Day 996

Exercise is the solution to many of life's problems.

Day 992

I have to start working out again.  The lack of blood pumping, muscle exercising goodness is making my body go through withdrawal!  I don't like being this blah lump of girl.  Working on a plan!

Day 891

It drives me nuts that we never know if our fitness trainer is going to stay or go.  They won't just renew is contract for a year; it's up for renewal every 5 or 10 weeks.  Ridiculous!  Everyone loves it and he's great to us ... seems like a no brainer.

Day 885

It was ROUGH working all day then immediately rushing to church for the second night of the festival.  Thankfully, my "second wind" kicked in and I was able to go-go-go all night!

Day 879

Today, I led a group of 15 people on my second trip!  We headed to Cincinnati for the Reds vs. Cubs game preceded by a tour of the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum.  It was a long day, but a beautiful one. We could not have asked for better seats (shaded!) or weather (gorgeous!).

Day 853

Working out sucks so bad when I'm in the middle of it, but makes me feel so much better when it's done.  Ahh...

Day 842

I like that I craaaave healthy food after working out.  Pretty neat, huh?

Day 821

Did two workout sessions tonight, and felt the pain + sweat.  Uhnnnn.  I bet you wanna hug me right now, don'tcha? ;)

Day 726

When it comes to dating, I feel conflicted.  I feel like, for me at least, it's a constant struggle: fun, feminine, nice, and sweet versus some sort of independent warrior princess who has to act like she doesn't need a man, can do it all on her own, all without breaking a sweat.  Which one is it?  The first gets me ... nowhere, really.  It just makes me a nice person who has time to bake and smile a lot.  The other makes me out to be some sort of intimidating person who acts like she doesn't need a man, so I'm somehow uninteresting.  It's all very confusing, to be honest.  I'm guessing in 50 years it'll all make sense, and I'm pretty sure I'm over-thinking it all.  I just have trouble letting it all go since I'd like to be married and potentially have a family sometime in the next decade.  Yes, I know, God has a plan for me.  Impatience gets the best of me ... more often than I'd like to admit.  Rant over, now back to your local programming...

P.S. I'm looking forward to working out tomorrow.  I know, what parallel universe have we entered into? :)

Day 721

A few comments about today...

• Having someone walk in and just flip out on you for no reason apparently leaves my face red and me almost in tears.  I didn't know how to react!  It really felt like she was a women off of her meds.  Scary!
• I love going out to dinner with friends.  One. Three. Twenty.  Doesn't matter!
• Apparently, I know how to find the gay guys, but they're disguised as the guys I'm attracted to.  Lame x 10.  Seriously annoying. 
• I went on a 10 minute date with a guy named Ryan.  I spun the "Wheel of Men" and got the cutest guy.  Yay for me.  He was back on the wheel 20 minutes later to go on another "date," so I'm not getting too excited about it all.  
• The thunder is so loud around my house that the glasses in the cabinet are rattling.  Per the "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, ....) rule, it's still 5+ miles away.  
• The Hoosiers need to kick it up a notch in the second half!
• It's been a very strange day, but not necessarily bad.  Positive note: I'm really excited I get to sleep soon and that it's the weeeeeeeeeeekend! :)  

Day 685

I <3 group exercise.  Woot woot!

Day 674

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IN INDY!!!!

We tried 7 or 8 new wines and cheeses to pair with them last night.  I feel so sophisticated. :)

Day 672 - Our Super Bowl Village Saga

Tonight, I went to Super Bowl Village with Bridget, Dan, and Jim.  We had dinner at the City Market, which was busy, but not crowded.  After finishing our tasty meal, we headed to Monument Circle to get the necessary photos with the GIANT Super Bowl Roman numerals.  While heading to Georgia Street (the epicenter of action), we ran into Jim's brother and then found his sister, too.  How fun!  After making it to Georgia Street, the boys had to make a pit stop.  Bridget and I were going to meet them under a sign to give them a marker of where we'd be, but had to move since things were getting really, really crowded.  Then we lost them.  The cell phone towers were overloaded, so you couldn't make calls.  It was insane!  So, Bridget and I did our own thing.  We headed down to St. John's to see what they were doing there.  We chatted with Fr. Rick and saw the cut outs of the nun, priest, and Pope that you could put your face in for a photo.  We saw the zipline in action, then headed toward the Verizon stage to see LMFAO.  Then, things started getting crazy.  We ran into friends Jon and Stephen, then moved forward to try and get closer to the Verizon stage for the LMFAO concert that was starting.  It was like being born again - we were so slammed up against each other!  Thank goodness BK and I don't care about personal space or holding hands to stay together.  We'd have lost each other for sure, which would have sent both of us into a state of panic.  I'm happy to say that even after another big attempt to meet up with the boys (and failing), we both made it out alive.  Victory!

Day 671

After my group exercise class entitled "Heavy Legs" I'm left feeling like I'm walking with rubbery, wet noodles.  It's weird!  Going Downtown tomorrow to experience Super Bowl Village ... everyone says it's a "must see."  We'll see...

(I took this from my car on Saturday!)

Day 646

Going shopping then on a walk/hike with Bridget!