Because Being Ordinary Is Boring: 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Week in Review (December 16 - December 22)

Tuesday (10,631 steps) - Peloton ride and Olive walk before going to work. Went to the gym at lunch and did strength training and fast hiking on the treadmill with incline. Ben and I (mostly Ben) did the initial cleaning and organization of the basement in prep for my Chrismukkah present to myself. We got some Cupbop delivered in. Absentia, I think.

Wednesday (15,878 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. I think it was busy? I had planned on going to the gym at lunch and then an Outlook reminder told me I had a Qdoba lunch, woo!!! Home to let Olive out and get ready for the annual Runners Edge holiday light run - back after sadly skipping last year. Kristin picked up Tyler, Ben and me for the drive to the new start location of Crazy Mountain. After a week (or longer) of some pretty intense training, this did not feel quite as "easy" as a fun social run should feel! It's been insanely windy all week, but thankfully we only had a few sections that were windy during the run (and those felt like being sandblasted). Overall, a great time!

We stuck around for a beer and BBQ - plus the mac and cheese was SO good. It was a very late night for us, I don't think we got home until 9:45??

Thursday (10,885 steps) - Work from home. I had the sauna delivery scheduled to be between 8 and 12. I finally got a call around 11 that they would arrive in 10-15. They DID show up, but unfortunately they only had one of the three boxes I was expecting. UGH!!! They seemed to think that the other boxes could be delivered another day without me needing to be home and that dispatch would be contacting me.

MOM, TIME FOR A WALK, GET YOUR COAT

Took Olive for a long walk to the lake, then did the 45 minute Taylor Swift Eras ride - I haven't done a ride that long in AGES. By 3:45 I still had not heard from the delivery company, so I found all the numbers I could and made a bunch of phone calls and the only person I was able to get a hold of said I had to call my "local" warehouse and then proceeded to give me number with a Dallas prefix, which no one answered. Torchy's! Finished Absentia and then started a new show, Black Rabbit. Not sure if this one will stick or not.

Friday (11,629 steps) - Skipped the morning walk since I thought "just maybe" I would get a call and need to be home in the morning for the delivery. No one called, so when Olive and I got to work I made MORE phone calls and sent an angry email. I FINALLY after almost an hour got someone from the Denver warehouse on the phone and she said the boxes were out for delivery now. Ok, well no one called me, so I am at work. Not kidding that a few minutes into the call, but the guys showed up to bring the boxes. Ben talked to them through the ring and they left the boxes in the yard. Goodness. Took Olive for a walk at lunch. After work, dropped Olive off at home and then went to 4 Noses to meet Ben. Had an NA and tried out the new food truck. The brewery has stopped contracting trucks and have their own now. Food was pretty good - burger, fries and cheese curds.

Took Olive for a walk when we got back and then an attempt at movie night - the new Knives Out, but we only made it about halfway before going to bed.

Saturday (38,372 steps) - Tyler picked me up just before 7 to go down to Denver for our long run "with" Runners Edge. I use quotes because we were running longer than everyone else and starting early. I had some major GI distress a few miles in, thank goodness for a bathroom (!), but after that I had a pretty great run! It was definitely cooler than I expected it to be and I kept my jacket and gloves on the whole time.

Honestly, probably the most solid 16 mile run I've had in a VERY long time. Tyler and I had both thought we were going to breakfast, but everyone else had things to do, so we just headed back home. Ben had assembled the sauna while I was running (YAY).

After a shower I had the inaugural sauna session - I AM SO HAPPY!!

Olive is unsure what is happening but wanted to be nearby?

Took Olive for a walk. Did some reading and watched Gossip Girl while Ben went shopping. Pizza for dinner and we finished Knives Out - which got more interesting the longer we watched it.

Sunday (17,825 steps) - Lounged around and did some cleaning before we headed up to Boulder for our activity of the day - a repeat of last week, but going up a bit higher for more elevation gain.

The weather was nice (not windy, yay!) but I swear I am just colder this winter. We stopped at Rails End on the way home for a snack.

Did a yoga video and sauna time before dinner/couch time. Watched "Fight or Flight" - which was pretty decent.

Monday (19,958 steps) - Work from home. We decided to not get a Christmas tree this year, so I set up the little one that we used to use before Ben lived with us. I think it's adorable!

