Holeeday...

Woohoo, the working year is done! Been quite an interesting journey, given the unexpected promotion. Two weeks ago I went to the Senior Managers Milestone training. Two days of lot of very senior folk telling you what it actually means to be a SM. This followed by a discussion with my career counsellor at the Xmas party where he casually says "so Jody, we need to talk about setting you up to become a Partner"....OMG, I'm still trying to figure out how to be a SM! I can't complain I don't have lead ship support but, ummm, do I really need to think about this now????
Other things. Birthday I worked from home then spent the evening with Sharene and the kids. Madison (her daughter) made me a cake.



And they all put up happy birthday signs.






We had burritos (my choice) and just hung out. Friday I took off work so walked Sharene's labrador and then went for a 7 mile run.
I got some Xmas cheer in the house.


It's an Xmas tree bouquet!
Mum arrives tomorrow and tonight Sharene and I are off to a cocktail party at Pete & Amy's, Pete being the kiwi guy who works with Irene in Santa Cruz.

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Weekend pics

Took a couple of pics on my Sunday run.



Bay Bridge - check out how calm the water is!



Running over Golden Gate Bridge.



Looking back at San Fran from the middle of GG.



Ferry ride back home.



The shoe farm...all of then currently in use!!!! Now that's brand loyalty.
And a couple of random shots.



Sharene & I at Fort Funston on Thanksgiving.



And a blast from the past; how hard am I to spot....


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Running stuff

Ran to Sausalito today, 14.5 miles, longest run in a while! Felt goo though and weather was awesome.


Today they opened up registration for the Lake Sonoma 50 miler. I forgot and went for a run by the time I went to register there were only 23 places left!!!!! Max of 300 allowed. See I'm not the only crazy out there. It's a qualifier for the Western States 100 miler (no I am not even thinking about that) which is why it's so popular. Check out the link on the right. This is a trail run and looks beautiful. It's fully supported so no need for a crew on this one.


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Not much to say....or maybe somethings to say

First up, I didn't do the Endurance Challenge.  I felt I hadn't done the millage build up to make it enjoyable.  While I have been running a little bit not really enough for a 50k.  Some of it's been time, some of it mental exhaustion around training....either way I realized doing the race would be a bad idea and the liklihood of injury just compounds.  As it turned out the weather was terrible, big storm so the course changed - not enough millage and bad weather = potential disaster or hateful time.  I have signed up for a 50k in February and about to sign-up for another 50 miler in April.  I'm not a very good runner when I am not "training" for something and I just don't feel like I'm quite done with the 50 miler experience.  This next one is also around a lake but on a trail, during the day and with aid stations!
Bigger news still - I have a girlfriend!  This seems an odd place to "announce" this but I guess everyone else just changes their relationship status on Facebook!  This is proving to be very sweet and such a long time since I had one it all feels very new.  It's fun to meet someone new and, bigger surprise too, she has children (7 & 10).  I'm finding this surprisingly easy as they are sweet....full on but sweet.  I am just rolling with it, being open to however things roll out, time will tell.
Mum arrives on Dec 23rd so I'm really looking forward to that too.  We have a few days in San Fran then off to Reno on Boxing Day.  I'm planning so adventures (we are staying at a Casino so we can play the pokies!).  Irene's family are also there for Xmas so we might drop in and say hi.  If the weather isn't too snowy (because it will be snowing) we'll drive through to Lake Tahoe and I'll show mum where I ran.  It's very beautiful around the Lake too, so that will be fun.  Karen and Brice are planning to come through after New Year as well.  Seems like forever since I saw them. Would have been nice to have a family reunion with Janine and Kathy too but it doesn't work out for them this year.
While mum is here I am going to have her help me look into renovating by bathroom - I want something different so going to have her come with me to look at fittings etc, figure out what I might like.
Not much to share on the work front.  Seems to be another year of consolidation, finding my feet as a senior manager and......