Today is Belén’s ten-month birthday. I cannot believe she is only two months away from being a year old. Time certainly does fly when you are having fun.

I took some time to ponder the nature of long distance, endurance running. It is about so much more than the physical motion of putting one foot in front of another for an extended period of time. It is the prep, what do I wear? It is the nutrition, what do I eat and when do I eat it? It is the mental, how can I convince myself to keep going when it is against everything I want to do? What do I think about for that long?

My friend Amy asked me if I had tried almond butter as it is apparently better for you than peanut butter. After a little research, I don’t necessarily think almond butter is all that much more healthy than the Adam’s peanut butter I consume at least a couple mornings a week, but it has more Vitamin E and magnesium than peanut butter.

A similar pattern exists on the other leg and on her arms and even a slight bit on her ear. The doctor immediately took a look and also pointed out that B’s feet and hands were swollen. THE URGE TO SOAR WITH THE EAGLE IS SO OVERPOWERING.

While reviewing resumes I am often surprised by the resumes. When I graduated from college, it was a “rule” that resumes must be on a single sheet of paper. While, I agree this is difficult to do and have spent countless hours over the years revising mine to fit, in my mind the rules have not changed and resumes should fit on to the front-side of a single sheet of paper.

Even though she seemed quite a bit better, her fever was still there so I did end up giving her more Tylenol. Strangely enough a little while afterwards she started acting much more fussy and when I put her down for her nap she was SCREAMING in a piercing fashion!

My friends in Mexico are recommending that we explore various hot/cold remedies. A coworker in Brazil said to try garlic, tea and citrus. I am not sure how the baby will react to any of these things, but I am close to giving up on modern medicine.

And so I will pose the question to you. What would you consider adding to your “Not To Do List” and how wonderful does it make you feel to think of it never being on your mind, making you feel guilty again?

Of course the other reason why I have been dreading this post is because by acknowledging my body is not where I want it to be means I need to consciously do something about it. The breastfeeding and running and sit-ups have not been enough so I now need to address my diet, dang it. I have more-or-less eaten whatever I wanted and thus the half muffin top remains. And I should clarify, my “eating whatever I want” is eating pretty darn healthy 80% of the time but the other 20% of the time is filled with chocolate, dessert and cheese, my vices! I have two and a half months until two weeks in a bikini so I need to suck it up and cut out the dessert.

Having watched Goonies and visited the baby’s doctor both in the same week helped me to draw a correlation between the two.

Every time I go to the doctor for the baby, I feel the need to tell the doctor every possible unrelated incident that may contribute to the case at hand.