Anyone Remember Me?

It has been a full eight months since I have sat down and composed a new
post for my blog. 

I would like to take this first post back  to fully disclose a list of some of
the reasons for my long absence:

1.  Graduate school- On a good note, by the end of this summer, I will have
     completed my Master's Degree in School Counseling in ONE year. 
     Even more exciting, I have had the honor and privilage of walking the
     stage.  Since my college only has commencement ceremonies in the
     Spring and Winter, they allow students with nine or less hours to pick
     which ceremony they want to participate in.

         Smiling because I didn't trip and fall off the stage.

                                   My fantastic hubby!!!!

           Wonderful children...minus my oldest who had to stay home

          because he was scheduled for the SAT test that same morning.

2.  November 30, 2010, my wonderful mother who was the center

     of our family passed away.  Her decline and subsequent death

     occurred as a result of the mental/physical effects from the

     whole brain radiation she endured after a surprising revelation

     of brain cancer. 

           Taken 4 months before her death when she went on 

                  vacation with us to Padre Island Texas.

 

3. Non-running: As of today, I can hardly run ONE mile without

    having to stop.  A year and a half ago I ran my one and only

    half-marathon in under 3 hours.  I know most of you could

    run a marathon in under 3 hours but I'm not concerned about

    my times so much as just having the ability to successfully 

    complete a race.  

  *Actually on March 30th, I did run my first 5K in a year.  Me,

    Doug, Jacob and Joshua ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the

    Cure in honor of my Angel Mother who fought and beat the battle

    of Breast Cancer some years ago.

                                        After the race. 

   My hubby who has NEVER run a 5K nor has he run even a mile in

   YEARS, ran the whole 5K with me and only stopped because I 

                                  needed a few breaks. 

                                       Showoff!!!  

     Squash and Sugar...ran the whole 5K, for the first time ever in

             28 minutes after stopping once briefly at Mile 1. 

                          DOUBLE SHOWOFFS!!!

4.  Pure disappointment and disgust with myself as the MAIN reason

     why I have not blogged lately.  As some of you may remember,

     I had a tummy-tuck last summer.  It was a tough recovery, but I

     was and still am pretty happy with the results.  As I was told by

     many, you can still gain wait after a tummy tuck but it will most

     likely occur in other places such as legs, butt, arms, face etc....

     Well, it happened...I've gained 75% of my weight back that I

     worked so hard to lose a few years ago and it is SO

     DEPRESSING!!  My job this year has changed from previous

     years, and it's pretty much become a "desk job" in the classroom;

     monitoring students who work independently on their courses. 

     While this has been the "IDEAL" job for someone working on

     their Master's degree...not so much for a person who wants to

     remain thin and active.

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Well, that's the main jest of it...while normal family activities etc...

always are a sure excuse, I believe in my heart the main reason for

not posting is reason #4. 

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I have signed up for the November Rock n Roll in San Antonio.  This

will be my 2nd Half Marathon and I'm hoping to get back into the

correct frame of mind to build myself up to run the majority of this race.

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While on my hiatus, I pretty much kept with all of you that I have followed

and I promise now to start commenting and becoming active in YOUR

lives again!  I hope you all will be able to find a minute or so to help

me out with some motivation and encouragement.  I REALLY need it! 

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I guess that's it for now!  Take care everyone, and I PROMISE to be in

touch soon... :)  Really, I PROMISE!!