Jarod and I recently celebrated a decade together, and by that I mean we ate a TON of food and drank A LOT of tea.

It still boggles my mind that I was a 15 yr. old with a driver's permit when I first met him. I never thought we'd end up married and sharing our lives together. I feel like I'm the most loved lady in the entire world. I am looking forward to many more decades together, hopefully with more tea, more food, more dogs, and even a bebe.

I just saw 50/50 and convinced myself that I have cancer. I'm out of control!

In other news - or rather, in actual news - Jarod had LASIK done this week. I am so insanely excited to see this dream of his come true. He's had really terrible vision his whole life and worn glasses forever, except for that brief period of time during which I met him. Bait and switch, folks.


In the waiting room before surgery. I'm actually going to miss those glasses. Cutie.


His new glasses for the next few weeks. Still sexy.

Hey, go see The Secret World of Arrietty. It's sweet and won't convince you that you have cancer.

Man, I love being an aunt.

The cutest babies are the ones who don't have obnoxious narcissistic parents. It's science.¹

Love these bebes and love their parents. I just love everybody.²



1. It's not science.
2. I don't love everybody. Whaaa!

You know those rare news stories about runners who collapse and die at the finish line? That's not how I want to go, so I decided to get a physical at the end of last year to make sure I was fit to continue my half marathon training.

Heartbeat normal, lungs great, lump on my throat. What? Get lab work done and go see an endocrinologist. What?

You know that fear of the unknown that causes you to self diagnose yourself on the internet? That's not how I typically roll, but I couldn't wait for a medical professional to determine my fate. Lump in my throat? Yep, I must have the super rare form of thyroid cancer that gives me 6 months to live. Oh, hey, don't Google "Fine Needle Aspiration." Hey, stop right now. Trust me.

You know those doctors who don't know how to interact socially which inevitably leads to poor bedside manner? I didn't, until I met my endocrinologist. I don't need to be coddled, but dang. Oh, and I know you didn't Google "Fine Needle Aspiration," but FYI it's a 4 needle pass.

You know how your endocrinologist tells you one thing and then the radiologist tells you another? Again, I know you don't know what "Fine Needle Aspiration" is, but FYI it is a 5 needle pass, not 4. Ugh.

You know how excessively long pauses can be really awkward? I know that they can make your heart drop.

"It's benign..."

"Oh my gosh. Thank you."

"...but you have an autoimmune disease."

At least I can still run.

These words were the culmination of an entire year of training that all started in February 2011 when I downloaded a little iPhone app for the Couch to 5K program. Once I'd completed the program and run my first 5K, the natural progression was to move on to a 10K, so I downloaded an iPhone app to continue my training.



I registered for a March 2012 10K and had planned to concentrate my training for that distance. Of course my boss talked me into registering for the 3M Half Marathon and before I knew it, I'd downloaded another iPhone app - this time Hal Higdon's half marathon training program.

On Jan. 29th, I completed my first half marathon.