Mornings

For two weeks now, I have been doing a "trial run" of being a morning person. I have had morning person envy for a long time now, and I'm happy to report that IT IS POSSIBLE! I have been waking up at 5am and going to bed by 10. Now I can exercise in the morning, sit down and eat breakfast, do some reading, and get to work a little early. It's wonderful! The only set back I've had is that someone broke into my car, shattering my window, and rummaged through my stuff while I was at the gym. Luckily he left his cell phone in my back seat. HAHAHAHAHA! But other than that, mornings have been good to me.

The Year in Review

2009 was a really good year for me. It gave me some really great experiences and I think I've grown a little because of them. Here's a recap of '09:

My mom moved down to Vegas and I spent the beginning of the year hanging out a lot with her. This is us hiking at Red Rock. (This is why I love Vegas... hiking in January!)

I bought my road bike in preparation for my 1st sprint triathlon... and oh, how I love her!


I graduated from UNLV with my masters degree.

I participated in a couple sprint triathlons. I thought I would only do one, but I found out how fun and addicting they are! And training for them keeps me motivated to work out.


I made a few trips to Denver. One to see my sister and my cute niece and nephew. The other time was to see some good friends. I do enjoy Denver and I was glad to have some reasons to go visit.

I went camping for several days in Idaho.


I went backpacking in California.

The California Raisin made a comeback during Halloween.


And I was able to spend some quality time over Christmas with close friends and family.

I think I am learning to appreciate the ups and downs in life. There are lots of days that I wish I could just fast-forward through, but without them, I know I wouldn't appreciate the good days. This past year was filled with experiences that made me realize this and for that, I say, "Thank you 2009"!!