it's a birthday week!

this is going to be one of those random, smorgasbord assortment type of blog posts, mmkay?

topher and i spent the weekend in phnom penh! it was ever so much needed. i ate too much and i still want to eat too much again.  something about birthdays and the arrival of the holiday season that makes me miss being home.

to help me eat too much, topher got me the greatest gift of all- a box of delicious chocolates, full of the best belgian chocolates here in cambodia! milk chocolate and cinnamon, and pistachio, and baileys (yum!) and mint. and more!  thanks chris!

as a slight update to my last post, i am still sidelined running-wise.  due to medical reasons, our med officer advised me to not run for the next 7-10 days, which put a major damper on my plans to hit my 5k stride by tomorrow, my birthday.  i think by the end of the week i should be good to go though, and i'm praying that two weeks of full on rest will only help me gain a faster stride?!

lesson learned: don't ever stop running on purpose, because you never know when you'll have to stop by design.

there's been a lot of future discussion round these parts lately, and i've got some posts ruminating about it all, which i think maybe i'll be able to think clearly enough to coherently finish writing when i'm 27.

somehow, at 26 years and 364 days, i feel like i did some more time to digest it all.

penultimately, i am sending the best of vibes out to my dear friend ann marie who will become a married woman this weekend, as long as silly storm sandy doesn't keep her from getting there. i heart you amstel, and i'm so happy for you!

and i'm sending out good thoughts for anyone in the path of this horrible storm.  hope it passes quickly without major harm to others!