And it concerns a number. For most of my adult life after college, I’ve focused so much on a number. I let it bother me, uplift me, control me, enslave me. A great morning could turn real ugly just by a flashing digital number. A random Biggest Loser contestant’s weigh-in could leave me in tears…”I’m …
Posts from: April 2011
Living in the south, we know what April means. No, not tax day. Nor Opening Day for baseball (go BRAVES!!!), nor the first fishing trips in the warm weather. April means tornado season. For those of us in Mississippi and Alabama, we know the odds are stacked against us. Today started out a little different. …
When he said this, I almost cried. It wasn’t supposed to taste like bacon. It wasn’t supposed to be wilted and floppy like soggy bacon. It was supposed to be a little crisp and taste really good..like really good asparagus. But it really did have this amazing smoky taste…kinda like bacon. Let me start at …
Guess who is ready to plant the garden? Stephen outdid himself this year. I won’t diminish the importance of my new tomato love. The man came back with more than a few tomato plants. I think those are his favorite things to grow. If he had to do it all over again, he …
What a long week this has been! The closer I get to race day and end of the school year, the slower time seems to drag. I’m in that strange limbo stage where I want more time to train, but also I’m so excited to race and I’m anxious for the day to get here. …
School was dismissed early due to the threat of bad storms arriving during dismissal or worse…when buses are on their routes. We are a large spread out county and most high school bus routes are over 2 hours long. Since the timing looked bad, we left a couple of hours early. Everybody has their weather …
My weekend begins at 3:15pm Friday afternoons. When the last bell rings, I’m headed for the door knowing I have the rest of the day and a full weekend ahead of me before I go back to the fast paced world of Kindergarten. While I would love to leave my job at the door, most …
(I’m wearing shorts, Mom. See them in the lower left corner) Why in the world am I torturing myself? So I can get out of bed Monday morning. Let me back up. I’ve got a huge race in 6 weeks. Today was long run day of 9 miles on the trails and hills. Preparation for …