Winter Blues

I'm just going to come right out and say it:FUCK WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!There! Much better.I normally do pretty well during the winter and don't get down and out, just dying for Spring to make an appearance. I stay pretty chipper, really. This winter, though, has been especially difficult. And there isn't that one thing that I can …

Suck It, Cancer

A while back I talked briefly about Big Dan (last bullet point). His wife sends regular updates on his progress (or lack thereof). Every email that comes I open it with hope and optimism. Every email greets me with phrases like "aggressive lymphoma" or "kind of a rough start to the week" or "blood clot …

Activity Paused

At the lake. In my earbud I hear: music, music, music - ACTIVITY PAUSED - music - ACTIVITY RESUMED - music, music, music - ACTIVITY PAUSED - (lather, rinse, repeat) The reality is this: Jake. On a walk. Around a lake. Where there are critters. It goes something like this: trot, trot, trot - DUCK …

Marching Along

My February workout challenge was a complete bust. I mean... COMPLETE! No excuses. Other than I'm lazy and I've been battling this off again/on again sinus crap. Sinus crap makes it REALLY easy for me to justify not doing a workout. However! In six weeks I have my Go! St. Louis 5K. Two weeks after …

Higher And Faster

When I was a kid I was convinced that whenever I got a new pair of tenny-runners that I would be able to jump higher and run faster. There's something about a brand new pair of shoes that make me happy. The shoe-love starts at such a young age, no? Since I have started running, …

Growing Old

Yesterday after my brother's hearing we were hanging out at the Arch for awhile when my dad pulled me aside. He told me that the judge had a message that he wanted Dad to deliver to me, and then he started in on this whole conversation that "he'd had with the judge." I stood there …

A Soft Place To Fall

This is my role in my family. Amongst my siblings. Amongst my children. I am the comfort zone when life gets too rough to stare at right in the face. It was my brother's sentencing today and my sisters needed that soft place. I debated whether or not to even go into the city for …