Remember when this blog was Life in Austin & Aspen? I’m in Aspen again today! This place is so full of magic and wonder, and yet, so different than it was before. The skiing though? As epic as ever.
2023 is off to a fabulous start. The fancy as f@$k! new year’s eve party was one for the ages.
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Another Friday, another adventure I was too busy having to blog. Que será, será. I’m not in Aspen anymore, although it was an absolutely epic trip. The friends I got to share that magical place with combined with the reunions from there made for absolute mountain magic. Mojave Grey, Campo, Caribou, and Sterling just added to the allure.
I’m grateful I even had time for a nostalgia-wander along the Rio Grande Trail and John Denver Sanctuary, where Nali and I spent countless hours walking and talking and exploring and figuring out what the hell we were doing there. I ate my favorite fancy-grocery-store sushi and salad. I had just said goodbye to him that morning, but I already missed bromance, who I got to ski with for the first time ever(?!) and facilitated so much fun for the whole group.
I’m grateful for my helpful humanitarian warrior, who endured a long weekend of “and this is where I did that” and “teasy and I used to know everyone here” and “this is my favorite thing I’ve done it hundreds of times here” and me pointing out my favorite apartment ever and my old haunts and complaining about all the places that used to be something else, reacting with with excitement and interest, feigned or real or some combination of the two, to every one of my tidbits.
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Then I jumped back into the work fire, which I LOVE. Look, the work leap I took wasn’t necessarily safe but it sure is fun. Escalation on top of escalation on top of a gaffe I made all on my own … it’s all games and learning!
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Bob … boy am I grateful for that beautiful monster. I love him beyond reason, and he frustrates me beyond reason too. He’s a challenge. He’s getting SO much better. He’s stubborn and anxious and reactive. He’s infinitely trainable. He’s making me better, more patient, more dedicated. I needed that. I needed him.
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I’m grateful for skiing and hiking and football and volleyball and kickboxing and lifting and pilates. I’m grateful to be moving my body again and grateful I’m able. I’m grateful for cherry limeade waterloo and anderson’s coffee and laird superfood creamer. I’m grateful for a full life.