Tonight I ran in the snow. Well, I didn't actually run in the snow since the sidewalks were salted, but you know what I mean. It was cold, but not too windy and I was wearing gloves for a first time. My watch is really getting to the end of its battery, so I don't have a time. I can't imagine it was very fast, since I ran carefully as there were some frozen patches here and there. Made it back home safely.
My cup of coffee this afternoon had a special Inauguration sleeve.
The red, white and blue sleeve on the Starbucks cup featured a quote by Abraham Lincoln. The Inauguration of course, is tomorrow. This will be the second Presidential Inauguration since we moved to the United States. I had absolutely no desire to go to this Inauguration in person, knowing how large the crowds would be, and the freezing weather strengthens my feelings.
Even in North Carolina there's snow predicted for tomorrow -- the first snowfall this year here, up to two or three inches.
The other night we were at Crabtree Mall in Raleigh. It was rather quiet.
The shopping season is over and the recession must have its influence also. The Whitehall Jewelers was closed; the company went bankrupt a few weeks ago. Circuit City, a big electronics retailer went out of business also.
We found a sofa! Yesterday morning we visited the remaining furniture stores on Glenwood Avenue; we have practically visited all of them. In the very last store that we visited we found the sofa we immediately loved. It will be delivered this week.
I was pleasantly surprised this morning, when I ran our usual course in 33:19 minutes, pretty fast. After Bulgaria our run took me 34:32.
All the way at the end of the run I felt my right knee a little bit weak, and when I felt it when I took a step on our stairs also. Nothing painful, but I felt it. I'm glad I decided against increasing my distance. Let's get some more 3 mile runs behind me before we increase mileage again.
Here is a short selection of pictures from the resort we stayed in during our honeymoon.
The last three pictures are of a wonderful morning trip we did. We rented a huge jeep, and drove down to a lagoon where we snorkeled for a long time in beautifully clear water.
After that we drove to nearby Akumal beach where we started snorkeling from the beach and saw very large turtles swimming under us. Occasionally they would swim to the surface to breathe.
Today there was no new snow but the world was still white.
My cup of coffee this afternoon had a special Inauguration sleeve. 
The other night we were at Crabtree Mall in Raleigh. It was rather quiet. 
The album for our wedding pictures arrived on Friday. 
Here is a short selection of pictures from the resort we stayed in during our honeymoon.
