Our house has fortunately been spared from any major illnesses during the holiday season, but sick family members have changed our plans just the same. First was Stephanie's fever and accompanying aches and pains. We missed them a lot on Christmas Day, but were thankful they spared us from any germ sharing. As of yesterday, she hadn't improved much, but hopefully it passes soon! Our 91 year old grandma attended Mass and dinner with us. Being as sick as Stephanie would be devastating to her. I was a member of a bell choir at church this fall. We played Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Mom snapped a photo of me playing chimes on Christmas morning. We have to wear white gloves while playing so we don't tarnish the bells or chimes. While our choir was made up of beginners and our music was pretty basic, we practiced weekly since September and worked hard to learn the parts. It went pretty well. It's always worth noting that someone who doesn't know anything about bells wouldn't necessarily know that we are beginners who are progressing rapidly. People are a little captivated by the bells and enjoy them regardless. Other areas of my life that I realize that how good something might be is in the eyes of the beholder are when I make a quilt and know where the mistakes are but others only see the beauty and when I run and am going what I feel is slow, but others would think...that looks fast or that's soooo far! Our other change of plans was that we were supposed to go see my in-laws in Duluth this weekend. My father-in-law has had influenza since just before Christmas and isn't feeling up to company yet. While it would have been fun to spend that time in Duluth, I signed up for a quilting lecture for this afternoon and one more Christmas light walk with Deb for tomorrow morning. I will very much enjoy both events :-) My daughter and I have struggled with some nuisance colds for the past 10 days or so. Nothing serious, just a little coughing and very runny noses. It's pretty disgusting, but running is helping get the crud out. Needless to say, I've been washing a lot of mittens this week. Yuck! Neither one of us really feels sick, just a little run down, so no need to take the week off from exercise. Rather than a variety of distances like normal, I've been sticking to 3-5 miles each day with no days off. The weather has turned colder with a bunch of new snow so the paces have been slower. My running dog has been going every day and loving it. I guess with a fur coat, winter running is more comfortable than summer. Here is today's weather report including the -17 windchill: And an "after" frosty selfie: While Haley and I are quite anxious to ditch the Kleenex box, we are both very thankful to not be too ill to take part in the activities we want to do so long as we cover our coughs and sneezes with our elbow, keep washing our hands...and running mitts. Since the weather is cold and the roads are slick, I'll enjoy my medium length runs with Charlie for now. Happy running! Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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