December 2025
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December 31
I made the unwise decision to run the New Year’s Eve 5k even though I was sick because I really wanted the medal. I did ok… didn’t run without walking, didn’t run very fast when I was running, and generally felt exhausted the entire way. When I finished, it took every ounce of energy just…
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December 30
I am not feeling well. I’m supposed to run a New Year’s Eve 5k tomorrow, but I’m starting to think I might not make it. I skipped this morning’s run to conserve energy and hopefully prevent myself from feeling worse, but I don’t think it worked. I suspect I may have a mild case of…
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December 29
I feel like I’m in the middle of a Christmas hangover. Partly it’s because my body is valiantly fighting off some kind of sickness and I’m tired and scratchy. But also it feels like we’re in the aftermath of a tornado that was made of peppermint and sparkles. Christmas is over but it still lingers.…
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December 28
I ran four miles this morning like it was nothing. Not that long ago, I wouldn’t even have attempted it, it would have sounded so ludicrous. But I did it and it felt good. I just have to stop and acknowledge all that’s gone into that feat. It’s a big deal. After that, the girls…
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December 27
We went down to Daytona today to see Rosina and Dion. I was happy they seemed to like the gifts we bought them. The traffic getting down there was horrendous. It took two hours to make what is normally a one-hour trip. There are entirely too many people on this planet, and too many of…
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December 26
My friends managed to get me up off the couch to go see a live local cover band at a nearby bar on a total whim, and I’m glad I dragged my ass up and out the door. I had a blast. I have to think we were the youngest people there – or at…
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December 25
We had a nice Christmas. Everyone seemed to like their gifts, and then we had a nice dinner with Colleen and her family. We made another turkey roulade for dinner and it was delicious. By the time the kitchen was cleaned up (oh my god so many dishes), I was exhausted and passed out on…
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December 24
Everything is ready for Christmas at last. I spent the afternoon making cannoli cake. It’ll be hard to top salted caramel apple pie cheesecake, but I’m going to try. We had our traditional dinner of cold cut sandwiches and that was good as usual. Right before we go to bed on Christmas Eve always feels…
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December 23
It looks broken, but Christina intentionally built her gingerbread house on its side. It’s modern. I think everyone’s house fell apart at least once. I’m just sad Billy didn’t build one. His disasters always make the rest of us look good.
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December 22
It was back to work today and I got more done in one day than I have done in entire weeks at other times of the year. It felt good to be this productive. Christina baked a bunch of Christmas cookies all by herself, which is also awesome. Robin smiled at dinner and said words…
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December 21
We went with Colleen and Shawn to the Colors of the Wild exhibit at the zoo tonight. It far surpassed anything I imagined it would be and was absolutely stunning. The amount of work that went into the display is astounding. Many of the installations were interactive and/or had moving parts. I really enjoyed it.…
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December 20
Robin came with me to today’s Santa Run and I had so much fun running with her. She hasn’t been running or training, so the fact that she ran at all was awesome, and then she went and ran half a mile without stopping! We had other short intervals of running the rest of the…
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December 19
I did so much today. Went out for a run, went to the post office, picked up race materials for tomorrow’s Santa run, put up our outside Christmas lights, sent in Robin’s high school transfer request, booked our trip to Yellowstone, took Christina to dance, and went out to the Symphony. I’m glad I accidentally…
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December 18
It was a pretty quiet day. I had hoped to put up our outside Christmas lights today, but Billy didn’t sleep well and wasn’t feeling up to it. If that happens again tomorrow, I may just have to do my best to do it alone. We can’t not have our lights up! Christmas is in…
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December 17
Christina remembered she needed to bring her Secret Santa gift for dance just about when we were halfway there. She asked me to go back and get it after dropping her off, but Robin had a cheer performance at school that I couldn’t miss. Somehow I made it home despite insane rush hour traffic, got…
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