She's baaaaack......someone forgot to lock the door.

Back from the dead as they say.....

I guess I will ease my way back in with a little ramble.

1.  Still in Texas.

Ditched the new man.  Replaced him with an much improved  newer version.  A total 'Kevin' (wink Ina) but his name is ....hmmm.....I need a pseudo name.    I will call him....In Case of Emergency.....story to follow soon.

The ditching took place in January....but got all dragged out.  He was nice.  But....he had a few serious flaws....like say.....living in his own reality.  Not horribly skewed....but moreso than mine.  hee.  Sometimes nice just isn't enough.  I require passion.  Soon he will learn that his ditching was a good thing for both of us.

In Case of Emergency and I have a great story....but I am gonna wait and tell that one later.  I have to figure ways to protect the not so innocent.  hee!

Texas is getting better for me.  I haven't been eaten by coyotes....yet.  Of course I have seen no coyotes.....

2.  Ummm guess what.

I have been a nurse for a whole year!!! Is this even possible?????  Rollercoaster I tells ya.  Roll-a-coastah......of sumpinnnnnn.  (Say what!?)

I have had some super ups.....and some super downs.  But I am wearing my teflon panties....

3.  The Offspring

Just like the song says.....you gotta keep em separated.  *head banging ensues*  It is rough.....but good.  More stories to follow.

4.  A big reason why I am back.....

I have joined the Team In Training for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  (Yes....I hear the groans.....yes....I am going to donation whore.....but for a good cause.)

I am going to run the 1/2 Mile Rock N Roll Marathon!!!!!!!!!!

*crickets chirps*

Oh ye of little faith. 

Yes....I am fluffy.  Yes, when running I run the distinct risk of blackening both of my eyes if I don't find a good support bra.  Yes........I suck at fundraising.  YES!  I am going to be 40 this year!!!

But I gotta do it.

Reasons.....(I am heaving into enumerating these days)

a - I am pissed off at cancer.  It has taken a lot of my good friends....and patients....who were good friends for some moments.  I am mad.  So I want to run.  For them.  For research.  For a cure in 2015.

b - Did I mention I will be 40 this year?

c - I need to meet people.  It is lonely here.  I feel so lonely I could diiiiiiieeeeee.  hee.

d - It could be very entertaining for the spectators.....when I die on mile 3.  Just sayin'

e-  I am a stoopid believer in Glenda the Good Witch.  She told Dorothy that it was in her....it always was.  I want to know if it is in me.  And was it always.  And can it be cured with a nice antibiotic.  Or tricyclic....or something.  Hee.  Just kidding.  But I want to try....and believe.  I want to be part of the people who fight cancer.  Nursing just isn't enough sometimes.

f- Stoopid.  Or Brain Damage.  Not sure which.

Anyhoo.  I plan to blog about it.  I sent a letter to the powers that be at Gather begging for a corporate sponsor so I can do more training and writing rather than Donation Whoring.  Hey....if you cannot make a donation.....maybe you can help me beg the powers that be at Gather.....and 'encourage' (hee) them to sponsor me?

SO......until my goal of $2700 is reached by October 30 (three days after my 40th birthday).......

Please consider going to my race website and donating......say.....$13.10......that is a dollar for every mile and 10 cents for the tenth of a mile.

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ctx/rnrsa09/hcastillo

I am thinking of offering virtual prizes to my supporters.  No...not my support bra.

First person to donate - The 'He/she who runs with scissors' award!!!  Hallmarking my first contributor to my noble.....yet dangerous....yet silly cause.

I will post your name in my next article!!!!!!

*steps off Donation whoring platform*

SO........I told ya' about me.....HOWS YOU????  I hope you will post with an update.

In the meantime.....RUN FAT GIRL, RUN!!!!!!