It’s the little things, you know? Like when you remember to make your lunch before bed instead of having to wake up early to slap together a subpar peanut butter & jelly sandwich.
I need to get Pippa her own apron.
Or even better, when you wake up at the crack of dawn in Central Texas and find out work is closed because of “winter weather.” What the heck is winter? This never happens. There’s a whole ½ inch on the ground and Dallas is completely out of whack.
It must be the apocalypse…
Not that I’m complaining. I’m very happily sitting on the couch in sweatpants, a button-up dress shirt and full makeup channeling my inner nerd trying to figure out html to make my blog purdy and looking up completely insensitive conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Shooting.
People are absolutely crazy, and being a college professor in no way makes you less crazy. Judging by some of my undergraduate professors, I’m inclined to say they tend to be a little nuttier than your average Joe. A good imagination tends to be a precursor to good abstract thinking. With that said, this guy is off his rocker. Not that I don’t believe all kinds of sketchy happenings go on behind closed doors with the US government (or any government for that matter) but seriously bro? 1) Your arguments are completely illogical 2) Your blog has no jokes or pictures of cute dogs. Where are the jokes?!? All of the conspiracy theories basically hinge on the media’s reporting mistakes, which were obviously numerous the day of the shooting. That’s the way the media works, guys. Report now, fact check later. Sensationalism at its best. I know I have a couple of real life friends who would probably completely disagree with my thoughts on this, so I’m sure a couple of you do to. But hey, it’s my blog, right? I do what I want! 
Back to the HTML though…. Blue chevron or green damask? So many tough decisions. I have got to find a computer nerd boyfriend who knows how to do this stuff because I am having to think WAY too hard. There are other important things I need to save my few brain cells for, like my date with the library later. Reviewing the shoulder and rotator cuff today… I would much rather review funny articles on buzzfeed.
I probably need to run by the store and pick up some snowshoes so I can run in this blizzard (joke.) Seriously though, if I fall and break my femur whilst running in this winter wonderland it will just leave me more time to blog and work on becoming internet famous. Wish me luck!
ETA: 5.5 miles, nothing is broken. Except for maybe the face of the very cute boy in the library behind me playing The Flaming Lips on full blast while I’m trying to study.
Someday, I will get a camera with a self-timer and also stop making stupid faces.
Any snow running veterans here with tips or tricks?
Has anyone made graphics for their own blog? What program did you use?
-Stephanie
P.S. Therapy Thursday VLOG coming soon! We’ll examine whether the camera really adds 10 pounds, and also how to stretch out that pesky ol’ IT Band…
I’m hopeless with HTML or CSS – I would love some tweaks for my blog as well but have no idea how to do it.
Don’t stop making funny faces – we all love them!
As for running in the snow – the worst thing is that you get your feet wet in three seconds. Or, if you run on the tracks of cars, you’ll slip. Tricky.
Yeaaaah my toes were a little damp by the end of it. And thanks
Snow running veteran right here! Thankfully, it all melted this weekend. We had about two feet piled up. Anyway, try to run in the road and watch out for black ice in the shoulders. Half an inch isn’t anything to worry about as long as the roads are clear. Someday, I’ll live in an area where everything shuts down for half an inch of snow. I had to go to work during a blizzard because a foot of snow in Western New York is pretty much a dusting.
Nice job on getting a run in with the snow! That’s impressive! The only thing I can recommend for snow running is checking out Yaktrax. Kinda like the snow shoes you joked about, but it turns your current running shoes into snow shoes. Pretty great for trail running after a recent snow/ice Check em out at https://www.yaktrax.com/product/pro. They aren’t too expensive at all! Hope that helps!
those are WAY cool! Maybe not so much for Texas winters, but I think I might be able to get away with them in Arkansas..
My main advice for snow running is keeping the strides short and not accelerating or braking quickly. In most cases, that is enough to keep from slipping around, though I’d try to the Yaktrax if snow were more frequent in Dallas!
haha yeah I think those probably aren’t a necessary investment at this point.
I get such a hoot out of you southerners. I live in N. Illinois. If we get 1/2″ of snow I might start thinking about where my Yaktrax got off to at the end of last winter (which seems to be over about June 15). Stop and put them on when you need them. Stop and take them off when you don’t. They are really hard on the ankles/feet if there is no snow/ice to dig into, and they ain’t the same as running on smooth asphalt or crushed limestone. Work best in packed snow. Powder just run without. Remember… anything over 35 degress and we wear shorts to run in up here. Snow or not!
Glad to see you’re still here! And you Yankees are ALL nuts
A couple of people have mentioned Yaktrax for running in the snow. I have a pair, and used them during the Christmas ice/snow here in DFW. They work pretty well for road running, but you can also put sheet metal screws in the bottom of your shoes (with the screw head sticking out the bottom – just don’t buy screws longer than 1/2″!) Ive found that screwing my shoes will give me almost as much traction on packed snow/ice as regular shoes on dry pavement. Plus there aren’t any issues running with screwed shoes over sections of dry pavement, other than it’s a little loud.