On a cheerier note...

My dad (Hi, Daddy!) shared some of his delightful pictures from our Jingle Bell 5k!

My sister...running partner, trainer, inspiration and life long friend...I don't think I would have stuck with the running thing long enough to discover how fun it actually is if she hadn't decided to be crazy right along with me! Nakupenda kabisa, dada yangu!

And yes, I was hypnotized by the swinging puff on the hat as I was panting and puffing up the final hill doing my best to keep up with her!

Have I mentioned yet that we're running in a hugely popular annual 10k in the spring? No? Well, we are. Yikes! My last run was pitiful and painful...but that may have had more to do with it being 18 degrees (F) out and dodging ice patches in the road than with my inability to run more than three miles...