Ariel went with me to take Robin and Olive to the vet. Robin needed a follow-up from her eye appointment last week (it's MUCH better) and Olive just had her annual appointment and had to get some shots.

We stopped at Dutch Bros on the way home. Took Olive for a walk and then went for my run. It was low 70s - VERY warm for December. Unfortunately, it was very windy by the lake.

Did a delivery after work and then took Olive for a walk, did some stretching and sauna time before dinner and Black Rabbit.

Stats:

125,178 steps
31.61 miles run
11.31 miles walked
60 minutes of cardio
65 minutes of strength
75 minutes of sauna

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Week in Review (December 9 - December 15)

Tuesday (11,002 steps) - Peloton. Normally I take a shower and get completely ready to go to work BEFORE I walk Olive, but since it was so windy, I took her out first. That meant I got to see a really pretty sunrise!

Went to the gym at lunch and did the StairMaster, a strength video and treadmill with incline.

When I got back it was time to go to the building's "Christmas party." I got a random selection of snacks and ate my lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon feeling really sick to my stomach.

I even skipped dinner!! Took Olive for a very short walk, Absentia, and in bed early.

Wednesday (18,192 steps) - Olive walk before going to work in the office.

Went to the gym at lunch and walked on the treadmill and did a yoga video. After work I drove up to Broomfield so I could do my running workout - hill repeats. It was WAY more difficult than I thought it would be, but at least I was able to run all the intervals.

Blah. Dinner and Absentia.

Thursday (11,031 steps) - God up and did a Peloton ride before logging in for work.

View from the bike, haha

Ariel called me because she was in the neighborhood and I met her at Dutch Bros for a coffee. Somehow when Olive was waiting for her pup cup she got her tag stuck in the grate and it took a good 15 minutes and some ingenuity to get it back. Took Olive for a long walk to the lake at lunch and did a quick rowing session and a strength video.

After work I did a few deliveries and met Ben at Torchy's for date night. Absentia!

Friday (14,054 steps) - Unfortunately, I woke up just after 3 am because I needed to use the bathroom and couldn't fall back asleep. I finally got up for good just before 5 after tossing and turning. Read some of my book while I waited for my alarm to go off. Olive and I headed to Wash Park for a walk - it was a nice morning and we didn't have any of the horrific wind, thankfully.

Took Olive for another longer walk at lunch.

Dropped Olive off at home, did a quick delivery and then met Ben at Parry's for dinner.

Absentia!

Saturday (37,331 steps) - Woke up before my alarm that I had set so I could get my long run done. I had hoped that I would beat the horrific wind, but sadly, I did not. The new bridge was finally open across Indiana, so I had planned a pretty long run.

It was awfully miserable, but the trails are nice! Ben met me about 20 minutes from finishing and then we stopped at 4 Noses for a beer (Topo for me). After I showered, took Olive for a long walk to the lake.

Then it was time to get ready for my work holiday party!

Apparently we neglected to get pictures of us at the actual party...

We decided to take a Lyft down, which did save a lot of stress with parking. The party was... fine. Probably the least fun of all the ones I have been to, but I do enjoy the food. Bed later than usual.

Sunday (15,777 steps) - Ben picked up Dutch Bros for us. We headed up to Boulder since I had a vert day on schedule. We started at the park near the rec center since I wasn't sure what street parking would be available. It was pretty shocking how dry everything was after all the ice from a week ago.

Went to Rails End on the way home - I had been confused when the Broncos game was and we were surprised by the place being packed. We had to sit at the bar and it was a little crowded. Got some food and then headed home.

Zero recollection of the evening. We had a late dinner. Absentia.

Monday (21,045 steps) - Work from home. Ariel and I met at Big O so she could get her brakes done. Stopped at Torchy's on the way home for some breakfast. Took Olive for a walk at lunch, then I went to get my hair cut.

I had to have FOUR INCHES taken off since it had been so long since I got it cut. Then it was time to take Robin to the vet to get her eye looked at. THEN, had to take Ariel back to Big O to pick up her car. Headed back home to finish workday and change so I could go up to Boulder for my workout. It actually went a tiny bit better than I expected, but I still really suck at hills!