One Month Ago, One Week to Go

I spent the last several months checking off the weeks until the race. It has now been a month since the marathon, and as of today, it is just one week until Christmas. My kids have been counting down the days until Santa arrives. I have again been checking off the days, but this time it is marking the number of days until break. I have heard that people often get depressed after running a marathon as they don't have anything else to look forward to and/or to plan for. With the race falling just a month before Christmas, it seems as if I have just traded in my running for shopping :) I feel just as busy with the holidays and all that this time of year entails. With our kids being the perfect ages to enjoy the innocence of the holidays, I can't help but get wrapped up in the spirit of this time of year. I am over the marathon 'high' but feel a similar pleasure seeing my children wide-eyed and smiling, simply enjoying the beautiful twinkle of the Christmas lights.