Well, Christmas is over for another year…
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, were able to spend some quality time with your family and treated yourself to a glass of wine, some chocolate, or whatever that special "treat" may be to you.
I have really enjoyed my time home. I am so thankful to have the chance to spend a few days of quality time with family and friends whom I don’t often get to see or when I do, our time is always rushed. Some highlights from the last few days:

~ Waking up at 5am to take the train home for a doctors appointment. Ok, maybe that wasn’t a highlight but the ride wasn’t bad and I got a few minutes of sleep. I couldn’t allow myself to fall asleep because when I nap, I go into a coma and was worried I would miss my stop.

~ Waking up at 5am to go to the gym with my Mom. When I lived at home this was our daily tradition. It was nice to see the morning crew again. I wanted to get my sweat on and get moving. My workout: 15 minutes on the Stairmaster, 15 minutes running intervals on treadmill, 20-25 minutes of [interval] exercises that got my heart pumping!

Then I headed to work with my Mom for the morning.

~ Going to Church Christmas Eve with my family and family friends. Reflecting and remembering how truly grateful and lucky we are. Every Christmas Eve for the last Idon’tevenknowhowmanyyears, my best friends family has an open house. It was so nice to see and catch up with so many people and especially see two of my favourite girls

~ Waking up Christmas morning and running 7km on the country roads. I needed to move and knew it would help me to not feel guilty later in the day when the goodies came out. It was a beautiful day for a run. We had a green Christmas and the sun even came out at one point… bonus!

~  Spending time with my family, my handsome man and our kids. Each time we come home G-Man and I realize just how lucky we are… so fortunate to have a supportive and loving family. It can be hard because G-Man doesn’t have any family in Canada other than his boys. The rest are all in Mexico.. but thanks to technology and the telephone we can keep in touch often.

What has been a highlight for you from the past few days?