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For Brenna. Lunch. Beet soup and an apple. Let’s see how this soup pans out…

For Brenna. Lunch. Beet soup and an apple. Let’s see how this soup pans out…

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I’m a day late…story of my life. But in honor of Mother’s Day and more specifically my mother, this lovely photo of the two of us. My ma has taught me a lot. We have had many difficult times, but the older I get the more I appreciate her. I try to imagine raising four afro-headed children…I get tired and irascible at just the thought. Then to think raising four children with people constantly thinking we were adopted or she was the babysitter or offering their irreverent, inappropriate and/or downright rude and racists remarks and commentary…phew…not sure how she did it. Motherhood…is hard and for all it entails I know she could have easily at any moment been on the verge of quadruple homicide and admittance to the looney bin. Happy Belated Mother’s Day.

I’m a day late…story of my life. But in honor of Mother’s Day and more specifically my mother, this lovely photo of the two of us. My ma has taught me a lot. We have had many difficult times, but the older I get the more I appreciate her. I try to imagine raising four afro-headed children…I get tired and irascible at just the thought. Then to think raising four children with people constantly thinking we were adopted or she was the babysitter or offering their irreverent, inappropriate and/or downright rude and racists remarks and commentary…phew…not sure how she did it. Motherhood…is hard and for all it entails I know she could have easily at any moment been on the verge of quadruple homicide and admittance to the looney bin. Happy Belated Mother’s Day.

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Mother’s Day run. I started this one a little late so it got dark during the last two miles. I decided I would take it slow, not look at my watch and just run. I didn’t even plan or map the route, just ran and let my legs dictate how far and where I would go. It was really kind of nice. No pressure, no pushing for speed. I definitely had another mile in me maybe more. It made me rethink trying to improve speed wise. I mean I would like to get faster and improve my half marathon time, but it feels good to just run sometimes. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.

Mother’s Day run. I started this one a little late so it got dark during the last two miles. I decided I would take it slow, not look at my watch and just run. I didn’t even plan or map the route, just ran and let my legs dictate how far and where I would go. It was really kind of nice. No pressure, no pushing for speed. I definitely had another mile in me maybe more. It made me rethink trying to improve speed wise. I mean I would like to get faster and improve my half marathon time, but it feels good to just run sometimes. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.

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Mother’s Day love from my honey. He’s the bestest! Now about my two grown brothers who are unable to do anything for our mother without one of their sisters, one of whom is also a mother (ahem ME), taking the lead and doing all the work…slightly irritating…okay wildly irritating. I hope that if their wives ever become mothers they step it up because this is just plain sad. On the bright side it’s a beautiful day and I feel loved and appreciated by my little family.

Mother’s Day love from my honey. He’s the bestest! Now about my two grown brothers who are unable to do anything for our mother without one of their sisters, one of whom is also a mother (ahem ME), taking the lead and doing all the work…slightly irritating…okay wildly irritating. I hope that if their wives ever become mothers they step it up because this is just plain sad. On the bright side it’s a beautiful day and I feel loved and appreciated by my little family.

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Kids fell asleep in my bed while I fell asleep on the couch. I finally got up to put them in their beds, hopped into my bed only to find a cold wet pee pee pool on my side of the bed. Back to the couch, after I clean up pee pee of course. Hurrah! Happy Mother’s Day to me!

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Quick run after work. By quick I mean I hurried to the restroom to change clothes and hit the pavement in the work neighborhood. This run felt really good, which is a first in a really long while. I’m pretty happy with the splits…of course I could have went a little bit faster in the first mile and I could have pushed a little bit harder at the end. Overall, I felt good and I’m satisfied with this run. Now, off to get the kiddies before my ma loses her mind.

Quick run after work. By quick I mean I hurried to the restroom to change clothes and hit the pavement in the work neighborhood. This run felt really good, which is a first in a really long while. I’m pretty happy with the splits…of course I could have went a little bit faster in the first mile and I could have pushed a little bit harder at the end. Overall, I felt good and I’m satisfied with this run. Now, off to get the kiddies before my ma loses her mind.

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One mile treadmill warm up before spin. I stared at the clock the entire time. The treadmill and I are not friends. It was like the hardest mile ever in life. Spin on the other hand was great! A late Wednesday for me…

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Is it me or…??

