Stuff I accomplished this weekend:

• Slept in like a champion on Saturday- didn’t get out of bed until 11.  (Mike didn’t get out of bed til 1:30.  He wins, as usual.)
• Fought off an cold via LOTS of tea, generous helpings of Emergen*C and hot yoga.
• Caught up with Kate and Max at a new (to us) pizza joint, where the boys talked about cars, I ate an entire bowl of olives and Kate and I decided that pizza WITH apples is way better than pizza without apples.
• Woke up to run a 5k in 30 degree weather.  Ran the 5k.  Didn’t fall and scrape my knee like last year.  Victory.
• Scored enough Top Pot Donuts, granola bars and bananas at the goodie stations to provide Mike with breakfast for the entire week.
• Dragged Brooke out of the house for the first time since she had her kid to watch New Moon with Barrie and I.  Best part of the movie: two awkward teenage girls sitting next to us, one of whom wore her bicycle helmet into the theater and put it back on as soon as the movie was over, who were very obviously Team Jacob.  Their sighs and squeals provided the best possible soundtrack to the movie, which is basically cinema crack for teen girls.
• Knocked a big chunk of our Christmas List off thanks to my friend Cristina (yes, the one who introduced me to Caja Tio) and her awesome handmade teas!  I’m exploring some of the free samples she included as I type- check out her awesome tea at www.myteashelf.com.
• Bought supplies to make some food-based Christmas presents.

Things I have to do this week:

• Make said food-based Christmas presents.
• Prep for the dreaded drive to California- we’re leaving this Friday after my company Christmas party.  I still don’t know how on Earth mike convinced me to agree to this drive.  I hate roadtrips.  UGH.
• Participate in a yarn exchange at work !  I adore coworkers who knit.
• Somehow catch up on laundry.  I seriously doubt this is even possible.
• Figure out who is doing what while we’re in California.  I have a vague and fanciful dream of hosting some sort of get-together, be it brunch or an evening cocktail type thing, on Christmas Day at my parents’ house and just letting everybody we love stop by at some point.  (Not that I’ve ever announced these plans to anybody yet.)  Cross your fingers that this happens.
• Get in at least 5 work outs between now and when we leave.  Again, fingers crossed.

Eh, so this post is monotonous- sue me.  I’ll try and get some good inspiration going this week.