caitlin
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January 14
I’m not sure what it is, but I’m a little melancholy today. It hit me kind of suddenly and out of nowhere on my drive home from picking Christina up at dance. I know exactly where, too. Just before Wal-Mart on the corner near our house. I just feel kind of empty. Like walking in…
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January 5
Back to work for real today. Got up early for a run and a shower, which I haven’t had to do for weeks. I managed to get ahead of my work over the break, so I had time today to prepare to lead my first training class in a couple weeks. Christina went back to…
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January 1
Today was mostly recovery from yesterday. I had plans to clean the kitchen and write up my most recent races in my running log, but I just didn’t manage it. I did fold laundry and put it away, and I took a shower. Counts for something. I didn’t get outside for my traditional New Year’s…
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2025 in Review
I have faced indescribable depression for my entire life. Everyone says they understand what depression feels like, but I don’t think we do. We all face it, but we face it with different intensities, in different ways, and with different outcomes. Some of us don’t survive it. Some of us appear to survive but really…
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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 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 6
It was a chilly, damp evening for a dance performance, but Christina rocked it at Deck the Chairs. I’d never been there before and it was pretty fun. Watching her dance never gets old. I told Robin to bring a jacket, but she didn’t listen and of course ended up wearing mine. Perfect for Christmas,…
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December 5
Today was not quite as exciting as yesterday, but I finally managed to get my prescription this morning and it has changed my whole life. Christina had a long night of dance, so we stopped and got Chili’s on the way home for a late dinner. Chili’s is basically dead to me because they used…
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November 27
We had a pretty good Thanksgiving. It started off on the right foot… I finally completed a 5k without walking for the first time since 2018! I am so proud of myself and literally cried when I crossed the finish line, I was so happy. It wasn’t my best finishing time, but still so proud.…
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November 13
I broke my brain today trying to think too much. It’s open enrollment season, which comes with all sorts of questions about HSAs and FSAs and copays and coinsurance and in-network and contributions and disbursements and dude, seriously? And then we also decided to scratch off another activity card to do over the Thanksgiving break.…
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November 6
Spent the evening feeling kind of down. Something happened at dinner that turned Robin’s good mood suddenly sour, and when I asked her what happened, Billy kind of scolded me, saying she won’t answer if I keep nagging her. So I felt shut down by Robin and shut up by Billy. I’ve been having a…
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October 28
I am unbearably exhausted. I tried hard to get comfortable enough in the car to take a nap while Christina was at dance, but it turns out cars aren’t really made for the driver to get comfy enough to fall asleep. I contorted myself in many ways, and almost succeeded in getting comfortable once or…
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October 26
I rocked this morning’s 5k. I finished in under 40 minutes, by far my best finishing time since coming back to running last year. I didn’t quite make it running the whole way, but it was pretty darn close. I am so proud of myself and the effort and work and patience that went into…
Year in Photos 