Memoirs Of The Nerd Queen

Behold the nerd queen... I have the TARDIS to prove it! I hope to conquer Celiac disease, deployments, and life in general! Come here 2015

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My beloved batdog may be part anteater

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Gluten Free Kitche:  Oatmeal Cream Pies... cause some days you just miss Little Debbie

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmktoPmomJQ)

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So no big deal but I got married :)

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Hey look I have an Etsy page finally!

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The happiest pups in all the land: Their dad's homecoming

Welcome home Wayward Pirate, we missed you!

Playing with YouTube editing and provoking all the feels.   This was probably the greatest day of their lives.  I’m so glad he’s home!

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Equality y'all

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Just ordered this amazing tee from Celiac.org!  Needless to day i’m pretty pumped. Celiac awareness for the win!

 http://celiac.kintera.org/faf/ECommerce/Category.asp?ievent=1063149&lis=1&kntae1063149=FBB057D59AAE4DCA8C4325922168A391

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Deployment homecoming! Some happy puppers...

It’s National Puppy Day so i’m going to throwback to our pupper’s best day... the day our Airman came home!

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I did it!  I freaking did it!  I ran (that's right, I actually ran!) my first half-marathon!

It is crazy to me that only a few years ago I had a handicap placard and could barely walk.  It is amazing what a few years, the right diagnosis, and going gluten free can do.  Never again will I be that sick and I will spend the rest of my life pushing myself to be the healthiest I can possibly be.

So suck it Celiac, I win this time!

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I hear i’m too fat to run a half-marathon… 

Six years ago I was in the hospital so sick I thought I was dying.   I could barely walk, I couldn’t eat, I constantly ran fevers and suffered the most excruciating amount of pain you could imagine.  That day the doctor told me that if I was as sick as I said I would he’d be surprised if I saw 30… if it was all in my head then he wished me good luck and I advised me to seek a psychiatrist.  Well it wasn’t in my head it was Celiac disease… which I discovered with absolutely no help of that doctor or hospital.

I’ve been diagnosed and treating my Celiac for over 3 years now.  This past December I turned 30 (Suck it doctor) and decided to run a half marathon.  Mostly because seeing 30 wasn’t a big enough statement. I have my life back and I’m going to prove to myself that i’m capable of anything.

I have been training for 8 weeks and this is it, marathon weekend.  I ran 11 miles without stopping last weekend which is a personal first.  I really think I can do this thing.  And then I came to work today…

So the weather forecast isn’t looking so hot so I jokingly mentioned that if I had pneumonia next week from running a half-marathon in the rain I was sorry.  Then I heard, “wait, you’re running a half-marathon?”  ”Do you know how long that is?”  ”YOU can run?” “You’ve been training?” “seriously?”  All while looking me up and down giving me that look… the look all overweight people recognize… the “you are too fat for that.”  

I gained a tremendous amount of weight before I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease.  I know many people equate Celiac with extreme weight loss but for some its the opposite.  I couldn’t eat but I piled on the pounds. I imagine my body thought it was starving due to the malnourishment.  I couldn’t lose weight for anything.  I had a hard time being taken seriously because, “it didn’t look like I was missing any meals.”   Since going gluten free I have lost about 40 pounds but I still have about 50 to go before I am in a normal healthy weight range.  But here’s the deal, i’m healthy (well as healthy as I can be).  I eat full balanced meals and exercise.  I do everything right and I still struggle with my weight.  I’m not fat because i’m lazy or eat too much.  I’m overweight because i’m fighting Celiac Disease and its going to take a bit longer for me to get where I need to be.  And you know what?  That’s ok because i’m fighting.

People have no idea how hard it is to exercise when you are sick or in pain.  It takes about 3 weeks to start feeling better.  So you know that for 3 weeks it’s going to hurt like hell before you get to the good stuff.  You know how much motivation it takes to put yourself through that?  I promise you, everyone has a story.  Don’t judge them for being overweight, too skinny, too slow, too fast… you have no idea what they have been through and what has brought them to that point in their life.  Why can’t we all be happy we are trying and supportive.  

Autoimmune diseases suck… so much.  I applaud everyone who gets up in the morning because you know what that’s hard.  I applaud everyone who makes it a little bit further each day and refuses to give up… cause that’s brave.

So Sunday when i’m running this thing i’m doing it for me and everyone else out there like me.

And to that woman who just told me I was too fat to run this… Monday morning be ready to see my half-marathon medal.  Boom *mic drop*

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This may be my favorite picture of all time :) I got to go to my first ALS graduation. My bf is a supervisor and I couldn't be more excited that both his guys graduated with awards! He is truly remarkable and it was amazing to sit at a table with 5 chiefs and see how impressed they are with him :) it was a great night.

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This is too funny!

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Todays Brunch and my awesome new cup.

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Now i'm hungry lol  I even found gluten free bagels this weekend!  Life win.

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"WHAT DO CELIACS LIKE TO EAT? SALAD?"

It just has to be gluten free, cooked in a kitchen without flour flying around and in a separate oven, please. Actually, let me just make my own pizza at home.

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So working on a Valentines project for my boyfriend!  He's in the Air Force and has mentioned how cool it'd be to have some of the WWII nose art.  So I decided to paint them on his beer mugs.

Side note... it's really hard to paint your SO a surprise gift when you live with them.  I keep having to duck and cover when he walks by lol

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My fur babies don't dig mornings

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Nothing like your car crapping out when it's dark and freezing. Looks like my timing belt fell off :/ trying not to panic.... Ok so I'm panicking but trying not to be hysterical. I'm too poor for this...