It's been way too long since I've last wrote. I'm going to try and do a better job at writing once per week. This is one of my goals for 2008.
Christmas
The above picture is of my brother Kyle and I sitting on my parents couch Christmas day. For any you ladies reading out there--he is single.
The past few weeks have been very busy, just as everyone elses I'm sure. I flew home to Indiana the week before Christmas to spend some time with my family. It was nice to be home and I enjoyed running at sea level vs. the altitude here in Boulder. I visited some friends that I hadn't seen in a while, but other than that, everything was pretty standard.
The Move
Probably the most exciting thing for me was that this was the last time I had to say good bye to my girlfriend Kelly. I didn't dump here or anything, but she decided to move out to Boulder with me. We had been doing the long distance thing for over 7 months.
A few days before New Year's, we loaded up "The Big Rig" with all of Kelly's knick knacks. I have always thought people were crazy for trying to move in the middle of the winter, but here we were doing the same.
Above is a picture of the one hour that I let Kelly drive. I've always been the type that is horrible in the car for long periods of time. Put me behind the wheel and I fall asleep immediately. I remember being good for about two hours on my many trips south for Spring Break.
This was a big breakthrough for me--17 hours.
New Years
Two days after our arrival in Boulder, we threw a New Year's bash at our place. Here is a picture of me and my roommates. We had planned on this being a formal mustache party for the host, but after we all saw how good of a mustache JD had, we all shaved. My 13 year old trash stache looked horrible compared to his Prefontaine look.
The party was a good time, but the cleaning the next morning, I could have done without.
I've made it through the chaos that surrounds this time of year. It is now time to get a bit more consistent with things (work, training, diet, living).
Here's to a productive 2008
Mat
