That's mine, thank you.

30, taco-loving, part runner and part lifter (as I do neither very well). I've run four half marathons and one full, but I gravitate towards whatever exercise I enjoy these days. I've lost 115lbs and this my journey to keep it off.

[thatsminethankyou]

Here’s what I didn’t know about dating at 30:

You will swipe left countless times and right a few times too.

You will send too many messages to count back and forth and will wonder if anything will ever come of it.

You will go on three first dates in three weeks while working 180+ hours in that time (while still finding time for friends, I’d like to add).

You will also go one one subsequent second and third date only to discover that your date is emotionally unavailable. Which is disappointing since you’ve had three great dates where he tells you that you made his face hurt from laughing and smiling so much.

Because, as it turns out, nearly all men my age are just getting out of their first marriage OR very much enjoy their bachelorhood. Neither makes for particularly good boyfriend material, I’ve found.

And then exhaustion will set in and you’ll wonder if any of this makes one lick of difference.

But then you'll come home and your cat will follow you around like a puppy and everything will feel totally normal again.

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I’d just like you to know that I wore a shirt that says “Taco Truck” to school today and it was a hit. Thank you to the boys’ section at Old Navy a couple of years ago for this gem.

Today was a 14 hour day (plus 2 hours of commuting) filled with interviews, preparations, and a family night (Family Fiesta Night, to be exact).

We had science experiments galore provided by a local science museum, 6th graders doing lasso demonstrations (so very Texas of them), over a dozen giant piñatas, a “corn in a cup” cart, and a real live taco truck (!!!).

It was so fun and so exhausting and made me so grateful to woke at a place where everyone doesn’t bolt for the door at the designated end time (especially when you still have 30 people in line for tacos). It was such an amazing collaborative effort and I love this place. ❤️

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When in doubt, always freshly baked cookies and unicorns.

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All I want to do is go cash in my stupid coupon for a stupid free salad at Chipotle and there’s a stupid car blocking me in and now I’m going to have to knock on a bunch of stupid doors and talk to people.

I am not pleased. And I am hangry.

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A very tired, wind blown, content face.

After not enough sleep, I pulled myself out of bed and went to work on math with 6th graders at Saturday School. At the end, one kid said, “Miss, I wish we could always learn this way all the time! ” and another said “Dividing fractions is so easy now!”

I’m not sure what was so hard for them before because they killed it today. I think teaching children will always bring me rant amounts of joy, no matter what position I’m in. Despite being tired, so little of any of this felt like actual work. Forever grateful or something.

After a bit more work and changing into one of my favorite dresses (not the one I most recently posted about), I went on a date to an arts festival. Miraculously, I found someone I’ve yet to date on Bumble but he’s basically fresh meat because he’s been in Texas less than a year so…

We drank a couple of beers, braved the wind, talked non-stop for a few hours, and didn’t really look at any art. Solid first date business.

But then there was an alarm issue at school, grocery shopping that had to be done, and, naturally, food prep because that’s how you’re supposed to spend Saturday night.

To be fair, I also snuck in a Lush bath bomb and some reading time afterwards. But mostly I just want another 6 hours. More time to relax, finish cooking and chores, read, and do just about anything before wanting to passssssss out.

Sadly, that is not how time works so instead I’m fighting sleep like a toddler. Someone please carry me to bed. Please and thank you.

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This is what we're working with here. I worked from 7am-9pm and I have to be back at work at 7:30 tomorrow morning. It's nights like tonight that make me truly hate my 40 mile commute. But still. I got home at about 9:45 and all I want to do is wash my face and enjoy a glass of wine with my book before collapsing into bed. However, Marley seems to have missed me (or maybe the wine glass) because she hasn't left me alone since I walked in. I predict someone will be sleeping on my pillow next to my head tonight. Sweet baby kitty creeper. 😽

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Today was quite the mixed bag. A quick rundown, bullet point style, because I found it laughable: • I woke up an hour and a half late! 😴😳 • The live critters arrived for our life cycle unit in one of the most destroyed boxes I've ever seen delivered (right up there with the package o' British candy I received). You can see by its state that it was rough...which meant it was pretty gross. The box was wet because two bags of tadpoles got smushed. 😱 So far, the caterpillars, preying mantises, and the silkworms seeeeem okay. Time will tell. • The staff at school decided we should celebrate Half Boss' Day because Boss' Day was technically in October but it got lost in the shuffle (not that I realized that). They got my principal and I some baking accessories, a gift card, and they said some nice things. I was so genuinely surprised and overwhelmed that all I could do was joke about how they made up a holiday for us. • Appropriately enough, the Gooey Brown Butter Blondies I made for our potluck were a huge success! • I got to leave work early to deliver some of the remaining critters to other campuses. Woohoo! It meant getting to the gym earlier and eating dinner before 8 pm. 👍🏽 • Except while getting my gym bag out of my trunk, I locked my keys in my car. 😬 Luckily, it was all taken care of in less than 20 minutes! So...despite waking up super late, dealing with dead tadpoles, and locking my keys in my car, today was actually pretty A+.

