I'm a 41 year-old police detective.

Over the past 10 years, I've let myself get overweight. Tired. Lazy. Unattractive. Boring.

It was easy--I had an excuse. I went back to school in 2002 and worked my way through a Master's degree from the University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude. Mostly, I carried a full-time course load in addition to my full-time job. And homicide callouts. And court overtime. And instructing at the police academy. You get it. I'm a Type A personality.

While I was busy perusing book after book and researching paper after paper, my ass got bigger and bigger. My pants size grew larger and larger. Meh...I'll fix that later. Well, guess what?

Later.....is NOW.

And, it's a hell of a lot easier putting the weight on than taking it off. Anyone who had gained and lost more than 20 pounds will tell you the same.

This is my journey to lose 35 pounds and compete in the closest thing to the Olympic Games offered in amateur sports. The 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York City.

I have 5 months to lose the weight and train my body to compete against elite athletes from around the globe. I've seen the records and they're no joke. I'll have to swim faster than I did when I was 14 or 15 and broke county records in Maryland back in the 80's.

No luck necessary. I'm getting my fat ass into the pool.

Friday, March 13, 2009

The search continues



Satsuma, Florida:  On February 9, 2009, 5 year-old Haleigh Cummings disappeared from her home in the middle of the night without a trace.  Time and again, Misty Croslin, the 17-year old girlfriend of father Ronald Cummings, has changed her story about where the child was sleeping just prior to her disappearance.  Misty's recount of the supposed abduction states that she woke up to use the restroom and in the two minutes she was away, Haleigh was snatched from her bed by an unknown assailant.  Now, Ronald and Misty have tied the knot, effectively circumventing any possibility of testimony against one-another via spousal exclusion.  

I've contemplated Misty's outright complacence since the start of this investigation and now I'm predicting a bombshell.  I have my doubts about the well-being of this child, which is catastrophic in itself, along with my gut feeling that Misty knows exactly where she is and what happened.  

We may never know the whole story.  It is my sincere hope that Haleigh is located and safely returned home.  
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