I’ve debated writing about this for awhile for fear of being judged shallow or having the “wrong” priorities. But here’s the deal: having a baby demolishes your body. I read a lot about how the body changes during pregnancy and what each alteration is doing for the baby. Surprisingly, my growing abdomen didn’t bother me [...]

Okay fine. I’ll write more about running. Clayton never intended to run the half marathon with me. But after I decided not to run in my first choice of race–the Virginia Beach Rock ‘N Roll Half Marathon–because I didn’t feel ready and my husband witnessed a full on breakdown after a long run gone wrong [...]

I feel like I should give you fair warning that this post is nearly void of humor and serves as one gigantic “you go girl” high-five. To me. From me. With an exaggerated back pat. Wearing a foam “number one” finger. During a parade in my honor. If that doesn’t sound like a party you’d [...]

One tardy wake-up Four socks One banana Two puffs on the inhaler Three Clif Shot Blocks One creepy cat hiding in a drainage ditch staring at me with neon green eyes like a demon from the pit of hell One catcall from a total winner via the last existing CB system broadcast from his stereo speakers [...]

The weather is crazytown over here this week. When we left for Florida, the temperature was consistently in the upper 90s in Virginia. I returned to a yummy, crisp morning in the 70s and a high of 82 on Tuesday. And then there was an earthquake. Odd for Virginia. Bryson and I managed to hold [...]

If you’re anything like me, you enjoy toeing the line between badass and suicidal. (Husband, cease laughing. Sharks are a whole different ball game. And lightning. Also, flying. Maybe farm animals. And pilot lights.) So when the fine folks at weather.com tell you this: you think for 4 seconds and then decide, “I can TOTALLY [...]

Don’t tell him I said so, but my husband is kind of a doll sometimes. Like Tuesday night. He has been sick for about a week and was on-call all weekend, but my little trooper agreed to put all that aside for the good of the team. And by team, I mean my love handles. [...]

I finally pulled the plug on my gym membership. It wasn’t embarrassing at all when the guy looked up my account and said, “Oh, wow. You’re right; you haven’t been here in awhile.” Both personal trainers behind the counter were oozing with judgment and I wanted to scream, “I ran 6 miles on a treadmill [...]

last week i had 3 different appointments at my cardiologist’s office. on wednesday i had a stress test. it was the walk on a treadmill hooked up to lots of different machines kind of stress test. my supervisors never turned around so i couldn’t try to walk backwards like bill cosby did during his. but [...]

tonight after my mom and i walked for awhile…i ran!slowly. for about 7 minutes. until my chest started to feel weird and tight again. but, i ran! i didn’t pass out. i didn’t have trouble breathing. those have to be good signs. count me in for the next 5k. the doctor told me that the [...]