I went to bed with a headache on Monday night and woke up yesterday with a migraine, which always makes me super nauseated. I haven't had one in a long time, though, so it kind of took me by surprise. I choked down a couple Advil and half a glass of water and fell back asleep until early afternoon. I decided to take it pretty easy the rest of they day and stayed in bed, just answering some emails, sipping on coffee, and watching episodes of Gilmore Girls. I didn't feel guilty about it once, which is sometimes just the best feeling.

Rob and I have started running regularly this week in preparation for our annual Thanksgiving 5K race in Roanoke. I get a little slower every year and my goal is to just finish under 30 minutes and the ever-cliche just have fun. I was on the phone with my friend Shawna the other day while she was taking a break from a long run and we talked about how hard it is to run more than three or four miles anymore. We still love it, though, so we keep doing it. I hope I continue to run forever.

I said "I love Charlotte" for the first time this week. And I think I meant it.

Six months and two wonderful days ago I married Rob, and I'm wondering where time is going in such a hurry. We're headed to Roanoke this weekend to celebrate our godson's first birthday and I have a feeling the holidays will be here before we know it. I'm trying to hard to just live in the moment, but it's much easier said than done. There's a lot going on in my life right now and it can really be a challenge to take it one day at a time. But I do my best.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

--F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

What's your Myers-Briggs type?

I'm very much an INFJ- (that's introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging). I'm fine in social situations and even like them most of the time, but I'm truly an introvert at heart. I like to think that I'm creative as well as super perceptive, and when making decisions I absolutely rely on my personal thoughts and/or feelings over any sort of objective information, which is sometimes super frustrating for my incredibly logical (ENTJ) husband.

I love reading and learning about personality types, but my favorite Myers-Briggs related thing is this chart where you can find out which character from Harry Potter your personality type is most like. 

Describe your dream breakfast.

Modern Times Cafe in Minneapolis serves some of the most amazing breakfast I've ever had--and it's between their Croque John Paul with gluten-free bread and this special they offered sometimes that included eggs, black beans, corn tortillas, chorizo, fried plantains, and the most delicious avocado-cilantro sauce. Less specifically, though, my dream breakfast includes a latte followed by a Bloody Mary, Eggs Benedict, and super crunchy hash-browns.

In no particular order, what are three of your pet peeves?

When people use the word "anniversary" for anything that has been happening for less than a year, for example a "three month anniversary;" the absolute chaos that ensues when you order a burger or some barbecue without a bun anywhere in North Carolina; and when you put your blinker on and someone in the next lane deliberately refuses to let you merge.

What is your favorite show right now?

After vaguely being aware that there was hype around a show called "Parenthood" (and running out of Modern Family episodes), Rob and I decided to see what the fuss was about and are currently deep into life with the Bravermans. It's beautiful and funny and just really good. I'm extremely attached already.

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Your turn! I want to know your answers--leave them in the comments! And if you have a question you'd like me to include next time, I want to hear that, too. Thanks for playing along!

It was fall of my junior year and my roommates and I had made a conscious decision to take Halloween really seriously. We talked about our costumes and made plans and spent hours at the gym because it was college and the plans and costumes involved crop tops and short skirts.

2008 was the year of Lady Gaga, and we must have listened to "Just Dance" eight times while we got ready. Raquel was a baseball player, I was a sailor, and Michele was, well, Lady Gaga. We headed to a high school friend's dorm suite at Hampden-Sydney, where there was a good mix of friends old and new; and one of those coolers with a spout, full of something we all still refer to fondly as "Black Drank."

He was friendly, but quiet, and at first I didn't realize that he was tall because he was already seated when we arrived. I took the empty seat next to him and barely even remember our first words to one another. I'm sure I forgot his name immediately, because I'm horrible with names, but I do remember proudly (and oddly) boasting that I knew exactly what cologne he was wearing. Aqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani remains one of my favorite scents to this day.

We began a natural but cautious friendship before realizing a few months later that we were dating. Life with Rob felt magical because I never knew him and then, suddenly, I met him and in the very best way, it felt as though he had always been there.

Amid the Halloween chaos of Black Drank and endless games of Quarters, someone snapped a photo of me and my husband from across the table.

Happy Halloween.