Friday marked the second and final day of our Paris Museum Pass and we wanted to use it to its fullest, so we planned to stop at the Louvre, Musee de l’Orangerie, and the Arc de Triumphe on our last big sightseeing day. Since we also planned to see the Arc de Triumphe at night, we also thought we’d plan a nicer dinner out near the Champs d’Elysses.
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Our Paris trip definitely had a bell curve to it. Travel was long and we were arrived tired and in need of some serious sleep. The next few days got better and better and Thursday was definitely our favorite day of the trip. We were comfortable traveling around the city by metro, we were comfortable speaking in French, and each day was more and more fun.
After Husband and I ran the marathon, I was finally able to focus on my next big bucket list goal, traveling to Paris!! I had been dreaming of Paris since we made the airline and AirBNB reservations over the summer, but dreaming in blurry images. I saw myself in the cafes on my Pinterest “Paris” board and going up the Eiffel Tower and wandering around holding Husband’s hand. That was sort of the extent of my dreaming. As it got closer, people started asking some very good questions, like “what do you want to see?” Umm, the Eiffel Tower, some museums, and stuff. “Have you made any restaurant reservations?” Umm, no.
I did it! It wasn’t ideal or pretty, but I finished!
The Cape Cod Marathon is HARD. It’s not a secret that there are lots of hills on the course, but they are often described as “rolling hills.” To me, these rolling hills felt like mountains!
My last post about marathon training really scared me. It was August and I could barely run a few miles. I went to the doctor, got some medicine for my asthma, finally felt better and started training hardcore. (Hardcore for me is waking up at 4:45am to run, even on the weekends. It’s not running really fast or anything cool. It’s basically just being hardcore enough to wake up early and run in the dark).
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I’m not quite sure why taking Son tent camping made my list of things to do before I turned 40. I do enjoy camping and I expected that Son would love it. He’s an outdoorsy kid and thrives in fresh air when he can play and have lots of independence. It was definitely a fun experience to live it through his eyes for a few days.
So if you have been following this blog, you will know that the first goal I thought of was going to Paris. I’ve only been out of the country a few times but my passport was long expired. Long enough expired that I had to fill out a brand new application. No renewals for me.
I turned 39 on July 10, 2015. This birthday was an unusual one for me because I was away from home, helping my best friend move to Florida. It made for a very different, but fun birthday. I didn’t see Son at all on my birthday. I only saw Husband for a few minutes in the morning before I got on a flight to help her unpack her life in Gainesville. It was wonderful to see where she would be living and to get to say hello again so shortly after I had to say goodbye to her.
Continue reading Holy $h!t, I Only Have a Year Left to Finish
Every since I was pregnant, we have said to our financial planner at our annual meeting that this is the year that we plan to create our will. By the time our son was 6, our financial planner must not have believed us, but he was kind enough not to laugh when we made that promise each January.
Having read both A Walk in the Woods and more recently, Wild, I loved the idea of adding an epic hike to my 40 before 40 list. However, an overnight, weekend, or weeklong hike seemed a little out of reach for me. I didn’t want to buy special gear. I don’t want to lose toenails and have blistered feet. My poor feet are taking enough of a beating during training for a marathon. So in the end, I decided I would add a hike on the Appalachian Trail, or AT. I would love to hike the whole thing sometime, but that’s a life bucket list item. I knew it wasn’t realistic for this list.
