Forgive me?
Dear Laura, Oh, honey — I can feel the disappointment and anger you feel at yourself, weighing you down like an anchor. The silent accusation of “you let yourself go!” and “how can you go …
Category: me
Happy Dance
This race report is about, oh, a year in coming, but I figured you deserved to know. You’ve been waiting a year, right? So, without further ado, my Chicago Marathon 2011 race report: The day …
Starting again. Again.
Seems like this is where I always up: apologizing for not keeping up with this blog. Acknowledging that I fell off the writing wagon. Yea, well… this probably won’t be the last time, I s’pose, …
Another (last) go round
(yes, yes… it’s been awhile… forgive me… please?) This morning I watched the sun come up on Lake Michigan, with the city skyline at my back. Despite being a life-long Chicago area native, I’m pretty …
Groovin’
Why are things so difficult sometimes? I was just telling a friend about how it is when you get in a good groove: everything’s easy, the decisions are like second nature. It’s as though your …
Thundersnow! Snowmaggedon 2011!
Yup – the big one finally hit the Midwest. The east coast has been hit a few times this winter season already, but we’d been mostly spared, and probably spent too much time laughing at …
January 1st, take 2
I’m big on New Year’s resolutions. For years now, I’ve taken time as the year changes from old to new, and assess how the previous year went and figure out what I want to do …
The ice cream is winning
You know, the holidays are always tough: tons of food around and everyone seems to encourage the idea that any sweet imbued with the warm fuzziness of Christmas is calorie-free. Let me be the first to …
Drumroll, please…
I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting hearing about the results of my body fat test (don’t deny it – you’ve been doing nothing but watching your RSS Feeds and Facebook for evidence of a new …
Lofty?
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I’m kind of a goal-oriented person (can I be nominated for Understatement of the Year yet?). I NEED something out there to work towards. Because otherwise? Yea, I don’t …