happy new year

granted, temperatures were in the teens today, but it felt kind of nice to wake up and have a normal-ish morning, put on clothes that do not involve uggs or giant green sweatpants, drop the kids off at mom's, go to work and get some shit done.

i'm not so much looking forward to the inevitable hustle of getting the kids out of bed, dressed, fed, teeth brushed, lunches packed, rush rush rush, and back to school by eight tomorrow morning.  i will miss the marathon-movie-watching, the lazy breakfasts, the mid-afternoon naps, the sleeping in (who am i kidding?  my children don't sleep in.)

but i'm not gonna lie, i am ready for the routine.

are you?  or am i the only crazy one?

there is something exciting about starting a new year.  it's a fresh chance to do something you've been putting off.  or even if you never act on it throughout the year, a new year is a great excuse to bring those intentions to the forefront of your mind.

i know better than to make those "i want to lose twenty pounds" or "i want to exercise everyday" type-of-resolutions.  rather, i am going to stick with something general.  that way any success is just that...a success.

so i resolve to improve.  to be better.  same as last year, i want to be a better momma, wife, friend, daughter, sister, runner.

specifically:

*this will be the first training season with the dallas running club that i will not train for mileage i have never run before.  since i started running, i have been trying to increase my distance.  and to be quite honest, i have been in the weeds.  this year i am keeping my mileage familiar and focusing on doing a better job at what i can already do.   i am never going to be a very fast runner.  i have learned that much.  but i can choose not to get butt-hurt when i get lapped by a sixty year old.  i know what i am capapble of.  now time to improve.

 *i resolve to get rid of some debt.  we are getting by just fine, but we sure would be getting by a lot better if we weren't paying off some of these bills.  bills are dumb.

 *i resolve to chill out.  i am intense by nature and overly-sensitive to boot, so this is a challenge.  yoga, it is.

*i resolve to travel more.  chris and i are headed to nashville in march and then a family trip to colorado in august was booked today, so things are already looking up.  did i mention chris and i turn thirty-five (shhhhh....you have to say it in a whisper) AND celebrate our ten-year wedding anniversary this year?  this calls for some travel, fo sho.

for me, puzzle pieces started to fall into place in 2013 giving 2014 a pretty decent foundation.  wish me luck.

y'all sure have been quiet lately, sweet readers.  i hope all is well with you in this new year.  do you make resolutions?  do you take inventory?  i would love to know.

love,

coco

p.s. i am too tired to source these pictures.  i'll get back to that asap.  therefore, i will be improving this blog post.  see what i did there?