[notesontheheavier-blog]

Tru

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Please excuse my hair which appears to be entering its awkward phase.

But this is a story of a dress from Anthropologie that I didn’t think was for me…until I tried it on and fit like a glove. It’s like magic. It makes my belly look flatter and hugs in all the right places. It might be the most flattering thing I’ve ever put in my body.

I tried it on a couple of weeks ago with Mogge but didn’t buy it because, despite being on sale, it was still about $90.

Until today when I found out (after some cyberstalking) that it’s nearly 70% off now. And so it is mine!

I just need a good reason to wear it now.

[thatsminethankyou]

I’ve said it before and I’m declaring it again - I want to date (again).

I’m tired of being passive in the whole matter. I’m tired of waiting for that guy who always, ALWAYS flirts with me to make a move (which never happens), of being available to guys who aren’t available to me, and of eternally being the lady that guys date but then just really want to be friends with. 

So I downloaded Bumble because I’ve done the Tinder thing and I need to try something different. 

After one swipe on Bumble, I stumbled upon someone I went on a date and I am 1000% not interested in. A couple of swipes later, someone else I went on a date with (no hard feelings there). 

10 minutes in - I’ve seen the first aforementioned guy reappear three times and two guys I went to high school with and my brother is still pretty good friends with. 

10 minutes in - I’m beginning to think Bumble might not be the right space either. Because if they’re pulling from a pool of guys I’ve already dated or went to high school with then I’m in big trouble. 

I might need to move.  

[thatsminethankyou]

Austin 10/20 race recap (because I have been a terrible blogger around here and my mother and sister asked me to). Ask and you shall receive...

10 miles, 20 bands. The website promises a really flat course great for PRs! Ha. So wrong it was laughable. It seemed every which way we turned there was another steady incline. I can’t tell you the amount of irrational anger that rose up in my chest when I rounded the corner at the 15k mark to run the last .7 mile and the entire thing was uphill. Whhhhy. To be fair, it wasn’t as hilly as it could have been given that the race was in Austin. I think I would have much preferred to run the hills if I had gotten to run the parts of Austin I love and know a bit better (downtown, lake, etc). 

But still. The bands were decent. Fun vibe and for once I actually stuck around to enjoy the after party of a race because 1) I wasn’t alone and 2) I didn’t feel like poo. Apparently, it only takes two shitty light beers to get me a little drunk after running 10 miles. OOPS. 

As for the actual race, I started with my brother and his GF, but I think we only made it through the first mile together before I took off. My brother stayed with his GF until the 5k mark and then spent the next 7 miles trying to catch me. 

I am not a fast runner, but I did well for me and am very pleased with my 1:36 finish, 9:36ish pace. I’m even more pleased that I managed to finish ahead of my brother (by just a minute!) because homeboy is much faster than me but doesn’t train as consistently as I do. Plus, SIBLING RIVALRY. 

BUT! Here’s the really cool part, y’all. Russell and I are twins (if you’re new to these parts) and we were born at 9:41a.m. and 9:42a.m. respectively. However,  I finished the race at 9:41 and Russell finished at 9:42. Its one hell of a coincidence that blows my mind a little and my family agrees should officially switch our birth order. 

Other than that our trip to Austin was too short, if you ask me. But Seguin The Pup and I did get some quality time in the car together. 

But now comes the part I hate...what to do post race? I’m still chugging away at NROLFW and will continue to do so, but I think I’ll try to keep a decent running base to entertain the possibility of maybe...MAYBE...running a half in the fall. My brother and his GF seem interested in the idea. I ran with a running partner more times training for this race than when I trained for all my other halfs and fulls COMBINED and, man, it was a whole lot more fun that way. 

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I am forever grateful that for the first time in years we didn’t have any snow days to make up. It meant a three-day weekend with @feistyflamingo who very graciously flew out to do all the things (and then all kinds of nothing) with me.

There were new piercings, shopping (and great sales!), lots of coffee, running 6 miles to get to Hypnotic Donuts where Ryan and Ellen met me, champagne, bourbon, so much queso, eyebrow threading, face masks, baking cookies, a night out with Rach, @amft, and Lanny (aren’t they the cutest?!), discovering and watching all of “Fresh Meat” we could find, going to the new Alamo to watch a terrible movie, and more queso.

