13.1

I was driving behind a minivan the other day that was rockin’ a 13.1 bumper sticker.  I was suddenly overcome with awe–and desire to someday be that cool to have earned such a number.  The sad thing is that I hate to run.  This will not change and no half-marathon is foreseeable in my future.  But I found myself wishing that there was somehow a sticker of equal value for acing out Jillian Micheals’s 30-Day Shred or something.  But there’s not…and there really shouldn’t be.  The thing is, training for and actually running a race is a huge progressive accomplishment that earns its own special kind of honor–and bumper sticker.  So I bow to–and humbly envy–all you awesome moms slammin’ out the minivan lifestyle and running marathons on the side.  Go you!

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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