323-327: “Keep Going”

Days 323-324:  As hurricane Isaac was tearing through the gulf coast, Mike and I made the best of our extended honeymoon and time in St. Thomas.  We stayed at a hotel on the beach and took full advantage of their premium movie channels since the rain outside prevented us from playing.  Whenever there were breaks in weather we would head outside and walk up and down the beach until the next set of storms blew in.  These long walks became my workouts for the day and early Tuesday evening we started our 15 hour trek back to Denver.

Days 325-327:  Numerous times on our trip Mike and I talked about how lucky we were to be living in a city that we could not wait to come home to.  We have so many things here that we are grateful for that we spent lots of time reflecting on the lives we have created that we love so much.

We got home at 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday and filled our first day back with loads of errands and checking out the progress on our house.  Seriously, life is so jam-packed with exciting things right now that I am actually looking forward to a little down time when things slow down and we can settle into our new home and create more newlywed awesomeness.

Now, onto the working out commitment.  I would not be considered human if there was not a time that I wanted to give up on working out.   These past few days have definitely been just that.  The wave of pre-wedding, wedding and honeymoon exhaustion came the second I got home and all I wanted to do was sleep.  Mike gently coaxed me into my running shoes every day and I managed to run 30-45 minutes the last three days.  Having him (officially) by my side for the rest of our lives is quite possibly the best feeling ever.  It’s as though I have a new teammate that is constantly cheering for me and I for him.  The dynamic of a marriage is something that we will continue to learn for a long time, until then, I am so happy that I have his gentle voice in my head everyday that says, “keep going.”