Quiet

I have never been a person that jumps at the opportunity to get started on my day at 6:00 am, but I am finding myself doing just that more and more these days.  Tom and my life has gotten so chaotic with this mess in Chicago and chasing around a toddler that it is nice to just sit in the quiet of the house, all by myself, and have some time to just be.

So, here's to you, 6 am!  I think we will be great friends!

Speaking of 6:00 am....  I am writing this from a condo in Breckenridge, with the fireplace on and the mountain outside my window.  It is delightful!  Tom and I booked a trip out here last August, figuring that it would be nice to come back to where we were engaged 5 years ago (how can it be that long?!).  We spent a day at Keystone and also gave Loveland a try.  Snow has not graced these mountains yet this year, so runs are few and snow is man made.  Nevertheless, we have gotten enough runs in to feel it in our quads, and to really enjoy that "take off your boots" euphoria.

We drove up to Vail last night, and ate chocolate right under the Christmas tree that Tom popped the question by.  After, we dined at Kelly Liken, enjoyed a very nice bottle of wine, talked about what the next five years may look like for us, and just enjoyed being together.  As much as we miss our sweet little boy, we have loved being away, just us two.  It seems that life continues to get busier and busier, so taking some time to leave it all behind and just be with the one you are building a life with seems all the more important.  I love you, Tom.

Now.  Is it time for me to be home to kiss my little man all over his sweet little face?!