Tattoos!

Really on one big one made of little tattoos.  Today was the day I put my stamp on lupus and running.  In folks that have lupus, the butterfly represents the common rash that most of us get.  I don't get it, but I understand it.  So all my butterflies represent that and the years I have and will have lupus.  There is no sure for this autoimmune disease.

Getting worked on. 

It hurt like nothing else, but I was a trooper. 

 The 13.1 represents the half marathon I'm preparing to run this year.  I started running about 5 years after I found out I had lupus.   I was very hard and still is some days.  Now, I coach other runners because I understand the struggle. Actually, some days I still struggle just to run a few miles.  But this year the plan is to run either the Route 66 half marathon or the Jenks half.  Either way, I've claimed it and I'm going to do it.

To others with lupus, you can do anything.  To those that don't understand why folks with lupus don't look sick, trust me we are.  Our bodies fight us daily.  We fight to stay alive because of it.  

Night all. 

All in a day's work.

Today in Spartan fashion, I went to work and did some case management.  This means, I spoke to a couple of clients on the phone and then looked at pictures.  Here is the fashion:

Now check out those high heeled gladiators.  I was ready for battle. 

Who was I gonna battle? Sigh, the dentist at 2.  I steeled myself for the visit.  Spoke to the troops and went in. 

Now my dentist is pretty good.  But he still scares the living crap out of me.  I mean who wants to see a needle headed towards the mouth? Luckily for me, today was just a cleaning.  Yay! I get these every three months.  I know, alot right.  But I had dental surgery, blah blah blah lupus blah.  See, makes total sense.  

After this adventure, I coached a hill run.  It was nice.  We were suppose to run 2 miles, but ended up running 2.37 because I really do get lost in the neighborhood.  If it was up to me, we'd never back it back to the store.   The only thing that would make this day better is if the Thunder actually wins tonight and there is another game on Friday.  

Night all!

It begins...

Where to begin? I never thought I would start a blog, why? Because who would care what I had to say.  But I guess I'm pretty interesting.  I have dreadlocks.  I am a capital defense attorney.  I have lupus. I'm a runner and a running coach.  I sit on the board of my condo association.   I'm a pet owner.  So, I figure between all these things I am, something could be interesting to someone else.  So it begins...

A little work cat picture to start it off right.