winter….

I got new shoes today for the next race!  I have worn Brooks in the past and liked them but for some reason I have chosen Aisics the past two times.  And I have hated them. So, back to Brooks!

It’s still too early to start wearing them but it lifted my mood.  I’ve been feeling extra annoyed by the weather lately.  I hate winters up north.  I am thankful that we don’t get VERY bad weather here since we are not in northern Michigan but I am still a Florida girl through and through.   Other than the time we will spend in FL this winter, I know that I won’t ever actually feel warm again until April.  Seriously.  I am perpetually cold during the winter and I hate it.  I hate the cold hands, car doors that are frozen shut, dry itchy skin, scratchy and bulky coats, wrangling a kid into a carseat with a bulky coat on, the fact that my purse won’t stay on my shoulder, EVER, because of the scratchy and bulky coat, carrying those darn coats around after you start to overheat once you get inside.  And don’t tell me that I can’t leave my kid’s coat on when she in her carseat.  Give me a break.  If a toddler sized coat is enough to totally negate the safety of the seat, then the carseat industry needs a design overhaul.

What I AM thankful for during the cold weather:  My cozy bed, sweat pants, hot showers, the small indoor track at our community center (I will NOT run in the cold), fall TV, cool weather running clothes, sugar scrub, hand cream, chapstick, red wine, the first snowfall (it is the only one I want to see).

So there you have it.  I’m trying to pep up.  Off to eat my feelings now, that bag of SunChips is calling my name.