I have not written for some time...lots has happened.  Despite my absence for this blog, I was running several times a week until mid-July when we moved to Colorado.  WOW is it hard to breath here!!  The first attempt to run left me breathless and only 3 houses down!!  So here I am, cold, homesick, struggling not to sink into the depths of depression and unable to breathe...a wretched combination.  Last week I ran, and clearly, since I am blogging, did not die...a good start!!!  I find that as the days creep by I am so incredibly homesick that it seems to painful to even call my friends and despite my best efforts my tears find a way to the surface almost daily.  But alas, this is not living (and the muffin is not going to disappear on its own!) so I decided that running would be the first step in resuming my life formerly in progress!!!   This morning was the beginning of my quest to beat the hell out of this depression without pharmaceuticals...wish me luck!!! 

Despite feeling that I wasn't really fooling myself, I put on my old friends (in an attempt to find comfort somewhere) and started out.  Good tunes on my ipod, feet not feeling too bad, still breathing...I began to look around.  I found that Colorado is really a beautiful place and there is an amazing trail system that stretches between the communities.  So I challenged myself to find 3 things that I like about my new environment:

The number 3 thing that I like about Colorado today is the mountains.  I think they are beautiful and the dusting of snow that we can see from down here is both exciting and daunting.

The number 2 thing that I like about Colorado today is the trail system.  I like that I only saw one other person and therefore was able to just stay lost in my own mixed up head!!

The number 1 think that I like about Colorado today is the chill in the air.  It is cold enough that I have to wear a fleece pull over and I LOVE THAT IT COVERS THE MUFFIN!!!