keeping on
i'm pretty tuckered out. since the gym opened, i've gone every single day (except one, when i walked schroeder instead). gavin's work is running a step challenge, which has been going since the beginning of june, and it ends tomorrow. i'm super ready for it to be over, so i can tone it down just a little bit. they have some big prizes up for grabs for anyone who finishes the whole program, so that's why i'm still trucking away. i usually do the gym for a full hour every morning, and gavin and i have been doing yoga together every wednesday and saturday as well, so it's getting to be just a bit too much. i really like going and it's a great part of my routine now, but a day or two off once in a while would be nice, i think. i feel in the best shape of my life, though, so that's a major positive. i like the treadmill on the regular for cardio - i'm not a huge runner, so i usually just walk but put a decent incline on the treadmill and walk quickly, so i can burn a lot of calories. i ran a mile at the gym last weekend for the first time in years, and i ran it in 11:30. it's not as fast as i'd like (aiming for 10:00 flat) but it's better than i've been able to do in a long time! and then yoga two days a week is great for toning up my muscles. me and gavin are in an intermediate class, so it's pretty hard, and she turns the heat to 80, so i sweat like a freaking pig the whole time. always feel really good when i finish though!
i booked plane tickets for me and finn for the end of august to fly back to virginia, and my mom is coming with us to visit jaime. finn has been asking to visit his cousin stephen for months, so i finally caved in and we're going to do it. i know he's going to have a great time, and that makes me happy. i'm looking forward to it, too. we got our plane tickets almost free, because we had three vouchers from our hellish experience in barcelona after the cruise, so at least something good came out of the whole thing!
big news on the horizon, maybe in two weeks or so. things have been dragging on forever, but i think we're almost there. and no, there is not going to be another baby!
my favorite time of year is approaching - i'm really sick of summer. it's been too hot and we haven't been getting out to do all that much. but once september is here, we can get back to going to the zoo all the time, and maybe some hiking, and take finn to santa's workshop. my birthday will be here, fantasy football will be here, then finn's birthday and halloween and thanksgiving and christmas! from fall to the end of the year is just my absolute favorite. i can't wait to get back into the swing of it all, and we have a lot of stuff coming up that's making me happy and excited.
oh, we bought a new bed frame, finally. our old one broke at least 1.5 years ago, and we've just had our mattresses on the floor. looked like we lived in a frat house. so we got a gorgeous new bed frame and i got some really nice bed linens, and i am IN LOVE with the bed now. it's as comfy as a hotel bed, but it's mine! finn has actually been sleeping in his own bed for the past week, so times are changing, i guess.
gavin's parents drove us thursday afternoon and picked up finn for a fun overnight visit, so me and gavin went out on a date. we did dinner at the white chocolate grill, which is SO GOOD. the regular food is delicious, but the desserts are freaking amazing. we shared a white chocolate brownie, and it was divine. then we drove back to southlands and saw a movie. the movie theater is super nice, and i got some wine and gavin got a beer, and it was really nice. such a fun date night on a thursday evening, and then i got to bum it all day friday until we met up with the mulligans for dinner to get him back.
yoga was brutal this morning, so i'm worn out now and i'm going to be a bum for most of the day!
i booked plane tickets for me and finn for the end of august to fly back to virginia, and my mom is coming with us to visit jaime. finn has been asking to visit his cousin stephen for months, so i finally caved in and we're going to do it. i know he's going to have a great time, and that makes me happy. i'm looking forward to it, too. we got our plane tickets almost free, because we had three vouchers from our hellish experience in barcelona after the cruise, so at least something good came out of the whole thing!
big news on the horizon, maybe in two weeks or so. things have been dragging on forever, but i think we're almost there. and no, there is not going to be another baby!
my favorite time of year is approaching - i'm really sick of summer. it's been too hot and we haven't been getting out to do all that much. but once september is here, we can get back to going to the zoo all the time, and maybe some hiking, and take finn to santa's workshop. my birthday will be here, fantasy football will be here, then finn's birthday and halloween and thanksgiving and christmas! from fall to the end of the year is just my absolute favorite. i can't wait to get back into the swing of it all, and we have a lot of stuff coming up that's making me happy and excited.
oh, we bought a new bed frame, finally. our old one broke at least 1.5 years ago, and we've just had our mattresses on the floor. looked like we lived in a frat house. so we got a gorgeous new bed frame and i got some really nice bed linens, and i am IN LOVE with the bed now. it's as comfy as a hotel bed, but it's mine! finn has actually been sleeping in his own bed for the past week, so times are changing, i guess.
gavin's parents drove us thursday afternoon and picked up finn for a fun overnight visit, so me and gavin went out on a date. we did dinner at the white chocolate grill, which is SO GOOD. the regular food is delicious, but the desserts are freaking amazing. we shared a white chocolate brownie, and it was divine. then we drove back to southlands and saw a movie. the movie theater is super nice, and i got some wine and gavin got a beer, and it was really nice. such a fun date night on a thursday evening, and then i got to bum it all day friday until we met up with the mulligans for dinner to get him back.
yoga was brutal this morning, so i'm worn out now and i'm going to be a bum for most of the day!