Gazelles On Crack

To my favorite architect. One year down! Lots and lots and lots to go. ha ha ha ha ha…..(well, it is Halloween, so I gots to be kinda scary, right?)
I love you very much. In a NOT scary way.

So - it turns out that unexpected periods can really wreak havoc with the already fragile psyche of someone who suffers (loudly and melodramatically) from Seasonal Affect Disorder.
I am feeling much better now, and credit that in part to my talking about what was going on, in part to my persistence with the exercise, and [...]

This week has been hard. A number of factors have made it that way.
1. For no reason that I can discern, I am crampy and moody and depressed
2. Except for a brief day of beauty on Tuesday, it’s been chilly and (in the case of yesteday) gray
3. I didn’t hit my [...]

Sorry.
But, this is a lot of what I’m doing lately. I never thought I’d be that person. You know, the one who comes to work and says, “Yesterday I ran 5.6 miles, and then immediately followed it up with a 11 mile road bike ride. I’ve never had an endorphin rush like [...]

Please stop being on fire now, okay? I was hoping for heat, but not for the searing ash-filled lung type.
Thanks.

Which is nice. I’m looking forward to a relaxing-ish weekend. I’m hoping it will dry out enough that I can get my bulbs planted on Sunday.
Tomorrow, I’m going to work out at this crazy boot-camp like experience where I hope no one yells at me and tells me to drop and give ‘em [...]

So - I went to Vegas.
The whole trip started out a little dicey. About 3 PM on Friday, I got one of the quickest-onset migraines I’ve had in a long, long time. Fortunately my friend Kim took me home and I got to rest in the semi-dark for a couple of hours before [...]