I am awash in personal drama that has me in a terrible fog.  The nausea continues, though I know I’m not pregnant.  I have no idea what is causing it, but it really, really sucks.  It is constant and incredibly annoying.  And I just feel generally not quite right…little headaches, falling asleep when I shouldn’t, [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K, Family, Me Stuff, Parenting, Rambling

Dear People on the Trails at Kiwanis Park: I love that you’re out in the mornings, getting exercise and socializing.  I hope that I am doing the same when I reach your age.  But can I point something out?  When you walk 4 abreast, you take up the entire width of the trail.  When I’m [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K

Remember all my talk last spring about Couch to 5K?  And then it got too hot to run outside, so I kind of quit.  I tried again in the fall, but couldn’t get my schedule sorted out and kind of dropped out again.  And then I hurt my back, then I hurt it again and [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K, Health, On My iPod

Sickness is in my house.  No fevers, so I think we’re spared H1N1 (for now) but Violet isn’t sleeping for more than 30 minutes at a time, and it must be on someone.  The boys are irritable and I just want to get in the car and drive away from it all.  Please God, let [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K, Family, Health, Parenting

After 1 day of running a few weeks ago, I quit again.  But this morning I got up determined to get back on it.  My new jeans have been a huge motivator and I want to get off this plateau I’ve been sitting on for a while now.  I got up and headed to the [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K, Motivation Monday