Back by Popular Demand- or- One of "Those" People...you choose

Alright fine, so it's been awhile. Sheesh! Let's recap before we get our game face on...

Beginning of March Jairus got teeth (note: today...he bit "me"). Two to be precise. Went to the Midwest on a whirlwind tour. Sister Rachel gets hitched (fanfare!) and I drive myself and three kids to Memphis. Wow...that's a drive only few should attempt. But, to relieve the pain I take the kids to Lambert's! (you know... 'Home of the Throwed Rolls'? You watch TV right?) It is there that I am grossly aware of the obesity problem in America. My meatloaf, as it was called, was really a meat log. My soda was a semi-tanker truck with a straw and Pepsi in it. The rolls were the size of my baby's head and the sweet potato was a size only few women hear tell about. ;)

So this food frenzy stacked nicely in my mind on top of the fact that my cousin tells me that she, and some of my friends in STL are going to run the Chicago Marathon. Welllllll....... so I stew on this for the loooonnng drive home.

Fast forward to last Monday. I decide to join the gym. I get an amazing deal, pay it all upfront as to avoid the annoying bank drafts. And last week I became one of those people. You know ...one of those people who get up at an inhumane hour just to zombie their way to a gym and on to a treadmill. Yes! I am one of those. But, it is to avoid being one of those people whom I was surrounded by at Lambert's. I said that at thirty I wanted to run a marathon. I was pregnant last year, nix that. I am now thirty-one ( a fact I frequently forget, no lie) and I am not pregnant. So I will run/walk the Chicago Marathon October 12, 2008. I haven't paid for the registration yet. They actually make you pay $110 US dollars to torture your body beyond measure. Huh...

Anyhoo, today's highlight was the baby saying "da-da". CAN"T JUST ONE OF THEM SAY "MA-MA" FIRST? (enter Rodney Dangerfeild joke here)