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So, I probably should have posted something, but a while ago I decided to put a moratorium on blogging until I finished writing my paper. A few times since I've logged into my blogger dashboard and clicked on "new post" and then remembered OH yeah.... creative juices are to be saved for the time being.... which is maybe silly because blogging can, at times, be such a fantastic outlet for me, and writing this thing.... oy. But I think it was a good thing. Sitting here now writing this dribble feels like a REWARD and isn't accompanied by the sometimes sheepish feeling I get when I'm blogging instead of doing my homework.
Draft 1 of the paper..... IS FINISHED. I can't BELIEVE how amazing it feels. I'm not even DONE DONE done yet - still have to e-mail it to my prof, who will read it and give feedback, and then I'll have until next Friday for revisions - but the huge project is finished. It's done. I can actually see the finish line. I can take tomorrow to spend with my family and not feel a moment's guilt for not opening a text book or reading a scientific article.
On the other hand, I have SO much information rattling around in my brain about eating disorders and possible familial risk factors I'm a little useless in...just about everything. hahaha I was on the phone a couple of hours ago with just a great gal I work with in Yoli who has this great strategy for our marketing campaigns and I could barely get out "uh, duh, yup - sounds good. Um, okay." hahaha it was BRUTAL.
So when my head's back on straight and reconnected with LIFE I'll write and fill you in on some of the super exciting things that have been going on in our house lately, my training progress, my complete and absolute FAILURE in some things (oh holy cow am I ever a stress eater. And I'm DANG GOOD at hiding it from people. I'm so glad I have HERE to come and confess my wrongdoings, geeeeeeeeeeze. Keeps me accountable, and lets me get it out there.
Anyway, while I'm coasting on boring-old auto-pilot I wanted to send you over to a few of my favourite blogs; some are older and well-established, and some not so much.
First: Reflections of a Recovering Food Addict. I ADORE this blog. I know, I know. It's only 4 posts in, but what she lacks in longevity she makes up for in honesty. When you get to her page scroll down and read from the beginning so you can take the whole journey with her. I LOVE it. Leave her a comment, follow her blog, whatever you can do to give her the support she needs and help keep her on track. This gal is incredible and I love her to bits!!
Second: Healthy Families. This blog's done by a recent acquaintance of mine who is an absolute peach. While I don't agree with EVERYTHING she posts (there's at least one post mentioning a magic way to reduce cellulite - I hate to break it to you guys, but "cellulite" is totally made up - it's JUST FAT. Adipose tissue is lumpy and dimply, and when it's subcutaneous like we find around the tops of our thunder thighs it looks gasp lumpy and dimply. Rubbing cream on it or using a brush on it isn't going to make it go away. Eating right and exercising will help, but almost everyone has at least a little bit SOMEwhere - sorry, was that a tangent??) I absolutely ADORE what she's doing. She just LOVES health and being healthy, and decided to blog about it to maybe help someone else love it as much as she does. I don't even think she has AdSense on her blog, so she's not getting ANYTHING out of it except satisfaction of writing awesome health-tip posts. Read her, follow her, and love what she has to offer.
Third: Run Faster, Mommy! I found this blog listed on someone else's - this gal definitely does not know I exist, but I love reading her posts. She's much more hardcore into running than I am, but has TWO bambinos, a husband, and is working on HER undergraduate degree in exercise science, I think. I love her descriptions of races, her rationale for running, reading about her reaching personal bests, having horrible training days, and everything else. I think I just relate to her so much I find her a great read.
And that is that for now. Little Miss needs cuddling, and I could use some myself.
I can't believe I really really am almost done school. Wow.
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