This past week, we celebrated Derek's 35th birthday, had the first of the Christmas gatherings, and I got to tag along on a Crozet run (I am going crazy trying to "rest" and recover, so this helped). There was a cold wind up in the Jura today, but still, not much snow. I was counting on skiing to be a good distraction from my break from running, but we are still waiting on the snow. At least we got to spend a few hours on the trails, so no complaints here.