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Well guys, tell God your plans if you want to make him laugh, amiright? As many of you may have heard, my mother-in-law was recently diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and will be in the hospital enduring an intense chemo regimen for the next month. Altogether this will be a 3 year battle depending on if she is able to go into remission or not. Please keep us in your prayers! I now understand why God was holding off on me finding a job. He knew I could be used in a better way: to help my new family. I have been in Houston with my mother-in-law every day since Thursday, and plan to be here every day this week. I asked God to use me in this situation, and he truly has. My prayer is to continue to be strong for my family and do everything I can to help. I ask that you would pray that for me also. It is crazy how God places the pieces of your life together the way He does. On the job front, I ACCEPTED A JOB TODAY! Woo hooooo! I will be a pediatric home health occupational ther...

Well guys, today was the day. I started training for my half-marathon. Today was 4 miles, and they were brutal..  Okay, okay.. I know you are dying for some more info on the title of this post. The first time I looked at the training schedule I thought what the heck is that?! after laughing hysterically at the fact that it was called a FARTLEK! As it turns out, a fartlek is an endurance training exercise where, in this case, I ran 3 min at a faster pace, followed by 2 min at a slower pace, and I did this for 2 miles. There was a warm up mile before and a cool down mile after, totaling 4 miles. I walked part of my "cool down" mile because, in reality, it was only getting hotter and harder. I did my research before I started training and found a blog that said "it's ok to walk." Can you believe that?! Music to my ears... I keep telling myself, "this is your first big training commitment and the most you've ever run, don't be so hard on yourself....

 Today my shoes weren't on very long because today was about finding my zen.  I went to yoga not only to loosen some sore muscles from my weight workout yesterday, but also to clear my mind a bit. I stretched, I balanced, I closed my eyes, and I talked to God. I feel like a new woman already!  Namaste...  I'm starting to feel like this blogging thing is a modernized Xanga, remember those? Great stuff...   Earlier this morning I was thinking about how I've been questioning if I truly do want to work in pediatrics or if I should take another route. Heck, I've even been questioning if I should even be an occupational therapist at times, but I spent too much money, time, and tears to not make this my career. I got on Facebook this morning (because that's where I get all of my breaking news), and at the top of my newsfeed was this video: I stopped questioning myself when I realized I had a huge grin on my face and tears in my eyes. Hap...

 Today at the gym I looked down at my new running shoes and thought, these puppies are going to see a lot and do a lot in their short lifetime, and   then at that moment I decided I would start a blog (like every other woman in America with some free time) and share my interests in exercising, cooking, eating, and daily life struggles (again, like every other woman in America that has some free time). Sorry for the lengthy whining you are about to endure, I promise to get better and have more exciting posts in the near future. I just wanted you guys to see where I'm at as I start this new journey, with my new shoes.  In some strange psychotic state, I decided it would be a good idea to start training for a half-marathon. I know, I know, there are a lot of people out there that say they hate running and then end up running a half like its nobody's business. But please believe me when I say, I HATE RUNNING! I've tried it so many times, and quickly gave up; I even took a ...