Long time, no blog

I guess I could fill you in on what’s been going on in my life, but I’m not going to bother. Suffice it to say I had to spend a month or two making my body feel as shitty all over as I felt inside. You’re not going to grow a baby? Fine! What good are you then! Have another fucking bagel! Et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum

Whatevs. I got my fire back. Doesn’t matter that I let it get down to the tiniest ember before realizing what I was doing and adding fuel and nursing it back to life.

I’m still working on getting back to my prepregnancy strength levels but that will come in time. I’m nearly there already.

I feel like I’d get further in my workouts if I was a better breather. There are times I realize that I’ve only been running a couple laps and I’m already hyperventilating, or I’ll have to stop lifting just to catch my breath. This definitely stops me more often than, say, my grip strength or dizziness. I happened to catch this article on Runner’s World the other day and it had some suggestions, but it made me realize I’d been giving people advice on how to strengthen their breath for years: singing. Talk about breath control! So I’m joining the community chorus this fall. I’ve wanted to do it for a while, but this gives me the push I needed. I haven’t sung since high school, so I’m kind of excited about it, and I really want to know experimentally if it helps. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up the singing crossfitter 😛