Monthly Archives: February 2013
Holding Patterns
So I’ve went and lost my damn fool mind. A week ago I was nervous about taking both kids to Target. This week I drove them to New Jersey and back and took them on the Long Island RailRoad to … Continue reading
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Like A Caged Lion
So I’ve been watching (or, in some cases, rewatching) Ken Burns’ entire oeuvre on Netflix while I nurse Henny Penny to sleep, in little twenty minute segments before bed and I just started Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of … Continue reading
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Finding Flow, Dopamine Addiction, and Battling the Bobs
Are you addicted to exercise? Not in a bad, sick way, just: does your brain need a certain daily resetting to normal, via sweating and runners’ high endorphins in order to feel normal? Yeah, me too. I’ve been thinking about … Continue reading
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Bum Leg
My medical mystery leg case continues. I saw the PA at the orthopedist practice on Wednesday, and he diagnosed me with a vague “Shin splints/compartment syndrome,” with the RX of rest and physical therapy. I had my first physical therapy … Continue reading
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Immunity
So my bionic immune system let me down this week. I knew it was a matter of time, what with the immune-depressant effects of never sleeping ever. First Anna displayed very un-Anna-like behavior, namely moping about the couch and falling … Continue reading
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Medical Mystery Headcase
In my continuing quest to amass a full collection of obscure sports injuries, I am trying to self-diagnose the weirdest one yet. My shins are numb. Like, since Friday night. I had two really great weeks of working out, lots … Continue reading
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Power, Persistence and Brains
Mine, baby’s and baby’s again. Power: We did a lactate threshold test in the Sunday tri-specific Spin class I’ve been going to for the last three weeks. I was reluctant to do it, since all it was going to tell … Continue reading
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Been There, Done That, Or, A Meditation on Why Everyone Is So Mean to Kourtney Kardashian
On mornings when my daughter goes to preschool, I sometimes pop on the TV for some adult voices as I nurse, change, care for Henry and do things around the house. Sometimes (all the time) there’s nothing really good on … Continue reading
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All the Pretty Pictures
So along the way of raising two intense baby persons, I’ve happened across moments and interactions I will never forget because they were the moments I realized I have crazy, crazy babies. They don’t sleep. They are eerily alert as … Continue reading
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Writer, journalist, mother, marketer, freelancer, wife, mediocre runner, racer, super beginner triathlete, gym-goer, dog owner, Spin instructor, fitness columnist, recycler, lifter of non-pink weights, one-time failed academic, feminist, eater of good and bad food.
