Quickie

Quick post this AM…

7am express workout: done

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About to hit the trails with Layla. She will most likely be pulling me along… My legs are on fire and I’m not sure that an handle any hills today. We will soon found out.

This afternoon, I’m headed downtown to meet up with my co-instructor to do a run-through of our first class next week.

OH.AND.GUESS.WHAT.

I will also be teaching a Tuesday night bootcamp. Do you hear that, Canadian readers? Want your butt kicked? Signed up for this class!

I can’t wait to take all my killer moves and routines and incorporate them outside. With hills. Seriously, Jen= giddy with evil excitement 🙂

Anyone else happy on this beautiful Friday?

Today I…

Today, I went for a walk with Layla.

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I ate tons of almond butter

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I took a picture of a random house

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And of my crazy post-workout hair

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I ran up a really steep hill and felt like this

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I got the table runner my mom made us in the mail

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And ate a plate of veggies

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I also officially added eye cream to my daily beauty regime (sigh)
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Now, I’m wearing a Vikings sweatshirt (Tyler is their only fan)

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…And waiting till I have to pee bad enough to get me off this couch and into bed.

Adios!

Fiesta!

I still can’t believe the drastic weather change. Just yesterday, I was lounging on the front deck with Layla

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The tulips were a-bloomin’

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And we went for a long, sunny walk

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(apparently Layla misplaced her ears in these photos)

And of course, she rolled

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A summery dinner of burgers and corn on the Barbie were consumed (I had a flaxseed bun. Yumm)

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Now, today… Ugh. Such barfy weather. But I rallied and had a nice bfast of Quaker Oatmeal Squares w/sliced banana and almond milk.

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2 hours and a finished book later, Tyler woke up. We picked up some Starbucks then headed off to Costco.

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We picked up a ton of essentials and a ton of cinco de mayo necessities. Now we’re back home, finished prepping the guac and other dips, and chilling the Margie mix.

I have a 60 min cardio/strength session planned here at home, then it’s time to get our fiesta on!

How’s everyone else celebrating?!

May 5th in Canada

Hi everyone. Can you tell I am less than enthused? Well, I am. Why? Because I went to bed last night with dreams of guacamole and sombreros and ungodly amounts of cheese and beer and tequila- and then I woke up………and saw this:

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May 5th, you guys. Mark that down in your calendar as “it still snows in the land of Canucks .” oof. Now I’ll have to sip my margies with a parka on.

Medical Appts: Bad things come in 3’s

Hi guys. I might pass out while writing this post because I just went through an extensive series of medical mumbo-jumbo. In order to stay in Canada with my man, one of the 40 billion requirements is a medical examination. So, today was the day to get that out of the way.

10:00 am: Arrive at doctor’s office. Fill out paperwork that far surpasses any and all college applications, home ownership and anything else you can think of. Combined.

10:30 am: My name gets called. I look like this:

I’ll give you a snippet of the beginning of the appointment:

Doctor: “Hello, what country are you from?”

Me: “The U.S.”

Doctor: “Do you smoke?”

Me: “No”

Doctor: “Take off your top”

……and then he stamped a few things and I was on my way. That cost $140. If I’m not mistaken, I’m pretty sure I could make $140 taking my top off at a lot of other places. But that’s neither here nor there.

11:00am: Arrive at location #2; Radiology. Apparently they also need X-rays of my chest. (Guess Canada’s a boob guy)

11:01 am: I was called in. Seriously, point for Canada and like no wait times in a doctor’s office. Bravo, you guys.

And here’s how that went:

Tech: “Take your top off (again?) and put these on your nipples.

Me: “Uhhhhhh, whaaaat??!!”

(These are what she was referring to):

To avoid any pervi-ness, I must alert you that that is not my chest- it is my wrist. Annnnnd that was another awkward appointment. (Also, $50)

I got a minor break in between appt 2 and 3 so I jetted home for some veggies

And I did a ton of upper body work. I think it was my way of psyching up for what was about to come next. BLOOD.

1 pm: Blood and urine test. I was nervous. I hate needles. This was Tyler’s way of “comforting” me:

Yes, I am pretty tough. And I did work out the day after breaking my foot. But blood and needles? No way Jose.

So, the nursey lady drained my blood, vampire that she was.

Then she gave me the infamous plastic cup and sent me to the washroom. I finished my bizzznazzzz and noticed something was wrong. And here’s how that went:

Me: “Uh, nurse, there’s no label on this cup. I just want to make sure you guys know it’s my pee”

Nurse: (Glancing towards obsiously ‘head’ nurse) “Whaaa? No! Let me see!” (She runs into the bathroom, pulls the cup from that special little cubby and brings it out into the hall. She holds it up for all to see that I ate beets last night.) “Ahhhh no label! I’ll make one now!”

Me: “Please don’t show everyone my pee. Just make sure it’s labeled. I don’t want to have to come back”

Nurse: “No problem. All done. You can leave now.”

Seriously, people. I have been traumatized. At least that last place didn’t want me to take my top off.

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And with that, I am off to enjoy the rest of this otherwise dismal day!