I asked Ryan to send me the pictures she took this weekend. She sent the top two and the bottom sloth one. I had to include it here because it made me laugh (and #accurate). Maybe I should have been a better host and done more with her in the last 36 hours, but when you can have fun just existing in the same room with someone there’s no need to make a big fuss.

The best weekends leave you with a full heart, ready to dive back into another crazy week at work and good habits and that’s exactly what this weekend did.

A+

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A+ Fridaying over here. I slept in, food prepped, painted my nails, watched the first three episodes of the new season of Daredevil, and baked Nutella Chocolate Chip cookies before putting on pants. I finally dressed myself to meet up with my brother for an 8 mile run (our 10 mile race is just two weeks away!). We set out at a new trail very half-heartedly. Luckily, it didn't rain on us but we did encounter a fair share of wind, mud, and so many pebbles in our shoes. There might have been some cursing but since we ran into almost no humans we could curse as loudly as we wanted. I was reminded that my brother likes to sing made up songs on long runs (what a weirdo 😉) and he found out that if you want to make me run faster, you just have to play my current power song (hint: it's from the Hamilton soundtrack). We headed to Torchy's for tacos post run and it did not disappoint. I mean, this taco (called "The Roscoe") was made for tumblr. Waffle, fried chicken, egg, and bacon wrapped in a flour tortilla and syrup to drizzle on top. It was delicious. My brother impressed me by eating his own Roscoe plus an ENTIRE BURRITO. Whhhhaaat. But I'm very glad my training run is out of the way. Let all the belated St. Paddy's shenanigans commence!

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keeping up with the american elections while not being american like

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keeping up with the american elections while being american like

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I picked out my outfit today and then remembered it was St. Patrick’s Day. So I begrudgingly picked out something different and then went to apply for my passport (where they sent me back home to get my check book - why does any place still require a check?!) and then I went back through security, waited in line, and saw all of three people dressed in green. Whaaat. 

I was bitter and annoyed at all the people I saw out today that weren’t wearing green, but mostly just because I wasn’t wearing what I wanted to. 

Long story short: wear whatever the hell you want to. But, also, I applied for my passport!

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Oh, hey. Today was grrreat.

I did some work because I needed to. 

I got back to the gym and it wasn’t a total shit show. 

I saw another free movie at Alamo today. 

@feistyflamingo is coming to visit in TEN DAYS!

Despite wanting to cough up a lung every time I’m outside, I’m feeling so happy and content these days. I definitely have the itch to date again, but it feels pretty great to be happy and feel like my life is full as is. 

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Its spring break and I finally feel human again! I’ve spent three whole days (okay…2.5 counting today) lying on my chaise, watching WAY too much television, and drinking as much water and orange juice as my body would hold. 

+ I seem to be on the other side of it. 

- It wasn’t the flu as Teladoc originally thought. And it wasn’t strep which I was beginning to think, but that must mean I’ve been dealing with your regular common cold. I guess its been a solid decade since I’ve had a real cold, but holy hell. It knocked me out. Swollen glands, feverish, all the body aches, so fatigued. 

- I can’t believe a COLD made me cancel my mini-trip with Rachel to Fredericksurg. I was really looking forward to it and I’m 1000% bummed I’m not there right now. But it was definitely the right call given my lack of ability to do anything the last couple of days. Sigh. 

+/- I am completely caught up on television and have even watched the entire first season of Man in the High Castle (SO GOOD!) and all the episodes of Flaked. Clearly, the only marathon I am capable of right now is of the TV variety. 

+ I got a little stir crazy today and decided to go to Alamo Drafthouse because they’re offering free tickets for teachers and students through the 21st. I am totally smitten with the new location, but walked in and was promptly complimented by a random woman and a server on my dress and general look. Yes, people. Please give me MORE reasons to live there. 

+/- Then the guy sitting next to me at the movie was all kinds of Chatty Cathy with me before the movie but said nothing post show. I partly blame my tiny baby bladder and water intake for being less available, but you win some and lose some. #foreversingle . 

- Because of aforementioned plague, I’ve missed a long run and a couple of workouts and I’m trying not to beat myself up about it. 

+ Hopefully, I’ll make my triumphant return to the gym tomorrow. Nay. I WILL make my return to the gym tomorrow. We’ll see how it goes. 

+ The weather is warm and glorious and the rain finally stopped (for now)!

+ I ate chocolate tonight that popped in my mouth tonight and boyOboy that was cool, y’all.