Bye Bye - Vacation Time!

• On: 11/21/2009 14:13:39

I can not believe it is 50F in November in Chicago!  WHAT a beautiful day.  I wish I was outside doing something - but alas, I am tying up all the loose ends and working so I can leave for Tucson tomorrow on our 6am flight!  WOO!

I have been looking forward to this trip for a very long time.  It has been even longer that I have been on a vacation with out a race attached.  The kids and I went to Disney in 08 November, but Jerome was racing IM FL, so I flew up to PCity to watch him after Disney!  So, this will be a real treat.

Usually after my last race each season I am itching to come back.  That is just how I am - I LOVE the training...but this year, notsomuch.  It is Saturday - 1 week since Clearwater and I have yet to do anything exercise related at all.  Do I miss it?  NO.  The only thing I miss is the fresh air and being outside.  I do miss that a lot - but that is typical. 

In fact, I was even in my PJs all day and night Monday - Wednesday.  We didn't have as many kid's activities and I never got out from my desk - all I did was work and cook dinner!  EEEKS...but now that it is Saturday, it was all worth it, of course!

Even my house is STILL a mess. I really need to clean when we get home - and I did want to shop more this week and enjoy some OFF season stuff...so I will have to do that in Tucson because I will have the luxury now of not working! 

Yesterday I did leave the house and put on real big girl clothes and make-up...and went to the American Girl Doll store in downtown Chicago.  We had lunch there and even got Morgan's doll (KIT) ear's pierced.  Ok.....after 2 hours in there I was going a little....well a little crazy... but, I LOVED it - but some of these moms are SOOOO over the top.  One girl was pushing a DOUBLE STROLLER (like for real twin babies) full of at least 12+ American Girl dolls...NOW these dolls retail for well over $100 each!  That doesn't even include all the clothes and pets, etc!!!  Um.

Anyway, we had a super time and Morgan thoroughly enjoyed herself...we had dinner out and even shopped on the Magnificant Mile (for us grownups!) and the weather was in the 40s - it was SOOO nice out!!!

Well, I will be off and enjoying some much needed R&R for the next week.  I will probably read blogs and who knows ifI will blog or not - only if something comes to me.  I do like "relaxing" on the computer sometimes, so that will be a treat for me...but I will not be on really that much.

And, I want to enjoy the kids, Jerome and our family in this little Tucson bubble for the week too.  These trips are SO rare, so this is a special treat for us!

I also need to think HARD about 2010 and what I want to do - if anything (Ha).  Of course I retired from Triathlon (so dramatic) this past Saturday after the race...but I find myself looking at some races- gasp....so the real question will be IM ROTH in 2010 OR not....I have to make that call first and foremost before I decide what else to do.  I have some ideas, but traveling is not really exciting me too much right now...SO....

I need to QUIET the mind.  That is my goal for the week.

Perhaps I can become a professional ice skater....I am sure that would be right up my alley!?

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone - be thankfull for all we have!  We are all so very, very lucky.