Two Ears One Mouth

Team JART bibs ready to go Yesterday was the big day for me and my relay team. Of course it was not without incident but I'm happy to say that we all finished our legs and we finished the race! Thursday night I spoke to Jade who informed me she was working on Friday until 10:30 or 11 pm. Cue freakout one. She also informed me that she and her fiance wouldn't be leaving until Saturday morning. Cue freakout two. I immediately became convinced that not only would there be construction resulting in immense amounts of traffic but she would also get a flat tire and then get into a slight fender bender with no injuries but 3 hours worth of waiting for insurance and law enforcement officials. Early Friday morning I got a text from Tiffany that she had been up sick all night and was still planning to come but didn't know if she'd be ready to leave at 2 like we planned. Cue freakout three. An hour or two later Autumn sends me a text saying her stomach is really upset and that she...

I haven't blogged in a while because I really haven't been feeling great and who wants to read a downer post? I'm just all jumbled lately and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Silver lining is that my Chris Freytag (my former tv trainer until exercisetv was ripped from on demand) 10lb Slim Down Xtreme program came in today! Despite feeling pitiful and awful all day (for a variety of reasons that I don't wish to discuss) I decided that since it came today, I was going to start today. No excuses. I of course couldn't make it through the total 50 minutes non-stop but I did continue to move for 50 minutes which is more than half the battle. I'm at least proud of myself for that. I also found the most perfect post-bac certificate program for me today! A program that I'll never be able to afford because our lovely educational system in America does not allow for help paying for prereqs if you're looking to change careers. On that note, before I get all...