She may not care about her birthday, but it’s an important milestone, so I will care for her. To the best mama. … or maybe I care more because it means my 35th is impending??
Happy 65th Birthday, Mama!
Category: Happy
Feel Terrible Monday | The Delayed Feel Good Friday of Montezuma’s Revenge x2 and an amazing Mexico Trip
Even for a healthy person the turnaround between ten days in Mexico and a conference in Chicago would have been difficult, for a person who caught her second case (or more likely never truly rid herself of the first) of Montezuma’s revenge PLUS a cold or sinus infection of some kind, this turnaround is brutal.…
This is Life in Austin & Aspen: Reverse, Reverse!
Ah, a throwback to the iterations of this here blog … like me, a restaurant from Aspen has returned nay, come home to, Austin. Because Aspen and Austin are inextricably yet inexplicably linked, perhaps the first restaurant to move from Aspen to Austin rather than vice versa (hi Clark’s), is House of the Rising Tanuki-San,…
70s Big + Special Forces Foundation
Over the course of my athletic and fitness career, I’ve followed—and stopped following—a number of fitness blogs or bloggers (pre influencers yuck). Few have withstood the test of time, but 70sbig.com has been a mainstay, if written by an infrequent poster. Today, Justin, the man behind 70s Big, shared that he’s actually a Green Beret…
thank u, next | Feel Good Friday 031519
thank u, next This Ariana Grande song really resonates with me: it catalogues where gratitude becomes peace, no matter what the past looked like. Today is my last day at Alorica, and it’s incredibly bittersweet. What an opportunity for learning and growth in just three short—and long!—years, across multiple departments and locations. The notes from…
Success Rings
I’ve been wanting a ‘Success Ring’ for over a year now, even as I struggled with what to call it—a baller boss* ring? Badass ring? Something to “show” that I work hard and to flaunt it (sometimes). But it all feels cheesy at the same time. Nonetheless, an external symbol of success, even from someone…
A Big Damn Week | Feel Good Friday 030119
This gratitude list was meant to be about my Marriage Certificate Trio visit—for which I am still obviously exceptionally grateful for—but this week contained so much more… How is it possible only 7 days have passed since the last Feel Good Friday? Last weekend was a marathon, epic Austin weekend (sans ANY visits to bars—hooray!).…
Love Letters
Are you supposed to get your friends going away presents when you’re the one leaving? I did (these wish bracelets), and wrote them love letters, because they are the best. Perhaps it’s worth sharing a few snippets, in celebration of the girl friendships formed in five years living in OC that will be some of the…
Book Report: OK, Universe
As I was looking for a book to download for an upcoming flight, friend Camille Styles posted 7 inspiring memoirs to read for the year. I’ve actually read most of them, but quickly downloaded Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle because it seemed like the perfect fit for someone who declared this year the year of vulnerability.…
2019 is the Year of Vulnerability
Yup. Gettin’ real real up in here. 2019 is the year of vulnerability: being vulnerable by asking for what I want and accepting the consequences being vulnerable by being who I am and not playing into stereotypes or bad habits being vulnerable by being direct and straightforward and not attaching value to others’ reactions to…