Fat Nerd Fit

I'm not spreading this around in my RL, so I'll share it here. I had a job interview today at ThinkGeek. I'm really hopeful for this job. It's just a sales position at one of their stores. With my husband's job I'm finally at a point in my life where I can work where I want instead of just taking whatever job comes along in order to be able to pay the bills. (For the record my husband just got a job in the field he's always wanted to be a part of, which opens our lives up to me following my dreams as well.) See, I've wanted to be a writer since I was in high school. I've been writing fanfiction for years, still do really, and am working on my first original novel. I have a degree in Creative Writing. I want to be a novelist. I went into my major and job of choice knowing that being a novelist doesn't always pay the bills and doesn't offer fame and fortune. After college I took the first job offered to me in order to be able to m...

I have no kids and am not around kids very much right now. Don't get me wrong. I love kids. I'm one of those people that doesn't mind changing diapers because I love babies and I think everything they do is cute. Two weeks ago I went to my bro and sis-in-law's house. They have a one year old who I am very found of. She's walking now and very independent so she's not much for being held or snuggling. However, she had an uber baby cold that night and wanted snuggles and cuddles and stories while we were there. I was more than happy to oblige and held her most of the night. That was on Sunday night. Monday I started feeling a little blah and fell asleep watching X-Men with my husband. I went to bed Monday night, slept all day Tuesday (was awake for many an hour grand total), slept most of Wednesday, and took a nap on Thursday. Friday I was finally feeling better. Saturday night some friends had a house warming party, and since my husband had to work I ...

A few years ago I was a runner. I have three half-marathon medals and a scrapbook full of bibs to prove it. I did at leas one 5K a month and some longer distances sprinkled in before a half-marathon. I was never fit because I used running as an excuse to eat. After a series of small injuries that I didn't treat right I had a hard time getting back into running. My wanting to get back out there never waned, but there was a mental block that prevented me from really getting anywhere near back where I was distance wise. Because I knew what I was capable of I would get really frustrated at my slow progress and inevitably stop. About a month ago one of my old running friends posted something about the Hogwarts Running Club on Facebook. Curious, and still convinced I could be a runner if I just started running , I clicked. What I found is one of the coolest groups of people I have ever run across. The HRC (http://hogwartsrunningclub.org) is a virtual running club that accepts w...