It happened again. When I returned to Colorado after a week in Florida with family for Thanksgiving last month, a thick cloud of loneliness rolled in and stayed for a few days. I’d never felt that before. In the past, after family visits, I was always relieved to return home to an empty apartment; it …
Visiting Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL
Hello and happy holidays from the Sunshine State! It feels good to say that, even though it’s been raining almost nonstop the past two days. But I’ll take it because I just miss hanging out with my mom; at 30 years old I’m not ashamed to admit that. I landed in Orlando late Friday night …
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Pre-Holiday Crazies: Work, Life, Crying on The Trails
This afternoon, I sat at my desk in front of my computer staring at a blinking curser on an empty Word document. It mocked me. I just can’t focus this week. On work. On life. On the mountain of laundry in the corner of my room that I’m supposed to have already washed and packed …
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Last Weekend: Riding + Reading + Eating
Well, my last cyclocross race really was my last race of the season. I wasn’t sure because that last race was such a blast, but I had a feeling it might be. There were still a couple races left on the 2019 calendar, but what if a freak wave of inspiration hit? Or what if …
Sick Days and a Few Favorites
Have a little Friday coffee chat with me, won't ya? Is it Friday? I have lost track of the days. I’ve spent the last 72 hours quarantined in my apartment with a nasty cold that no amount of over-the-counter medicine can abate, and today is my first day back at work this week since Monday. …
Things I Bought On Black Friday / Cyber Monday
It's official. I'm sick and I feel like crap. Last night I had a mild headache and a premature tickle in my throat. Nothing major. But in the middle of the night I tossed and turned with body aches and hot/cold spells, then woke up with a stuffed up head and nose. I can't remember …
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Hiking Green Mountain: Rooney Road Trailhead in Lakewood, CO
December 1st! Wow, that’s wild, isn’t it? It sure feels like it here, though. Colorado is covered in a fluffy blanket of snow and, while it’s absolutely beautiful, it’s also absolutely freezing. I woke up to temps in the teens. My little space heater is working overtime over here. I’m trying my best to get …
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Scenes From Thanksgiving Week In Orlando, FL
Yesterday morning I left Orlando, Florida at 10:45 a.m. EST and walked through my door in Louisville, Colorado at 3:20 p.m. MST. Roughly seven hours. Does air travel not absolutely blow your mind? It’s obviously not a new phenomenon, but it still kind of does a number on my brain, ya know? ^^^ It's friggin …
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New Life Chapters + Lightning vs. Sabres Hockey Game
Monday night, on our way from Orlando to the Lightning vs. Sabres game in Tampa Bay, I added a video to my Instagram story of the fire-orange sunset silhouetting downtown Tampa’s skyline. It was just 1 of about 1,000 more I had seen while living in Tampa from 2009-2017. I wrote: “Missed you, pretty city.” …
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Surprising My Family For Thanksgiving
Operation Surprise My Family was a success! A couple months ago, my mom and I were talking about this year's Thanksgiving plans. My parents decided they were going to stay at home in Orlando this year. My sister, her husband and their two kids, who live just down the road, didn’t have plans to leave …
