July week 2 - Busy

My attempt at doing something special every day is harder than I thought. There just isn't enough hours in the day. But I guess I still sort of have done it.....Monday I ran in the morning and went to work. I was sooo exhausted from the weekend and the late night of work on the 4th that I could barely keep my eyes open. I actually was nodding off while I sat outside on my lunch break. So after work, my special treat for myself was a nice hot bath and a little reading before crashing. Tuesday was a yoga morning, work day and then Jamie and I went to dinner at a cute little Thai restuarant. Still haven't found a place that measures up to my Seattle or Heidelberg Thai but it was decent. Today was a very long day. I ran this morning at 6 for starters! I have been running on Monday, Wednesday and Friday now for the last couple of weeks with a couple people from work. It's alot easier to go and get it done when you have other people to do it with. We run about 7-8 miles on those days and I feel pretty good. I do yoga on my opposite days so I'm sure the stretching and breathing helps. Anyway....so I ran early this morning and then I went to the Yoga studio. Not to do yoga unfortunately but to do a little light cleaning for a couple hours. I am starting to do it once a week so that I can get free yoga. I am pretty addicted and instead of paying $150 a month I am doing work for trade so I can go for free anytime I want. We'll see...thought I would try it out. After cleaning I went straight in to work. Good thing it is just a block away :) Work was busy from the holiday and the fact that I am going to be missing a couple of days for my trip to Santa Cruz on Friday. So excited! After work I hit up Target and then came home. I don't have motivation to do much when I get home cause I'm so tired so I watched a couple Gilmore Girl episodes and am now going to sleep. It has been a strange few days emotion wise and I think that adds to my exhaustion. My birthday is this weekend and I am glad I will be in Santa Cruz seeing great friends. This birthday and the aging process seems to be a bit harder. I just realized today that it's not the number...it's the passing of time...the memories of good times passed with joy and heartache...the ache of missing loved ones and feeling as though I am always leaving people behind...its the unknown future. But this too shall pass. It will be a great year and I know that I have been very blessed, am currently very blessed and will have many blessings to come. I am so lucky to have some many wonderful people in my life and to experience all that I have. ...... It's really not the number.