Long Time No Talk

Hey there everyone! I've been a little MIA waiting for this lovely thing to show up on my doorstep.

New laptop!!! I've been without a laptop for almost a year because my old one decided to stop charging and the cost to fix it would have been about the same as a new laptop. My dad and mom are super awesome parents to buy this for me.

Not much has happened while I've been gone. I haven't officially started coaching cheer yet, but we had tryouts the last 2 weeks and I'm super excited for this upcoming year.

I still haven't gone to the gym which makes me feel extremely guilty. I really need to get my butt back over there and I'm hoping I can finally start sticking to a schedule rather than blowing stuff off and just sitting around my house. Yes I agree sometimes you just need downtime, but I can't honestly remember the last time I went to the gym and since I'm paying for it I may as well get a move on. Not to mention I'm going to be doing a bunch of strength training with the cheerleaders and who wants to take fitness advice from someone who doesn't workout?

I'm not really excited for tomorrow considering my weekend was pretty awesome (who likes Mondays anyway?). Saturday Cody and I relaxed around the house watching t.v. and then I went out with a couple girlfriends. Now that I have my own laptop I can finally indulge myself and watch Gossip Girl at my house rather than hijacking Cody's laptop.

Sunday I had a wonderful breakfast of croissants and strawberries, I felt like I should be drinking a mimosa ha! We mostly watching t.v., but I did convince Cody to go out and play frisbee with me considering it was a beautiful day. Unfortunately it was windy and playing frisbee ending up being more about running after the frisbee after it veered off course rather than successfully playing. Not to mention I got super warm and I just got over a sunburn and didn't want to risk it again. I got to spend a good amount of time in Home Depot hunting up garden stakes for my tomato plans. Apparently they enjoy hiding stuff and it took me 30 minutes to find them. I get to spend the rest of my night watching Gossip Girl and catching up on stuff on the internet now that I have my own computer :)

Have a good week everyone!

Where Have I Been?

Hello there strangers! It's been a week since I last blogged, though it feels like forever! I've been super busy with cheerleading that I haven't had time to sit down and write something. In all honesty I don't have much to say since I've basically been working, going to cheer practices, and sleeping. Exciting right? I haven't even been to the gym yet....whoops!

Cheer has been really fun and it definitely brings back some old memories. It's very nostalgic watching them do jumps and motions and such and I want to jump back in and start doing stuff again. I miss it a bunch and I'm really glad to be back so I can coach girls. I haven't been around high school girls in a long time and my head was definitely aching with all the chit chat. Next week I get to find out who will be on my team and I'm really excited :)

While I've been having fun at cheer practices I've been neglecting the gym. I honestly can't tell you the last time I went which sounds really horrible. I'm trying to work out my new schedule now and haven't quite gotten the energy to go to the gym. I'm hoping next week I can squeeze some gym time in.

Can I also say how super stoked I am it's Friday?! This week dragged and dragged! Usually I don't want to come in to work and just think, "Man work sucks, I don't want to be here," but this week I've actively thought of how I could skip work. That's how much I don't want to be here, but it's the last day of the week and then I'm free! Cody is taking me on a date tonight and I have no clue where we're going to dinner which will be really fun. It's also supposed to be super nice this weekend so maybe I'll get in some beach time (and hopefully not get burned like I did last weekend).

Have a great weekend!

It's Friday!

This week made me feel like I've been through a really long, grueling battle. Was I the only one who felt like the week was twice as long? Work hasn't been that wonderful, but when has it ever? In a nutshell, my week hasn't been great...at all. But the weekend starts at the end of my workday and then it's time to relax!

Tonight Cody and I are getting a pizza and continuing our X-Men marathon and then I'm sleeping...a lot.

This weekend also starts the cheer season for me so I'm getting prepared for that. I've been really excited to get involved with cheer again and I'm especially excited to coach a team again (cackles madly). But seriously, I really enjoy teaching these girls stuff, which partially allows me to do some of my old cheer stuff, and watching them succeed. It's a really great feeling :)

Now I'm just going to spend the rest of my workday staring at my clock and willing it to move a lot faster than it does.

And this is me at the end of the work day

Any fun weekend plans?

