New Year’s Eve excitement…and shopping!

Yay for New Year’s Eve!  Sure, it’s by far the most overrated holiday ever, but it’s still fun to go out and drink a little too much and see friends.  This year O and I are going to see My Morning Jacket at MSG with some friends.  I’m pretty pumped for the show right now.  [...]

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It begins…

Marathon training begins this week for the NJ Marathon. I can’t believe I’m doing another one! I’m both excited and scared! It’s such a huge time and energy commitment for so many months, but the feeling when you cross the finish line is absolutely worth it!
For my first marathon, I followed the [...]

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My first tights!

Christmas is great, isn’t it?  Being home is super relaxing.  I’ve been doing a ton of sleeping and eating cookies and watching TV on the new fancy schmancy flat screen TV’s my parents bought.  I hope everyone got everything their little hearts desired.  I almost did….been waiting 20+ years for that pony.  I’m beginning to [...]

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Just a little opera

I was very entertained this weekend.  Almost excessively.  And all for $12.50!
Let me explain.
This weekend I didn’t have anything to do for work, and only a short paper to write for grad school, so I was looking forward to doing fun stuff.  I started out Saturday morning with a 11.2  mile run around Central Park.  [...]

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Inclement Weather

To quote one of my students, “Yo miss, that snow be fallin’!”  And he was, indeed, correct (although not grammatically….)
Yup, inclement weather has struck the northeast, and oh boy, it’s ugly out.  Usually snow in NYC doesn’t last too long, but while it’s here it really messes up the city.  I always love snow though, [...]

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

Today I went to a professional development seminar out in Ronkonkama, Long Island (I definitely spelled that wrong, but I’m too tired to look it up) and it was led by the sister of Cheryl Hines, who plays Larry David’s wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm.  I totally heart that show!

It’s awkward and I embrace awkwardness.  [...]

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A great afternoon

Since I started teaching this September, I haven’t had much free time or time to myself.  Everyday after work I come home, work out, and do work for school or grad school all night.  It’s worth it because I really like my job, but it’s also exhausting.  This afternoon, for the first time since September, [...]

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Did it!

Despite my laziness and hang over, I pulled out 8 miles today.  My little piggy was aching & my legs were tired from yesterday & my body was feeling the aftershock of last night’s beers so it wasn’t the best run, but I made it through.  I just had some ice cream and now off [...]

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Hearth

Last night I went out to dinner with my family at Hearth for my mom’s birthday.  Wow, that is the best restaurant I’ve been to in a looooong time!
I had a bite of my dad’s appetizer, an amazing snapper crudo, and a few bites of the arugula, pecorin, and honey crisp apple that my mom [...]

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Runners are trustworthy

27 degrees
Let me repeat: 27 DEGREES!
That’s how cold it was this morning I ran the New York Road Runners Holiday 4-miler in Central Park.  On my walk to the subway I had an internal battle between going back home and cuddling up to O in the warm bed, or continuing on to the park.  I [...]

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