Treasure hunt

So I must vent a little bit. I am obsessed with the Holiday in Dixie treasure hunt. OBSESSED! We searched tonight like a couple of bandits and made no progress at all...unless driving aimlessly north is progress. I did get mozzarella cheese sticks for my adventure snack (thanks Claire) and a mild panic attack when I saw Ben Affleck's daughter getting out of the car at their home...yea I'm so Hollywood.

And the dead rotting animal smell coming from the kitchen - it's my vacuum. What does that mean??

Meet Harry

Today I found a bird. I named him Harry because he was quite a looker with his little peach fuzz hairdo. I put Harry in a dog bowl with some warm blankets and fed him some kitten food concoction with a little syringe. It then came to my attention that baby birds are hard to raise and that he would have better luck outside where his bird parents might find him. I have been watching these bird parents build a nest for weeks and knew little Harry had fallen from the roof of our office. I really wanted Harry to go back in his nest. So, I stuck out my lip and asked really sweetly and my dad and Harry's uncle Michael used a ladder to put my little fuzzy friend back in his nest. I'm not spoiled.

out of hibernation

After a near year long hiatus, I am back! I started this blog to follow me as I trained for my first marathon. Well I ran it...and another...and here I am now. I thought I'd change my blog to just an overall celebration of my fabulousness, because let's face it, I am fabulous and why keep it all to myself.

Today we did a blood transfusion at work aka gave out some Jesus is a bottle. I used to have a serious issue with seeing blood running through tubing or having to touch the blood bag or bottle while it was still all warm and lifelike. It just really creeps me out. I am getting used to it though. Actually posed with my blood today and last night. I never miss a photo op.

what happens when you don't backup your harddrive.

So I am technologically impaired and never felt the need to back up my data. I also failed to notice that the giant red exclamation point at the bottom of my screen was a warning that my system was failing, mainly because it was full to the brink with music and pictures. This brings me here dear friends, typing on my ancient block of laptop where the letters appear seconds after I type them. I have many fun things I really can't wait to share and I should have a working computer very soon so I will be back in business. This no computer stuff is painful!!!

I have been running and pounding the pavement lots. My legs hurt like hell tonight and I wanted to cry instead of run. I kept going through puddles and rain clouds though and I finished my run. Please have faith in me. I will update with goodness soon!!!

bad blogger.

I have been running lots....and I have been not so good at reporting it. But tonight I will get all my last weeks adventures up here for you. Patience!

protein powder makes faces you can't make up.

So I had previously talked about the nasty protein water I had and how I thought that eating the powder straight would be more appetizing...well I was wrong. The powder taste like vitamin C chewable pills and rancid Flintstone vitamins ground up together and packaged in a misleading white tub labeled: delicious citrus flavor. I'm calling b.s. on this.

I have just documented my attempts at eating my cup full of powder without water added. I don't think that me telling you about this horrible journey would do as much justice as the pictures themselves...so here you go friends.

running makes me happy...even when I'm blue.

I really do love to run. It clears my head and helps me to tackle issues I have spinning in my head. It's really sad to me when I have something going on in my life that is too big to be solved during a run. I guess that's why I just kept running. So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Caddo Parish. And I figured since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Louisiana. And that's what I did I ran clear across Louisiana. For no particular reason, I just kept on going....okay maybe it wasn't quite that dramatic...but I did run a lot today. Still haven't solved all of life's big problems but I'll keep working on it. Being a big kid sure has its downs.

I did inhale a giant bug and it then flew out my nose. Nasty and humorous all at the same time. I'm sure I looked ridiculous choking on a bug and then laughing and running at the same time....oooh my little inconspicuous victories!

I then came home to my Tahoe dog, love of my life. He loves me even when I'm soaked in sweat and smell like a goat's bum.

seriously hard core.

Well today was another group run day!! But it was different from other mornings for me...group run was moved to Sunday and it was after my birthday fiesta. Let me take a moment to set the stage for my morning run - last night I embarked on a journey with my favorite Texans. Destination: Dinner. Sounded innocent enough. Many hours and many beers later, as I sang Marvin Gaye loudly to my friends, it hit me that I had to run in the upcoming hours. I kindly asked the waiter to bring water, lots and lots of water. And so I sat in a sublimely happy state of beer fuzziness properly hydrated and oh so ready to be super athletic. Or so I thought until my body reacted quite violently to the poison I had filled it with all evening. So I spent my morning up until 4:15am being sick. You can then imagine the excitement I felt when my sister called me at 5am and yelled at me for still being in bed. Being a trouper, I jumped up and threw on some clothes and out the door I went.

It was definitely not the best run I've ever had. Being dehydrated really makes your legs hurt. But being slightly intoxicated makes it bearable... I did lose a contact around the one mile marker and had to run with my left eye closed in an attempt to not be completely dizzy. I am so blind that I actually thought my sister was up ahead of me stopped...but it was a street sign. I was told I looked like Popeye running with one eye closed. Nice huh??

I did finish though...which I am damn proud of. I looked like roadkill but there's really little glamour in athleticism anyway.

Tomorrow I'm starting my P90X videos! I am so excited. Watch out world!!

protein water makes me yack.

Long time no run. I'm ashamed that I've been so busy with living my glamorous existence that I have been too busy to run. But that all changed this morning. This was group run Saturday! The excitement was overwhelming at 4:55am when my phone rang. It was my wake up call...no amount of alarms could get me out of bed that early...and I threw on my clothes and away I went. I listened to a little Ying Yang Twins on my way to the boat launch to get me ready for running! It must have worked because I finished my first 3 miles in record time! To our good fortune, the thugs of Shreveport decided to not steal out icechest full of water (I'm hoping the sign informing them we were running for cancer, don't steal our water...)so we had a baby break and turned back towards the finish. I finished feeling great even though my legs were a little jelloy.


I was informed that protein/carb refueling drink powder was great for muscle repair after a long run. SO I got a big tub of orange flavored powerbar mix! YUMMY huh?? Very very wrong...it is the nastiest chalky mess I have ever consumed. The powder alone is pretty tasty but the addition of water turns it into flavor poison. I was drinking it driving to work and I'm sure passing motorist were wondering a. what I was drinking and b. why I continued drinking it with a wrinkled face look of disgust. As far as its magical powers...I'm not buying it. My legs are sore and I'm tired. Oh and I have a headache. But I'll give it another try since I have it I guess. Overall: good day, good run : )