Gone are the days I wake up at 11am and lounge around in my PJ's until past noon. Alas, I am back at work today.

I'm so glad I took the 2 extra days off of work after T-day. I really rested up and caught up on all my sleep. Today I resumed my schedule of waking up at 7am and I still feel like I woke up in a different time zone. I'm walking, I'm sitting at my desk, but I still feel like my innards are asleep.

Yesterday I did quite a bit of Xmas shopping, in person and online, and I'm now about 70% done with my Xmas list. I've never been this prepared so early.. I think I was motivated by Shelley. :) In any case, it feels nice to have some of that out of the way. I even sat and wrapped gifts last night. I'm debating returning stuff from Bath and Body Works and re-buying using the $10 off coupon I got yesterday. Hmm.. is it worth the extra $10? I would have to unwrap some stuff so I'm not sure yet. I got suckered into buying gift boxes from there.. if you go in there this Xmas, don't do it! Resist the pleasantly helpful salespeople I say!

I finally got in a decent ride on Monday before the storm hit. Isabella and I went up the big eucalyptus grove behind the pasture into the PG&E hills along this way overgrown trail. We went about 4-5 miles (most of which I had to lie down on Isabella's neck to get through all the brush) and finally we just couldn't go any further without some sort of hatchet to get us through the branches. I have a big scrape along the side of one thigh and a big bruise smack dab in the middle of the other one. War wounds. Riding back to the barn was fun in the rain- I was urging her on so we wouldn't get totally soaked and Isabella let loose and booked it.. yeehaw! Fun stuff. :) Rain's here now.. it'll be hard to get a nice ride in with the trails slick and muddy.

I have a bunch of items I want to sell on ebay.. maybe that'll be my project for the week!