Merry Christmas!

I wanted to take the time to say "Merry Christmas"to everyone before I got too busy and forgot. Cam and I both hope that you enjoy the holidays with your families and that you have a wonderful start to the new year. I have a feeling that 2010 is going to be awesome. :-)

Cam and I are both done with our Christmas shopping so that's a relief. Last year I was done a month ago, but this year I finished on Sunday. Slightly slacking, but I have been busy. Cam and I have both been so busy that it was hard to get motivated and go and fight our way through the crowds at the stores.

I baked a ton of Christmas cookies for friends that we have started to hand out. Its been hard to not eat them! I spent a whole weekend baking sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, buckeyes, caramel cookies, etc. They all look so yummy!

This last weekend we went to Cam's CrossFit Christmas party. It was a lot of fun and I am glad that Cam decided he wanted to go. He is starting to meet some really neat people at his gym and I am excited for him. I think that it is a good place for him to be and I am glad that he enjoys it. The people from the gym all seem very sincere and motivating. He has decided to start this diet that a lot of people at the gym are on. It's called "Paleo" and focuses on cutting out wheat and carbs and eating lots of protein and veggies. Not my type of diet, but I am cooking Paleo friendly foods so that I can further encourage him. After talking to my trainer where I workout, he didn't seem to think the diet would be bad for me but I do need some carb intake for my running. The one food item that he has to eat a lot of, that I can't stand is eggs. Yuck. I can only eat them in a fancy omlette; its hard for me to even stomach the smell of them. I will eat veggies all day just to not have to eat a plate of eggs. :-(  I will keep you posted on the progress!

I start my officialy training for Boston on December 28th and I am so ready! I know that the 16 weeks will go by super fast so I hope that I can get myself into top shape by April 19th. I can already run about 15 miles comfortably without dying. Looking back at when I started training for Portland, I am in way better physical and mental shape now then I was back then. Thanks Scott! :-) By the way, if I haven't said this already- my trainer is freaking amazing!

Today is my last day of CMA class until January 4th. WooHoo! Got to love Christmas break. I am really exhausted today so I am looking forward to being able to sleep in for the rest of the week. Tomorrow, I have an interview at Sacred Heart to do some volunteer work at the hospital. I am excited and it will be good for me AND I can put it on my resume as job related experience.

See you next year! :-)