Slayer Squad

The moments leading up to the: "I gotta make some changes" moment.  Southwest had a deal that I couldn't pass up.  It was September, 2017.  I got an extra paycheck that I wasn't expecting and thought I'd take a risk and take a trip. I loaded up my two kids, their carseats, two suitcases (one was huge), a stroller, a pack-n-play, a few backpacks, and a wagon and hopped a plane on short notice to visit the best of friends.  (It was very early in the morning when I left-3am, so yeah, I look awful in this pic..but you get the idea of how I traveled alone with two littles.) So the first moment came when I had to embarrassingly ask for a seat-belt extender.  I had never had to do this. (Except that one flight to NYC when I was 5 months pregnant and starting to show-I had just chocked that up to pregnancy though.  Thanks Kyle.)   Although, I should have expected it.  Sometime before my daughter was born I realized I couldn't ride the Batman ride at Six Flags b

I've decided to share my new fitness journey with you all.  I went to sleep last night dreaming of how my recent quest began and what is currently motivating me to succeed.  I'm not perfect, I may struggle to complete tasks but I'm here and I'm giving you all I've got.  A little about me, for those who may not know me personally:  I'm a recently single mom of two glorious toddlers.  Clara is a true threenager and Kyle is roughly 1 and a half. I am a Harry Potter fan and (if you can't tell by the title of this blog/group) I am a Buffy fan, and pretty much fan of about anything Joss Whedon.  I work at home, technically self-employed, where I get to teach English to small children in China.  Which means I get up very early to do this.  I am terrible at routine, but I understand it's needed.  (I think we will return to this sometime in the future.) I am a former Theatre Arts teacher, that left a stressful and abusive environment to find something with a bet