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Before Jones was born, I ran sometimes.  Usually it was just a few miles on the treadmill or a quick run around what I now know is not quite a three mile loop.  Most of the time, I did the elliptical or the bikes in the gym.  Two to three days a week I lifted…

1.  Yesterday, I rejoined the county fitness center.  I spent 30 minutes on the elliptical and 20 on the recumbent bike.  My feet were cramping during the biking.  Not sure if that was because of the VFFs or if I have something going on.  Then I did a lower body weight workout, which went well…

What free time looks like: (Not sure what happened to Shoo’s picture and I don’t have time to fix it right now.) Yesterday was a day that was 10 years in coming.  Both boys were in all day school.  That is now my new “normal.”  It was a weird day.  It was both too long…

“They” say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By that definition, I am either insane or very, very stupid. Some examples of my recent behavior: Friday night I couldn’t sleep, so I got up to read.  Instead of grabbing a magazine, I sat down…

1.  My kids don’t start school until Tuesday.  Most of their friends are either on vacation or back in school this week.  This may have been the longest week ever in my life. Of course, going back to school is going to rock all of our worlds.  None of us got up before 9am this…

We were lucky.  None of our trees came down and we never lost power.  I was up most of the night because I was worried about Jones and the wind had me completely freaked out.  We came through with only a small bit of damage: our street sign fell off its post. My car was…

YMX contacted me recently to try out their Tribal Sea Run Tee.  I’ll be honest, I almost said no because I tend to be a bit more conservative in my colors and design choices.  What changed my mind, though, was the description of the material. From their website: MadKool® technical fabrics enhance the athletic performance…

1.  I went to the grocery store at 6am this morning to buy milk and toilet paper.  I felt like such a stereotype. 2.  But we actually needed milk and toilet paper. And chocolate. 3.  Thanks to the earthquake and the hurricane, my stress levels are through the roof.  That’s why we were out of…

Today’s my 41st birthday.  It’s been a rough week (tonsils, earthquake) and I don’t expect it to get much better for the next few days (hello, Irene!).  But I refuse to dwell on the less than stellar things in my life on my birthday.  So, here are three things that are awesome: My marriage.  17…

I have no idea what I planned to write for today’s post, but it all kind of fell by the wayside when the *earthquake* came yesterday afternoon. Seriously. I live walking distance to DC.  I expect traffic jams.  I expect crime.  I expect the President to drive past my house on occasion.  I even expect…

I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in several days. First I was nervous about Jones’ upcoming surgery. Then I was up with him in pain. Then I had to set an alarm to keep ahead of the pain. Then last night, he slept and I didn’t. I was convinced he’d wake up “in a…

Hungry. Tired. No run. Jones’ surgery went mostly well yesterday. They got him in late + he was last on the schedule as the oldest, so we were there until 5pm. Guess who forgot to take lunch? Yeah, I went the whole day on two granola bars and a big bottle of nuun. By the…