Tonight

Tonight is the night!!! Team USA and Canada will face off in the championship game of the Four Nations Faceoff. Saturday’s game between the two teams was one of the best hockey games I’ve ever seen—and I’ve seen a few in my day. I’m not sure this game will start with three fights like Saturday’s game, but it’s going to be a slugfest. Again, I have to give the NHL their flowers for putting together this incredible tournament. The competition has been insane.

The only problem with tonight’s game is that it starts at 8:00 p.m., which in ESPN/NHL speak means 8:30 p.m. If there’s any hope of me staying up for the whole game, I may have to take a disco nap. Tomorrow morning is going to be rough. If tonight’s game is as amazing as Saturday’s, it’s not going to be easy to fall asleep afterwards. I’ll be keyed up, and I already have trouble sleeping.

I started taking magnesium glycinate for my muscles in August and it’s helped my sleep immensely. Unfortunately, for the last couple of months I keep waking up at night. My mind, apparently, doesn’t want to shut off. Unfortunately, this is normal in your forties. It’s bad enough I can’t make it through a day without seeing a perimenopause reel on Insta that I identify with, but living with the symptoms is the injury to insult I don’t need in my life. Here’s to a day where great sleep isn’t a distant memory!

2025 Goal Tracker:

• Run a 5K: in training
• Complete Kayla Itsines program: in progress
• No afternoon Starbucks (except for travel/vacations): I made it into February and haven’t buckled!
• Top performer at work: on it!
• Travel: working on it
• Eat to lower inflammation: in progress
• Read daily: in progress. I’m reading She Wolves by Helen Castor.
• Get out of debt: in progress
• Financial independence: in progress

Who are your favorite people to be around?

I love being around my family. I especially love having all my kids home and my folks. They’re the best people and I miss them.