Friiiiiiday. I’ve spent the day walking, swimming, and reading under the covers. I may have napped under them too after eating a homemade milk/white chocolate cookie hybrid - but who can blame me? Like the rest of the country, The Great British Bake-Off has me causing fires in the kitchen again and hanging on for [...]
My September Rest and Rejuvenate challenge has been hard but rewarding. It has forced me to think outside of the box and get creative with my writing topics and themes of discussion. Something I have really wanted to sink my teeth into and start dispelling the taboo around is the somewhat-painful subject of money. Personally, [...]
My mom first took me swimming when I was maybe one or two. I had a bright yellow swimming costume with a jelly green star on it, a pair of inflatable red armbands, and not much hair. Since then, I’ve always been obsessed with the water. I completed all of my Kelloggs Rainbow Swimming badges [...]
Summer is almost over. The sun is kissing the earth a little later every morning and disappearing behind the clouds earlier at night. Already, I am munching and washing and wiping my saliva up in artificial morning lamplight. Soon, I will be rising in black and traveling in black. I will be running in black, [...]
I still find it weird to say I am on a ‘fitness journey’. Little miss “I hate PE. I despise cross-country and everything team sport-related!” is now running around town and swimming on a strict, regular basis… and LOVING it? While I am obsessed with this exercise odyssey, I am definitely still the personification of [...]
