...means wiping the slate clean. For the week that is. :-) However this is recovery week, so that makes it easy...sort of. I lost a couple of important weeks of training but I was just emotionally unavailable. My father passed away right before Christmas and I kind of shut down. It was not that it was unexpected, per se, but he was elderly (celebrated his 90th back at the end of July) but he always had bounced back from EVERYTHING that that was supposed to happen again. We we planning for his homecoming from re-hab. But it did not happen. I started planning for a funeral services instead. *sigh* I had a viewing and Church service for family/friends. Then, since he was a World War II veteran, tomorrow is the finale if you will call it that, as he is getting inurned at the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery. It will be chilly out there but hopefully a lovely service. I sure do miss my dad...it was great to have the support of my good friends and family during this difficult time.
Anyway, back to training. This week is a recovery week and I will hopefully make all of my workouts to some degree. I am doing my Saturday run on Friday morning as we are leaving in late morning for the airport for our upcoming wedding cruise for my cousin. I am a Bridesmaid! Then Saturday will be quite busy what with boarding the ship and having a wedding and all. I hope to ride a bike training in the ship's gym on Sunday. If all goes well then next week I can get some running in on the ship's track and swimming in in one of the pools. I will be prepared regardless.
So...we are going on a Caribbean Cruise and I am SO EXCITED! This is a first for me - I've never been on a cruise. I and am so looking forward to it. My SO is coming along, so that will make it extra special. There will be about 30 in our group, too, so lots to do and fun to be had. We are already planning to meet at the Sports Bar on the ship on Sunday night for the Steelers v. Ravens game. Most of the people coming are Ravens fans. I am rooting for the Steelers! THere will be two land excursions. One of them there will be 6-8 from our group going on the 'Chukka Canopy Experience' which consists of wearing a harness and flying on a zip line through the trees. I will get to feel what a monkey does, I guess. Our other excursion I think is just me and my SO and we are riding in a semi-submersible to view marine paradise and shipwrecks, and a visit to Hell…among other things. The best part is I should come back with a nice little tan! :-) Not bad for the middle of winter in Northern Virginia!
Ciao!
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