REALIZE: January Edition

About two-and-a-half weeks ago, I mentioned that I've adopted a word for this year and that word was REALIZE.  I got the idea from various other bloggers and I really love reading their updates in regards to their word for the year as the year goes along.  Ignoring the fact that it's halfway through February, here's what January meant in regards to REALIZING my various goals and dreams for the year.

• I ran a lot.  I would like to REALIZE the dream of becoming a RUNNER in 2013.  I ran 41 total miles in January, which is rather amazing considering that I ran ZERO miles in November and only a handful of miles in December.  I have run ZERO miles in February, not due to a running injury but due to a completely random injury that really shouldn't have happened.  (A heavy wooden cutting board fell over onto my right foot and crushed it, resulting in some rather severe soft tissue damage [pretty colors!], but no broken bones.  Doc says I'm not allowed to run for 2-6 weeks, depending on how well it's healing.  Bah.)
• I kept moving forward with the Dream Birthday Party plans for Bluebird and Junebug.  You've seen the results of Bluebird's party, and Junebug's party will take place this Saturday.  (Oi.  Birthday overkill.)

That's about it.  Both of those things took up the bulk of my free time in January (you know, when I wasn't dealing with all the ear infections and colds) and I don't regret any of the time spent on either pursuit.  I was originally scheduled to run my first 5K this last Saturday, but had to cancel my plans after that whole foot crushing thing.  (It snowed the night before the race anyway--blech.)