Couch to ATHLETE!

Last weekend we took a ride to Illinois to pop into a few stores. You see, they wear masks in Illinois and so I bring my business across the boarder. When I was making the audio selection for the drive I decided to let it be Spotify's choice. It is a good way to meander through new music that aligns with the genres I enjoy. Well, last week, Spotify got it all wrong. I have an eclectic choice in music. I can be found listening and singing along to the classic rock station, r&b, alternative, pop, 90s, jam bands, rap, etc.You will never find me bopping my head to country unless it is a song introduced to me by my niece's girl scout troop while on a camping trip. It isn't necessarily the song, but rather the memory. The smile that comes across my face when Chicken Fried, Should Have Been a Cowboy, or Priscilla come across one of my playlists is one that emulates the same joy I felt with those smart, talented, stubborn, argumentative, kind girls.   Several years ago I had th

When the pandemic first began, there were so many memes to laugh at, but one that stuck in my mind was an image of a person leaning into her refrigerator that was captioned  with a saying that we will all get through quarantine fat, fit, or drunk. The comic relief was necessary at the time, but the reality of that statement has officially hit home. I remember folks talking about instances of domestic violence going up, kids at home without food, depression and loneliness spiking with adults, yet I was laughing about a meme that, in a dark way, gave me comfort that I was not alone in my early day binging on Totino's Pizza Rolls and Cara Cara oranges. No seriously, that was all I ate in March, April, May, June, and July... I don't remember when my diet changed to fewer Cara Cara oranges to more Totino's Pizza Rolls, and cake, and bread, and ice cream, and more cake, and pastries, and more homemade cake, but it did.  Fast forward to December 2021 and I became that meme I refer