1. I am going to run a marathon. (A gimme, I know!) -Nailed it! Not only did I run one marathon, I ran TWO marathons in 2015. Started the year with the Goofy challenge and ended the year with the Marine Corps Marathon. They were hard. I cried. I wanted to quit, but I finished them both. I am a marathoner!!
2. My family will eat clean 5 out of 7 days every week. - Not so much. Striving to do better in 2016.
3. I will drink at least 60 ounces of water every day. (Ideally, I will drink half of my body weight in water. I am shooting for that, but I will be happy with 60 ounces.) - Did pretty well here. Some days were better than others, but overall, I am happy with my hydration this year.
4. I will continue to run at least 3 days a week. - And then some. Training for 2 marathons in a year will help with that.
5. I will PR the 5K. (Hey....a goal should stretch you, right??) - Not even close. Did I even run a 5K this year? Either way, I did NOT find any speed in 2015.
6. I will budget to pay off the van early - Again, not so much.
So, I met some goals and didn't quite meet others, but there was A LOT that happened in 2015. It was the year of the challenge....in every sense of the word.
January
- I RAN A MARATHON - and a half marathon at the Goofy Challenge.
- We spent a magical week in Walt Disney World.
February
- I started a new job at a school library. I loved it.
March
- I ran 2 half marathons - the Tobacco Road half and Shamrock.
- I ended the job that I had started. (Thanks school politics!)
April
- My sweet, baby boy turned 4 years old! He's not a baby anymore.
- We put an offer on a house with no thought or planning or anything. It was accepted, so then we had to sell our house. We did...in 4 days.
- I started another new job in a second grade classroom. This one was only temporary, which I knew going in.
May
- I sang at Lincoln Center in New York City. It was an amazing experience and a great trip with my husband!
June
- I ran the Run for the Dream Warrior Challenge in Williamsburg.
- My big boys turned 8.
- I went camping....slept in a tent, on the ground....for the first time in 20 years. The things we do for our children.
July
- We took a family vacation to Niagara Falls. It was a great adventure.
- Joshua had eye surgery...again
- I got offered a job...that I didn't even know was open at a school I didn't even apply to. A real job. A full time job!
- I started a 3 year certification program in church children's music with a week at the Chorister's Guild Institute.
August
- We moved to our new house.
- We spent a magical week in Nags Head - my happy place.
- I started my new library gig.
- I ran the Dumbo Challenge in Disneyland, earning my Coast to Coast medal for running a half in Florida and in California in the same calendar year.
September
- The big boys started third grade and the little man went to 5 day preschool.
October
- I ran the Marine Corps Marathon.
November
- I ran the Harbor Lights Get Lit Challenge
December
- Ran the Surfin' Santa 5 Miler
It's been quite a year - not a bad year, but a memorable year. There were lots of changes for our family - a new house, a new job, a new routine, a new normal.
Hopefully 2016 finds us settled into our new normal!
