Winter Running

 1. I'm Thankful for beautiful places to run--I set a Personal Record for a 1 mile run last week.  After the run I took some pictures of where I had the privilege to run.  It was on the campus of an agriculture University with beautiful mountains in the background.

2. Thankful for the Winter Weather--When I ran this morning it was only 84 degrees F.  Today it is supposed to get to 97 degrees.  And. It. Is. Winter!  If I were trying to get adjusted to life and running here in the summer.?  I ran 4 miles this morning and when I got back to the house I was so covered in sweat it looked like I had been swimming.  Even after I showered I was still dripping sweat so much that I had to towel off the sweat.

3.  Thankful for Rest--Today is Saturday.  We are going to a barbecue at 4pm but until then we have no obligations.  (And how wonderful to have going-to-a-barbecue as an obligation).

At lunch we ate at a food court that is only about a half mile away.  I had coconut water to drink.  I brought the plastic cup with ice back with me to the house.  There were still bits of coconut in the cup.  I made an espresso with my aero press.  I used Tesco Colombian Supremo coffee, ground it in a grinder I've borrowed from Jerry (the grinder broke 2 days ago so I super-glued the broken piece back together and it is working), and then followed a process for making an espresso-ish coffee.  I poured the coffee into the cup with the ice and bits of coconut.  WOW!  It turned out really really good.  อร่อยมาก (delicious, very)