Lurching Into January

"A long December
and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last." ~ Counting Crows

December was a knuckle down kind of month for me. I found myself tired and a bit melancholy at the end of November, but despite this, some of the Christmas cheer got through to me, and I had a nice holiday.

Work was relentless and so were my workouts, but I kept going as I always do. The Marine made good progress on the basement and we are almost there. I even bought a Christmas tree as I blasted through all my shopping on the 24th, which is the way to go if you know exactly what you want to get and where. I don't think I waited in line more than five minutes anywhere I went and the presents seemed to go down very well with everyone, which always makes me happy.

I even had time to do a CD compilation, something I try to do every year, but don't always get to and certainly didn't last year. [If you want one let me know.] People seemed to have really appreciated this more personal kind of gift in the sense that it's a little more reflective of me. I'd been working on it since October, first choosing about 25 songs, then whittling the list down to CD length and redoing the order once the transitions were what I wanted.

I also discovered in December that my iron stores had gotten too low again, and this time my doctor put me on prescription iron supplements, something no other doctor has done. Two weeks later, I'm starting to feel a big difference and I'm no longer panting at the top of a flight of stairs as if I had just sprinted up them.

All that being said, my work out didn't go too well today. I woke up feeling tired and "buggy", as if I was fighting something off. I ended up cutting my workout short, something I've never done before. I'd just had it and felt as if my pilot light was out. I'm hoping that a couple of good night's sleeps helps rectify the situation.

I also cleaned off the bomb site that was my desk today and feel overall that I'm getting back on top of things. It was a nice feeling after a weekend out with friends at brunches and movies and the like. I hadn't had such a fun weekend in a long time. I was also able to buy jeans that were one size smaller. Progress, however small, is always nice.

And well, that's me then.