December 20th : Picture this!

Picture this, my big issue with today's glamorous photo op was that I looked like an ogre, and

NOT that my skin was all kinds of red and ridiculous.

I made my husband double take my head on shot because I'm not in the business of embarrassing myself.

Unless you consider the previous 6 weeks of pimple nasty head shots and close ups I've already taken.

Exhibit A second from the bottom.

Retake very bottom.

Might look the same to you. That's all the same to me. I just prefer not to look like the larger, goofier castmate in the Goonies.

I galloped my way through a 11 mile run this morning. Or maybe trotted... the Accutane related muscle and joint pain that pulses through my legs on a run is becoming a bit more normal to me.

So I'm learning to handle it. Stretching every 2 miles, taking it easy when I need to.

The pain literally stops me in my tracks, and my once 9:00 mile is now officially an 11:30 mile.

If you're a runner, you know that translates to "I'm in amazing shape... oh, wait..I'm a big hot mess".

That all happened in the past 3 weeks. Basically since I've upped my doseage to 80mg a day.

I'm also back from a Sugary Caffeine and Gossip party. Otherwise disguised as a cookie party. The perfect excuse for women to get together and insure that their waistlines will indeed get larger this Holiday Season.

I'm less worried about fitting into my spandex running pants and more worried about a massive post sugar-high breakout.

So I only ate 6 cookies last night. Is that a problem?

AND in keeping with the low sugar decaf, alcohol free promise I made myself days ago I only had one Strawberry Rita this weekend, and 2 cups of 1/2 CAFF Coffee.