El Potrero Chico, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

OK. So here it is; a brief synopsis. Got here. Culture shock. Got used to it. Started using some rudimentary Spanish. Got on the rock. Loved the rock. Went to sleep. Got up and hiked up a canyon and got on lots more rock, and loved it more more more. Took pictures. Drank beer. Ate breakfast burritos. Climbed more rock. Knee hurt. Knee got better. Went to sleep. Ate, drank coffee. Climbed all day long. Had dinner. Climbed in the dark. Slept the sleep of the dead. Woke up late, had breakfast, hiked long and hard, climbed long and hard. Now sitting typing on Jeff's computer, at a table with Aaron, Steph, Amanda, Jeff, Adrian, Shawn, Katie, Glenn (already left), and me. Tomorrow a lot more climbing. Margaritas, maybe some slacklining. The next day... the last day of climbing!!!!! Argh!

The cold

I have one word to say.

Fuuuck!

It is cold. It is biting pain cold. It is numb toes cold. It is "cover your skin" cold. It is cold.
It is down jacket cold, it is puffy mittens cold. It is extra layers cold. It is creaky snow cold.
It is frozen eyelashes cold. It is "can't walk into the wind" cold.

January!

Stayed up too late. But it was a good party. Fun games with new people. Silliness. Good scotch. Good music. Woke up too early and now I could really do with a nap.

I hope, in this year, to run a half-marathon... something I've been talking about for years and yet not doing. The key seems to be having some discipline and building my mileage up at the appropriate rate.

I want to be more positive this year. To not get frustrated in traffic. I want to do more art, and have a more productive attitude when I come home from work. And if my job goes away, I want to be positive and proactive about my next career move.

I want to cultivate old friendships and new ones.