In this edition of “is it me or…??”:

  • Is it me or…is it sooooooo much easier to stay on track with eating healthy and consuming regular human portions when you’re busy at work?? Today the day has seemingly blown by with lots of things to be done, not an overwhelming or stress inducing amount of work, but you know stayin’ pretty busy and I’ve been able to avoid incessant and unnecessary snacking AND I ate my delicious home cooked leftovers from dinner for lunch. WIN!
  • Is it me or…are there no more microwavable dishes/bowls that aren’t Gladware in existence on planet Earth?? I love eating out of bowls (I’m a weirdo, I know) and I have about 734 bowls in my home and 3 of them are “microwave safe” and obviously because I love eating out of bowls those three are all dirty. Apparently there was some bowl making mandate about all bowls (and dishes for that matter) being made of “poison-when-microwaved” melamine. Why?? I don’t understand.

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Morning 3 miles are complete. The weather was great, it mostly is in the mornings, and it made for a good run. Glad to have it out of the way. Ready to take the day…well at least for the current moment…check back in a couple hours when I’m completely fed up and want to hurt someone.

Morning 3 miles are complete. The weather was great, it mostly is in the mornings, and it made for a good run. Glad to have it out of the way. Ready to take the day…well at least for the current moment…check back in a couple hours when I’m completely fed up and want to hurt someone.

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4 mile run after work in the work neighborhood. Had to take advantage of ma watching the kiddos. Tired. Ready to crash. Contemplating my next race…

4 mile run after work in the work neighborhood. Had to take advantage of ma watching the kiddos. Tired. Ready to crash. Contemplating my next race…

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Fresh out the shower and ready to relax with my honey and the dumplings.

Fresh out the shower and ready to relax with my honey and the dumplings.

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Couldn’t wait another day to get back out there and move my legs. I think I started out a bit too fast and I tuckered out at the end. Still felt good to be running.

Couldn’t wait another day to get back out there and move my legs. I think I started out a bit too fast and I tuckered out at the end. Still felt good to be running.

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No one tagged me for this so I tagged myself. Though it was like Patti tagged me because she said if she could she would change her name to Claudia and what do you know, a Claudia trolled by her dash and felt called to play this “game”. Why I feel compelled to partake and not feel left out roots back to a childhood complex…another post entirely.

These are the rules to this game.

Rule 1: Repost the rules
Rule 2: Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones
Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to your post
Rule 4: Let them know they’ve been tagged

My 11 questions:

  1. What is the smell that (when you smell it) takes you back to a childhood memory? Books. I love books. When I was a child I read a lot, a lot, a lot.
  2. When you close your eyes and see yourself doing something great, what is it? Casually and self deprecatingly speaking to an interviewer from the Daily Beast about how funny and relatable my recently published memoir/book of essays is. A girl can dream right?
  3. What do you think holds you back the most? My own self-doubt and fear of failure.
  4. Can  you name all of the babysitters in ‘The Babysitters Club’? I was going to cheat and Google it, but my uber competitive inner voice said “you don’t need Google!” What I can tell you is that there was one babysitter named Claudia Kishi! I think there was a Kristy and a Stacey and a Mallory and they lived in Stonybrook…these are just springing into my head as I write. I did love that series and I remember feeling totally validated as a human being by a character being named Claudia (do you sense a pattern here???), even though she in no other way resembled me.
  5. What book have you read more than twice? Mere Christianity, a classic and brilliantly written book.
  6. Coffee, tea, or Jose’s lattes with the latte art? This one is tough. I recently gave up coffee for lent, which I found diminished my desire and obsession for it and of course my new obsession became tea, which I HATED up until I gave up coffee…I mean who likes drinking hot water, if I want water I’ll have it chilled thank you.
  7. Favorite vacation memory? A few years back for my 30th birthday my honey took me on a secret surprise trip to Las Vegas and it was AMAZING! No kids! (Judge all you want.) We stayed in an amazing suite at Caesar’s Palace, we shopped, we ate the best ever salad with lobster chunks, we had cocktails…need I go on?
  8. If you could be any color crayon, what color would you be? Why? Black, I dunno why, I like black.
  9. What kind of planner do you prefer? Daily, weekly, or monthly? I don’t plan. I know tsk tsk.
  10. Have you ever been to postsecret.com? Nope.
  11. Do you have plants in the house? If so, do you talk to them? Nope.

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