Snowpocalypse 2011 is here and it is quite a sight to see. I left work early thinking that I was going to beat the madness. Wrong. I made it about 10 feet outside of my office door and the 50mph winds knocked me straight to the ground and pinned me there. There was a brief moment where I could do nothing but sit on the ground and wait for the wind ( Read more... )

Gawd I hate car shopping more than anything in the world. I have decided that I can no longer tolerate my tiny car that cannot hold a bike, or easily fit my track chair without fighting with it. So I have begun the search- Pontiac Vibe, Toyota Matrix, Scion, whatever is affordable, good on gas and big enough to haul crap. Thats pretty much all I ( Read more... )

"Its too shallow to swim here, so just run over to that buoy-start swimming once you get there. Just run back when you finish" Yep... a brilliant plan UNLESS YOU CANT RUN ( Read more... )

750 meter swim, 20k bike and 5k run. South Shore Triathlon 2010 ( Read more... )

Within the span of a week I have gotten a new job and a grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation so I can get a new track chair. Slowly but surely, my life is coming together ( Read more... )

...right now it sucks ( Read more... )

I am putting together an application for Challenged Athletes Fund, an awesome organization that helps people with disabilities get sports equipment. To do this, I need a doctors note verifying that fact that I have a permanent physical disability. Sounds easy. Nope ( Read more... )

This gave me a laugh...

http://www.lifesucksinc.com/shop.html

Love it.

For months I have talked about wanting to do a triathlon. All winter I trained pretty strong on the bike, started to attempt the track chair, and finally told myself that I had to give in and join the masters swim club. Was feeling pretty decent...and then summer hit. Work picked up to a hellish pace and I hardly had time to sleep, let alone train ( Read more... )

I am in charge of our school outreach programming as a part of my job. Today, myself and several members of our upper level management had a meeting with members of the Birmingham City Schools. It was a great opportunity to get an in with their superintendent, director of special ed and director of physical education...everyone who can help us ( Read more... )