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Running, Favorite Running Playlists, and Kitty Cuddles

So here I am drinking some coffee and trying to catch up on my recap posts. I'm trying to catch up on school but I still want to be doing these posts so I can look back and remember this year. 

Last week (week of 17 January 2017) was a pretty good week. I've been keeping up with my running, my workouts, and I got all the Christmas decorations down and decorated the house for Valentine's Day!



Tuesday I decided to go for a run. Although I have Amazon Prime Music, I still love running to Spotify's running playlists because it detects your steps per minute and gives you great music that matches your pace.


My favorite palm tree in the neighborhood is so magnificently tall. You can't really tell in this picture how tall it is though.



After the run Lando wanted to go outside with me on the front porch while I had my protein shake.


Later that night I decided to take down the upstairs Christmas tree. Lando wasn't having it. He decided sleeping in the box was the best option to prevent me from putting the tree away.



Wednesday I took down some of the other decorations in the house, did some schoolwork, and cuddled with Lando.


Thursday and Friday I focused on school and fitness. 


That night it was a bit cold so Lando decided to sleep in a ball under the covers lol.


That weekend it snowed on the mountains just west of here! 





With the nice cool weather I decided to go for a run. I, however, forgot about the wind. My ears were hurting so much from the wind. I had to stop and put my hood up part way through.




The view was worth the bitter wind.


It was a pretty good run. I can feel myself getting stronger every run and they're getting easier and easier.

Later that weekend I took down the massive tree we have in the living room and set up the Valentine's decorations.








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