Tap, tap. Ahem. Is this thing on?

Hey there.  I've been gone. Busy living life and not blogging. I had to choose between the Facebook and the blogosphere. I chose Facebook. I stopped reading blogs. I stopped writing blogs. But you know, sharing short sentences of your life really feels almost fake. You share the ups (look at that cute picture/face/cheeks) but rarely the downs (is that kid screaming his lungs out with snot down to his chin?). 

So I'm back. With a left turn in the agenda. See, I have a new goal in life. My kids still need me but they're in school 5 days a week and those precious years of staying home with them, wiping butts and wondering how people find the time to shower every single day are dwindling away. This baby weight is not dwindling away so....

I started running. Yes, I know. It's SO not me but I am doing it anyway. I signed up for a 4 mile race. That's next Friday and I've already signed myself up to run a HALF MARATHON. It benefits St. Jude so a great cause. It's for the kids, folks. 

I'm painfully slow but as all these runner people like to say..I'm going faster than the person sitting on the couch! 

As with any new endeavor, mama needs a new gadget. I present to you my base model (!!!) garmin. I have aspirations to buy a fancier gadgety watch if this running thing actually sticks. I may blog about each run as it happens, if I can and  if I think to take pics while struggling to breathe, I'll post. :-) for now, my new toy: