Tuesday, Wednesday and Nancy Grace

Tuesday - Oh yes, always such a pain heading back after a whole holiday or even a half holiday. I was so lucky to get a whole day this go around. But I got entirely punished for it. Not by anyone other than myself. It's all about scrambling and catching up. Ugh. So I worked super hard. Went to the gym at lunch and did some light cardio. Then I did biceps. Fun. Back to work...that's when I actually started feeling puny again. The sinus junk returned. SUCH a pain. I made the call to skip class late in the day. I felt really guilty but I really didn't feel up to it.

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What ya gonna do? I went home and chilled.

Josh and I were able to hammer out travel plans for my bestie's (Emily's) wedding. It's going to be in Powhatan, Va. in October.

* Sidebar: It's going to be amazing...I mean we got married in October - but it's going to be SO NICE in a place that actually has a FALL. Georgia has two seasons SUMMER and Christmas.

We just had to lock down the details: Room, flights, etc. But now we're set. Once that was in the bag, I took NyQuil and hit the hay.


Wednesday - I woke up at 4 a.m. feeling much better. Ash and I had made plans to run the causeway at 5:45 a.m. but she didn't sleep well so that was a no go, which was fine. I wasn't 100 percent and my legs have been a little sore lately. Some times you REALLY DO need to rest. But resting is something that I'm not good at. I mean, I ENJOY it...I just feel SO guilty. It's not worth it most of the time.


Anyway...I was super productive this morning. I ordered bridesmaid's shoes for Em's wedding, folded clothes, paid my tuition for my LAST term of grad school all before 5:45 a.m. - LOVE IT! Thankfully I had my Fast Twitch energy drink (hello - NO calories...250 mg of caffiene - is that even legal?).

I did run three miles around the neighborhood, showered and headed in. It was sweet Shanessa's 22nd birthday (22!! Do you remember 22? I don't! Ha...one of those blurry years!). But I really do always get excited for other people's birthdays - not as excited as I get for mine of course - still it's fun. We took her to Fox's Pizza for lunch and gave her a super cute card.

MY day got really interesting more toward the end. So here's the back story...Nancy Grace - attorney and TV personality - is coming to sign books on SSI. My mom and I have watched her show FOR YEARS and my editor asked if I would A) find her publicist and B) see if I could get a quick Q&A for a story.


I thought "yeah sure." BUT I found the publicist who was uber helpful. She messaged me after 5 p.m. and asked if I could chat with Nancy at 6:45. I've learned over the years that you DO NOT SAY NO TO NANCY GRACE. So I said ABSOLUTELY. I ran home and started reading her book reviews and plot. Her book is called "Death on the D List." Exciting. I gave Christine (the pub) my cell. She confirmed that Nanc would call at 6:45 p.m. - so I sat and waited.

The well coiffed Nanc

My phone rang at 6:44 p.m. Oh my God. It's not that I'm THAT in love with her - it's just a relatively big star (and fellow ADPi). Lots of pressure. But it went SO well. She's just a good ol' Southern girl (from Macon). When we were done, I was uber excited. Josh took me out for Mexican to celebrate my "big interview." That was a blast. Great convo - mostly about football (I'm on the newspaper panel again this year - AND I'm leading the board after week one). We went home and literally straight into bed. Such a great day.