I was laying in bed desperately trying to ignore the fact that I wasn’t sleeping, even though my alarm clock wouldn’t go off for another 15 minutes.
My annoyance at being awake before 6:00 am was softened by the squishy comfort of finding myself in the middle of  a kid burrito.
Emma was curled snugly into the [...]

I try not to think about what I look like.
Instead, I tend to concentrate on how I feel.  When I’m laughing or talking or twirling, I feel happy.  I feel alive.  I feel brightly colored and twinkling and like joy itself in motion.  I let the emotions bubble up from my insides until I have [...]

Ladies and gentleman, we have a diagnosis.
If you haven’t been following the seemingly never ending saga of what the fuck is up with Miss Britt’s health, this post will make no sense and be of no interest to you.
But for the rest of you – who have listened to me whine, bitch, moan and cry [...]

“Your test results were a little… unusual.”
Awesome.  Because that’s exactly the first thing you want to hear your doctor say when he walks into the room.
“Unusual?”
“Yes, well, there’s some things that are… strange.”
Strange and unusual.  Again – awesome.
My doctor quickly assured me that there a bunch of really bad things that he knew I did [...]

I think it should be a rule that your exercise instructor should look better than you.
I mean, I don’t care if she doesn’t have great hair or a pretty face – I’m not completely shallow.  But it seems to me that anyone charged with helping me get in shape should be in better [...]

I had my appointment with the endocrinologist today.
I got a call a few days ago that there was an earlier appointment open and, thanks be to Avitable, I was able to take the morning off work and take advantage of the Friday morning time slot.
I felt at ease the moment I walked into the office.  [...]

I’ve whined a lot about being tired on this blog.
I hestitate to do it because everyone is too damn tired and there’s nothing more stressful about my life than yours.  But somedays, the tired outweighs the creativity and so that’s what I do.  Be tired.
And then I get nervous that maybe I’m too tired.  Maybe [...]

I spent most of January and February trying to improve my health.  I committed to walking or exercising every day, I started using the Wii.  By the end of February, I’d established a pretty regular routine of good diet and regular activity.
I spent most of March figuring out just how long it would take to [...]

Everyone knows your body changes as you age.
As women, our boobs inevitably start to sag.  Our hips spread with childbirth.  Our asses – hell, I’m not even sure what’s going on back there anymore. But it aint pretty, that much I know.
But that’s life, right?
You age, you grow, you mature.  You learn to appreciate your [...]