Ups and Downs, and then some more Downs...

Joy here...Okay, so my last post was in October when we got back from a whirlwind trip to Malaysia and I did a 5km running race right upon our return to Ottawa.  Then there's been a bit of radio silence.  My mom used to say:  "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all."  And, well, I guess that sums up the past 5 months or so.  They were/are 5 months of one of the toughest winters I can remember in a loooooooong time.

We had another whirlwind trip to Malaysia planned, but because we were a little behind on our business milestones, we ended up taking no time off and, instead, had our computer programmers move into our Malaysian apartment to work around the clock with us for 6 days.

Working around the clock...not much of a Christmas break!

Then we came back to Canada to find ourselves in the midst of what felt like a very long and hard winter.

Panoramic view of the interior Dome and running track (with me in my pink parka!)

But now it's March and I'm slowly clawing myself out of the winter doldrums.  I've probably gained a bunch of weight (I'm too afraid to step on the scale to confirm it one way or the other), but I've been hitting my Saturday morning workouts at the interior Dome in Ottawa, and I've even done a few little runs outside.  I've gone for one cross country ski and one ice skate this winter; heck, I even went for a ride on a "snow bike."

Me, The Man, and "Fatty," our new snow bike!

I find when in this situation, it's best to think of life in terms of its ups and downs.  There will always be ups and downs, and so long as I keep that perspective and enjoy the ups and survive the downs, it'll all even out in the end.

So here's to evening out...Hey, did someone say let's have an evening out????

Joy