An Impromptu Race

My mom had a training session with her trainer yesterday and I was going to go along and do a legs and arms workout until she was done. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling that great and was still pretty sore from my first day back after a 2 or 3 week (it's been so long I can't remember) hiatus. So instead of working on my muscles I was going to just take it slow on the bike. Well apparently I can't hop on a bike without going super crazy fast so "taking it slow" didn't happen. This guy came in and got on the bike next to me, but I didn't bother looking over--I was too busy rocking out to my music from my iPhone. Whenever I hope on equipment next to someone I tend to sneak a peek once at what the person is doing next to me; I don't want to seem like that creeper staring at everyone in the gym. This guy took a look at the screen of my bike and started peddling, eventually I noticed the guy would start slowing down and then sneak a peek at my screen and quickly start speeding up. I guess we were racing? I have no idea, but I stoically sat there on my bike and tried to not notice the guy racing next to me. I spent 20 something minutes on the bike and then hopped off to go find my mom. Feel proud random bike dude, you won this round.

WIAW: A Healthy Day

Wednesday and you know what that means!

What I Ate Wednesday with Jenn @ Peas&Crayons!!

Breakfast:

Pomegranate & Blueberry cereal from TJs

Cottage cheese

Lunch:

PB&J sandwich

Carrots

Lots and lots of water

Snack:

Multigrain pita crackers with garlic hummus

Pre-workout Snack:

Cherry Pie Larabar

Dinner:

Chicken breast, brown rice, raw green beans, & more water

Dessert:

Whole wheat oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

I promise I only had 1 not 3!

I finally made it to the gym as well so I can actually post it!

Workout:

5 minute warmup on the treadmill at 5.0 speed

Bosuball elbow to knee crunch- 20 each side X 2

Bosuball roll to pop w/ 6# medicine ball- 20 each side X 2

Stability ball scorpion- 15 each side X 2

Stability ball leg raise- 20 X 2

Stability ball elbow plank- alphabet X 2

Crazy Ivans w/ 6# medicine ball- 20 X 2

Russian Twists w/ 6# medicine ball- 20 X 2

Decline situp with bosuball support & 6# med ball- 20 X 2

Decline situp with bosuball & 6# med ball twist- 20 X 2

Oblique twist with 6# med ball- 20 each side X 2

Despite how insane everything looks down on paper I didn't feel like my workout was challenging enough. What I mean by that is I don't really feel a burn like a usually do. I didn't work as hard because I've been still trying to kick this cold to the curb. But realistically it's because I haven't been to the gym in I don't even remember how long and I wasn't as strong as I used to be. I'll be going back more often now.

I'm also really excited because cheer starts next week and I can't wait to start coaching my new team. I spent the day coming up with workouts for my girls and I can guarantee none of them are going to like me after the first day haha!

Any yummy eats this week?

Do you find it hard to start working out after you've taken time off?

The Problem with Mondays

It's Tuesday! I actually survived Monday and I was damn sure I wouldn't make it through the day. It was one problem after another and I just couldn't get out of my Monday funk.

The other day I posted about registering for classes for my summer semester. I likened it to preparing for battle....and I lost. Apparently I'm not considered a continuing student because I took some time off of school for financial and other stupid reasons, and thus couldn't register the first day. No problem if my classes weren't so high demand, but 3 hours after registration had opened one of my classes had 3 seats left and I can't register for over a week. Guess who's more than likely not getting summer classes. To top that off I found out I can't register for classes for the fall semester until 2 weeks after registration opens. My classes are all high demand classes...it's going to really be a battle for registration.

I've been getting over the cold that had me down for a couple weeks, but I'd still got the sniffly nose. Unfortunately that meant my nose was on FIRE yesterday and I felt like I had rubbed sandpaper all over my nose. I sincerely looked like Rudolph.

 My boss tried to send me home a couple times to try and save money, but I had to keep reminding her, it's a sniffly nose and I'll live. By the third time I was about ready to say some nasty things to her, but thankfully it was time to leave. I practically danced out of the office and I was given the good news that my boss wouldn't be in today. It's like Christmas!

Thankfully things got better after I left my office, especially when Cody read my mind and had me meet him at his job for dinner. Nothing like some good fries and tartar sauce for dinner...sounds a little weird, I know, but try it, it's delicious. And now that it's Tuesday it seems the bad luck of Monday has passed and I get to enjoy the sunny weather indoors. Whoo!

Any bad Monday stories?

Homemade Granola

I've been posting about my homemade granola for quite awhile now and I always promise to post the recipe and I never do, but I'm finally buckling down to write it out for you.

The 3 ingredients

Cinnamon covered oats...yum!

Smells so delicious

How it looks when everything is combined

Pre-baking

The final product

Homemade granola

Yields about 3 cups

3 cups old-fashioned oats

1/3 cup pure maple syrup

1 teaspoon of cinnamon, or to your taste

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

2. Pour oats into a medium bowl, sprinkle cinnamon over the oats

3. Add maple syrup and stir until oats are moist

3. Spread evenly on a sheet pan and bake for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through.

4. Let cool and enjoy!

Super easy, but really delicious and crunchy.