News from the last few days! Sadly my aunt went back home on thursday, but on the plus side the tv we sent arrived on the same day, and it works perfectly. My uncle said we did a fantastic job at packing it, there wasn't a scratch on it. I instructed my cousins on which cable to buy (a simple HDMI one), and then I'll tell them how to connect the ( Read more... )

This week I had a few very busy days, with all new ways for real life to remind me of its ugliness. Plus Sakura came out with a dermatitis, not exactly 'ugly' per se, but very annoying. Try and keep a cat from scratching herself, I dare you. And then on wednesday we had a wonderful summer day, sunny and with a fresh breeze, a clear sky so blue it ( Read more... )

Real life entry, and it's going great! On monday I went back to the gym (had to skip September because of my foot), and this time Tati enrolled with me. So now we have lessons together twice a week, and we stand next to each other and it's amazing! Today the teacher chose a Best of 80s cd, and it was so hard not to burst into song every five ( Read more... )

I just came back from the funniest gym session ever ( Read more... )

Highlights from the last few days! I went back to the gym after the flu-induced break, and I managed to do all the exercises without taking any breaks. Go lungs. My muscles are all sore today, especially the back, but I have another session this evening, that'll help ( Read more... )

Getting ready for the gym! I haven't been there in nearly two months, it's going to be fun. I'll probably collapse on the floor five minutes in, but what the hell, it was time to go back! And I missed everyone there too. Not to mention I'm ridiculously out of shape, I get out of breath walking up the stairs to my door, this is unacceptable ( Read more... )

I'm feeling like doing my best Mushu impersonation, I'm aliiiiiveeeeee! I spent the weekend slowly reintegrating vegetables and dairy products into my diet. Yesterday I decided I wanted to bake something, but ended up making my favourite dessert, which is a cold one, no ovens involved. I call it Dolce Turco (Turkish Dessert), because my mom is from ( Read more... )

I'm really loving this new gym instructor. She's very strict, and makes us work very hard, but I feel healthier and stronger than ever, and she has great taste in music. Yesterday she had us working out to a mix cd with all these classics, samba, mambo, a few Santana hits, and Guns'n'Roses to top it all. Everytime a new song started, we all squeed ( Read more... )

I got an announcement to make, thanks to the wonderful harriet_yuuko, on March 15th next year I'm going to a Mumford & Sons concert!!! Because she's awesome like that and checks the band's website for tour dates. It'll be in Florence, which is great because I've never been there, only drove through it once, and that's unacceptable, I know. :D ( Read more... )

My fourth year at the gym officially started tonight, and it was a success! We have a new instructor, she'll stay with us the whole year, and she's adorable. Very sweet, with a wonderful smile, and she kept a nice relaxed pace the whole time, even stopping when a friend of mine got a bit light-headed and had to sit down. I had a bottle of sugary ( Read more... )