So enough about my quarter life crisis! My list is going
well. Im starting to run… slowly. It’s really more of a slow jogging that I am
doing. But I have to start somewhere (that’s what I keep telling myself at
least!) Now if I could just eat better!! Honestly I need to work on one thing
at a time. If I start my workout schedule AND deprive myself of junk food… I
would go crazy and *poof* motivation gone. Because guess what… I run to eat!! J I tell myself if I run
up that hill… ice cream. If I run more than I planned on… ice cream. See where
Im going with this??? I. LOVE. ICE. CREAM. And in Texas it is always warm (not
that winter ever stopped me from eating ice cream) so its even better. I also
bribe myself with the pool. If I don’t at least run 2.5 a run, I don’t get to
cannonball into the pool with all of my clothes on. It’s a fierce motivator.
Speaking of jumping in pools…. That is the one thing that I
like about Texas. (I know… I usually just make fun of this insane state!) I
love that I can jump in the pool at night. In NY, during the 3 weeks that a
pool is usable, as soon as the sun went down it was insane to go swimming. Who
wants to go into a 69 degree pool when its 70 degrees out without a sun to warm
you up when you get out? Here the pool is like 75-80 and its still 90 out at
9pm. I like it. And I think I have lost my pool “toughness”. If it was 65 at
home… jump in! Now… I like it when it’s in the 70’s. J Texas is making me weak… ha
See this picture below?? See anything "wrong" about it???
I'll give you a moment....
Notice that the bag says "earth day"??? Notice how instead of an earth.. the state of TEXAS is on the bag?? No globe... just Texas. (photo courtesy of Crystal letting me take a picture of her bag)
So I learned some things this week.
1.
So who knew that heavy cream could become a
solid? It had been in the fridge, opened, since May 5th. Yeah… it
looked like tofu. That’s how tan and solid it becomes after festering in the
fridge for over a month. Watson came over to sniff and jumped fast SO fast you
would have though he got shocked with electricity. Pretty certain that we were
both gagging.
2.
You need to be aware of your surroundings before
breaking into a dance party. Alone would be ideal. Not while you are walking
back from your run where people can see you awkwardly convulsing.
3.
You will see people on your morning run. Just
because I avoid being out of bed before 6:30am, doesn’t mean that the world
isn’t awake and out and about at that time. So when you get dressed and decide that its ok
that you wear see-through bright yellow shorts with really cute teal underwear,
a hot pink sports bra and a bright blue tank top because hey… no one will see
you… its FALSE. People will see you, including the cutest OLD man ever to walk
on this planet.
The conversation went like this:
COM(Cute Old Man)- “Did you get up this
early to run??”
Me- “Ha yes I did… Not sure what I was
thinking!”
COM- “Good for you!”
Pause….
COM- “I like you….. because you don’t
match.”
Me- ….. stare and laughing “Yeah… kinda got
dressed in the dark this morning”
COM- “You could always turn on a light… but
I think it’s a nice bright outfit.”
And cute old man shuffles away…. And Im
just left on the sidewalk. speechless. That somehow is my life. Its never
boring J
4.
Before you blare music into your eardrums.. make
sure that people around you can’t hear it. Especially when said song is Gold
Digger. The explicit version. (don’t ask…) Thankfully my row is cool.
5.
I can’t hop fences. Yes I tried it. Yes it was
this week. And no I was stealing/trespassing or breaking in. I was trying to
break out. The ranch butts up to the local high school and the gates for the
soccer fields were WIDE open. Complete with goals and everything. I was dying
to get on the field... enough that I attempted a fence climb. There was
convenient hole under the fence that was a perfect for my soccer ball. That was
the only part that went well. I ended up dirty and bleeding (yes I bled. I
scrapped my arm) and still on the wrong side of the fence. If anyone ever wants
a fence hopped… don’t ask me. (in my defense the fence and my cleats were
really wet from the rain.)
6.
Working from home is going to be hard.
Seriously. I went without seeing a human from Tuesday night til Thursday night
when I walked with my aunt. I talked to my cat. Yes…. True statement. Its
really odd to work from home that much. Really weird. BUT I get to run in the
morning and I feel GREAT after! Im so awake and ready for the day. Its just the
getting out of bed early that kills me. Ill admit it… almost didn’t happen on
Thursday. Its just so easy to NOT get up!
7.
Im not good at sharing. That’s a horrible thing
to say, but its true. I don’t mind sharing food… most of the time. I don’t like
sharing my cube though. And my drawers. I had to clean out half of everything.
See the before and after L
I got the cutest email yesterday
from my sister. Who else thinks that this is the BEST email attachment ever??
The Women’s World Cup…. I love it.
I love soccer. And I love the women’s team. This Cup has been great for
American soccer and, almost more importantly, the women’s game. It has sparked
a lot of important conversations.
1.
The turf. Yes… you are all rolling your eyes
right now. Its been over talked about, and too many excuses have already been
made. But the bottom line… the Men’s tournament has never and will never be
played on turf. Yes, it was in proposal made by Canada… but when a company
offers to install grass in all of the stadiums FOR NO COST and FIFA still
denies the request… that’s bad. To me its not a “the ball will roll/bounce
differently” or the “hard on the bodies” issue. It’s an equality issue.
2.
Seth Blatter’s comments along the lines of
“maybe women should wear shorter/tighter outfits for more people should watch”
has been made again… this time by a Brazilian. http://thebiglead.com/2015/06/16/brazil-official-credits-make-up-and-shorter-shorts-for-womens-soccer-popularity/
The backlash to these comments are
important and encouraging.
3.
Not an important conversation but… I do love
that the Women’s team is more successful than the men’s
Watson's 1st birthday is June 30th... I'll do something to celebrate with him!
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