked off since I have returned from vacation. I am not sure if it is the weather or what, but I just don't seem to have the same drive that I had. I am still seeming to run at least 2 or 3 times a week. But I have not ran over 3 miles outside since before I went on vacation.

I talked to Scotty Z, and I think that he is going to run the Mini as well. Double D is still not sure if he can get his mileage up in time. I understand, since he is using every waking moment either watching his kids or working.

So I am going to have to re-dedicate myself or the Mini will suck ass! So starting next week it will be back to running every night. It may be cold, but I think I will live. I will start doing all of my long runs on the weekends. Hopefully the weather will be decent enough for Chris and I to run on Wednesdays. We had planned on running this past week, but the weather did not co-operate, it was pouring down rain.

So wish me luck!

Later