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weekend wrap up.

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I am tired! I cannot be sure where the heck the weekend went, but I know it was a great one!

Things we did this weekend:

– Spent all three days doing the Couch to 5K program since we were unable to earlier in the week. Yep, that’s three days straight of running. And we LOVED it!

– Watched quite a few documentaries at home: The Business of Being Born, Killer at Large, and some others I can’t remember because I fell asleep. By the way, watching the Business of Being Born reaffirmed my beliefs of using a midwife and without any drugs… It was an incredible movie.

– Went to see the movie Salt. I liked it a lot, but it’s hard to think that anything is truly awesome after watching Inception.

– Caught up on sleep. However, I will need another catching up after tonight. I can just feel it.

That being said, I’m happy to be starting a new week at a job that I love! Other things that I am looking forward to this week:

– Routine. Yes, I am a sucker for routine.

– Yoga. Shooting for all 5 days this week!

– Having Monday night off from running.

– Starting week 6 of C25k on Tuesday! {yeah I know I just said that I’m looking forward to not running, but that’s just because my body is tired… I really am starting to enjoy it!}

So what did you do this weekend? And what are you looking forward to this week??

life just gets crazy.

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It’s true. Sometimes life just gets going out of control and you start to feel overwhelmed and all you want to do is sleep.

That’s how I’m feeling at the moment. BF and I had an awesome week last week. I’m not certain why it was particularly awesome… I mean, we didn’t do anything extraordinary, but we fell into a routine.

And I LOVE routine. No joke.

And this weekend was amazing. Again, we didn’t do anything spectacular, but it was the first weekend we’ve had in a while where we just spent time together. Granted, some of that time was forced {we were FAR too tired to do anything on Friday, thanks to BF having to work for pretty much 24-hours straight, so we were asleep by 7pm}, but it was all wonderful.

Saturday we slept in late, went for a run, took the dogs to the dog park, went to get some dinner at MetroBurger, and watched Paper Heart. It was… incredible!

Today we:
– woke up,
– fulfilled some light household duties {I definitely planned on doing more, but that didn’t happen and I’m just gonna go with it and not stress},
– went to see the Sorcerers Apprentice with our super-cheap, almost-a-steal, movie passes {aren’t things better when you feel like you’re getting an awesome deal?? YES!},
– met my parents for dinner at Yours Truly,
– and did some yummy shopping at Trader Joes.

Not a bad weekend, if I do say so myself!

Let’s hope this positivity leaks over to my Monday!

PS. Keep an eye out this week for a giveaway that will be starting!

true story tuesday.

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I am loving my new job! It’s different from the other industries I’ve been in, so I was a little nervous. But I love it and I love my co-workers.

True story.

I have not been able to sleep. Not a wink. I think it’s been the anxiety of this week.

True story.

But that hasn’t stopped me from crawling out of bed at 4:45am the last two mornings for yoga.

True story.

Yoga has kicked my boooo-tayyyy! And I’ve loved it.

True story.

I bought 4 pounds of blueberries at Whole Foods last Friday. I’m not sure why this is important, but I feel like it should be confessed.

True story.

We started week 3 of the Couch To 5k program today. And we ROCKED it.

True story.

The one and only thing I’m looking forward to right now is sleeping in this weekend and being a super lazy bum.

True story.
Baby showers are made for uncomfortable moments. Uncomfortable moments created by myself and my friends. ‘Cause we are clingy like that {that shouldn’t make sense. It’s not supposed to}.

True story.

dear monday.

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Dear Monday,

Please let my first day of work go awesomely well.

And please let this yoga class not kick my butt TOO much today. Oh, and that run after work? Can you make it easy?

And thank you for the Real Housewives of New Jersey, french fries, Starbucks, and my friends and family.

Amen.

just not the same.

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So I think I just need to talk about this and get it out there.

Ever since my knee injury in January knocked me out of commission for a few months {knocked me out of commission = no working out, no yoga, no knee bending to 90 degrees, nothing}, I have been itching to get back to my work out routine.

Those few months I felt seriously awful about the fact that I couldn’t maintain myself the same way. I mean, it’s not like I fell off the food wagon and ate like a pig or anything, but there’s something to be said about the way working out makes you feel about yourself.

Just within the last month I have been able to work out and do yoga again. But something isn’t right. Everything is a thousand times harder than previously and my body just doesn’t feel the same.

My body does not move or function the same way; I have aches and pains in places that I previously didn’t; stretches that were relatively easy, are no longer.

I’ve heard that this happens to women, but I’ve mostly heard about it happening post-baby.

Has anyone else out there experienced something similar?

And if so, is it crazy that I am, emotionally, feeling just awful because of it?

{ why I’m this way }

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I’m not gonna lie. I have been majorly down lately.

I’ve noticed. BF’s noticed. You’ve noticed.

So first and foremost I want to thank you all for being so supportive of me lately. It has not gone unnoticed.

I also wanted to fill you all in on what has been raining on my parade.

First, I was sick pretty much the entire month of January. Then I took a pretty nasty fall in the parking lot & work in February and tore my knee up. I’ve been doing physical therapy 3 times a week, seeing another doctor once a week, and my knee has gotten worse.

On top of that, my knee injury is causing some serious sleep deprivation. The aches & pains are keeping me awake pretty much all night long. Take note that Rachel on 1-2 hours of sleep = crying, crabby, angry, hot mess.

& this workout-a-holic has not been able to hit the gym at all. The injury + sleep deprivation = no workouts for me = no endorphins released = UGH.

Plus BF & I haven’t seen each other in 3 weeks. That’s the longest we’ve gone without a visit, but we won’t be seeing each other until next weekend = 4 weeks = Double UGH.

It’s really not like me at all to be so, well, depressed. I’m generally a very happy-go-lucky person. I know it’s temporary, but it’s definitely been a difficult road for me lately. Not asking for your pity, just saying thanks for being there for me y’all!! So thank you for putting up with my crabbiness and my emotional-mess-ness. I appreciate YOU! 🙂