ooh, let’s do a life update since i haven’t done one of those in a while. i’ve been mostly introspective and all that jazz, and it’s time to liven up the feed a bit.

1. i /think/ spring may be around the corner? it was holy crap cold this morning, still, an early march temp that usually isn’t seen in early march. but the forecast looks better this next week, so hopefully it warms up and i can start running outside more. running on the treadmill is a drag. yes, i know i can run outdoors, but i’d rather stare at a wall than be freezing for the first mile of my run.

2. SO FAR (knocks on wood) i have been relatively injury and niggling issue free on the runs. this bodes well for the half marathon that’s a mere 5 weeks away. i’m a couple weeks ahead on my training, which is good, and my feet are good. my knees are manageable. my quads are killing me most days but that’s because i’m running 20+ miles a week. hopefully a transition to outdoors will help out these muscles. or maybe i’m just getting old and my muscles are like, stop! you are not 26 any more and we can’t do this.

3. i’m heading to denver in about a week! i’ve got a conference for work and also my leadership presentation. denver, in theory, should be warmer than here. we’ll see how the altitude sucks when i do my training runs. see, this is why i am two weeks ahead in training. anyway, these conferences are always fun and i’m excited to travel.

4. i got a couple additions to my ear piercings! it’d been 10 years since i had anything done to my ears, so i decided to just give it a go. i have two more on the left side. the first punch wasn’t too bad, but the second was worse (my ear was already on fire, so no doubt it was like WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME). so far, it’s not bothering me too much except at night when i inadvertently roll over on that side and bang them up.

wow my ear is actually kind of wrinkly. thanks, time.

5. i’ve been baking some stuff. made some more sourdough bread (always a crowdpleaser). i made a couple different kinds of cookies and realized that adding cloves to cookies makes them taste really good. i made some oatmeal chocolate/butterscotch pumpkin clove things that were to die for. made a detroit style pizza, which might be my new favorite style. made a weird lemon/dulce de leche cookie that looked good in theory, but was not. made the old standby of chocolate chip cookies. now i want cookies.

6. i booked a trip for november! nate and i are going to tuscon, where i got us an airbnb with a pool. woo! just 4 nights, but it’ll be good to get away. then in january, i’m going to orlando with my sisters.

ok, that’s my late saturday 6. as a bonus, tonight is daylight saving time, which means more light in the evening hours! i don’t even care that i lose an hour of sleep.