A Year in Review

As I've been thinking about how I would sum up 2012, all I can think of is how I've been side-lined most of the year with injuries that kept my activity level at an all time restricted low.

I didn't ride the STP.

I didn't run a half marathon.

Or a full.

I didn't finish the cross season strong.

I haven't been able to run since February.

Or ride my bike for 3 weeks.

Going up and down stairs is frequently challenging.
Getting off the couch or out of bed is a laughable offense.

Bending over to tie my shoes takes 4 times longer than normal.


But, focusing on the negative means that I forget the positives.

I backpacked in Yosemite for a week.

I started racing cyclocross.
I tried a new type of yoga.

I hiked up to my favorite hut twice.

I went snowshoeing a few times.

I backpacked in the Angeles National Forest for a long weekend.

I took a great many day-hikes in various parts of Washington state.

Much less active than I would have liked, for sure, but I still did some cool things.

Aside from my activity level, here's the year in recap:
Left my job at a huge company for a mini-retirement.
Went on a brief walk-about (see Yosemite).
Came back to WA and took a job at a small company I had never heard of before.
Fell in love with said company.
And, to end the year, I had a brief, ill-advised, initially doomed, whirlwind office romance with a boy nine years my junior.

2013 can only be better, right?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!