Heading Back to Boston

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hola.

i’m kind of excited about today. ok, really excited. i’m heading back to boston! Wait, wait, wait..let me rephrase that- I’m heading back to the GYM in boston! For the first time since I moved I will be able to go to two-a-day Tuesday for CBC Kix then Athena‘s class. I’m considering carbo loading now since I haven’t had a good gym beating in a while.

my mind is a jumble because i am scrambling around over here to get ish done so I have no coherent post to write.

-I went to my second tasting for the wedding. the atmosphere and service was awesome, BUT- if the food wasn’t fried, it was creamy. not my cup of tea. I didn’t even care for the vegetables. Looks like I’m going with the first (more expensive) place. Their food was THE BOMB DOT COM

-I did a circuit workout in my room yesterday. It went like this

The IN-YOUR-ROOM workout (appropriately named)

Upper body (3 sets, 12 reps-each side if necessary)

  • bicep curls
  • dead lifts
  • tricep pullback then tricep kickback
  • overhead press

Lower Body

  • kettlebell swings
  • curtsy lunge
  • weighted leg lift (laying down)
  • weighted pulse (with leg raise as high as possible)
  • weighted inner thigh lift
  • froggers

Core

  • weighted russian twist
  • toe reach
  • crunch
  • weighted side dips
  • standing crunch

You will ending up doing 3 sets of each for 9 sets total. In between each set, I did a 90 second cardio burst comprised of 30 sec jacks, 30 sec buttkicks, 30 sec jump rope.

ok. i gotta go!

(obviously i am going to stop by the bridal store and try on my sample dress again. pfff)

thoughts

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i love being home

i miss my man

and my dog

but i dont miss calgary

only because tyler would leave for work and i got stuck at the house all day  and because things are still ‘up in the air’ as far as my status and employment and all that crap, there is a lot of negativity associated with being there (for now)

i am finally done dealing with american health insurance. due to crap health care and crap billing departments and crap providers, i FINALLY fixed these stupid bills that were being sent to me for my COVERED annual exams. oh, and they were issued in septempber. So, ELEVEN months. God, you people are so stupid to deal with.

i’m going back to try on my wedding dress today. just a visit.

i feel like im in life purgatory. i dont yet belong in calgary, but i no longer belong in ny or boston. i dont like it. i miss having a ‘normal’

there are no pictures in this post because i am not in the mood to upload, save and edit them. So labor intensive.

wanelo.com

i havent had a drink since ive been home. (what is wrong with me)

i LOVE my mattress here. best sleep ever.

i went for a walk yesterday. just me. 5 1/2 miles. i actually got tired from my walk.

i havent been to a group exercise class in MONTHS.

im taking the full length mirror in my room home with me. it makes me look GOOD.

i watched an episode of NYMed in bed the other night then got really afraid of dying.

..so I compensated and watched an episode of Dont Trust the B in Apt 23.

that show is hilarious

it’s also super close to how I lived in college.

i mean, what?

wait, maybe i do miss calgary. The humidity here is beyond yuck.

i moved so many times growing up that i dont have a group of friends

it really makes me sad

especially when i see pictures on facebook of other peoples friend groups

saw bourne legacy last night. i couldnt concentrate on the movie because i was convinced some psycho was going to come in and start shooting.

cant end on that note, so…

i love lamp.

Guest Post: In My Head As I Run

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Hey all!  I’m another Jen, from Boston.  I like to workout and run and get my sweat on.  Alot.  I stumbled upon Jen’s blog here by way of Athena over at Fitness and Feta.  I’ve been running and training for half marathons this year and now can’t seem to stop signing up for them (3 just this year!).  I also work for a travel agency that specializes in marathon travel to races all over the world, so I’m pretty much surrounded by healthy people all the time.  Thanks to Jen for letting me write a post!

IN MY HEAD AS I RUN

Many times when I am running the longer miles I have a lot of random thoughts pop into my head.  I get so into these thoughts that I don’t even realize what song is blasting through my iPod.

 

Some days they go a little like this:

“I think I will be okay running 10 miles this weekend.  It’s not that far.  Its just 6 more miles than today’s run.”  Really?  Who am I?

“I can’t believe there could be snow on the ground in 3 months.  I mean, 3 months ago we were dying for summer and now its almost gone.  So not fair.  I’m writing a letter to Obama to make summer longer.”

“But I do really love winter because I can snowboard all the time.  Maybe all the winter storms will be up north this year and not gridlocking Boston.”

“What am I going to do with 7 more days of vacation this year?”  For real I need suggestions!

“There should be at least one 3 day weekend a month.”  This would be the basis of my Presidential platform.

“Olympic athletes are pretty ripped.  Maybe I could pick a sport and become an Olympian.  Something like archery.   Or ping pong table tennis.  Or walking.  I can walk pretty well and I’ve been doing it most of my life.  Actually curling in the Winter Olympic really fascinates me.  And why are the Canadians so good at it?”

“How is canoeing an Olympic sport but not baseball.  Or softball.”

Yesterday however was VERY humid and hot in Boston during my mid-day run.  And there were tourists EVERYWHERE getting in my way.  Clearly they did not get the lesson on how to properly walk on a sidewalk when they were growing up.  Please pick a side and stick with it.  And also hurry it up a little bit.  Seriously, slow people really annoy me on the sidewalk.  It’s like they know I am behind them trying to get by and then they purposefully go even slower.  Anyone else ever experience this?

Then I started to notice people.  Like the elderly couple wearing a button down long sleeve shirt and a sweater on a 90 degree day.  Do you really get that cold when you get old?  Or the people walking all over the sidewalk as they listen to their iPod/text.  I really can’t predict where you are going so please just pick a side and stick to it.  I also can’t help it if I happen to run into you because of you sidewalk indecisiveness.

But most of the time when I am running I’m just thinking.  It’s very refreshing to just be by yourself sometimes and clear your head.  I think about new recipes I want to try out, places I want to travel to, things I need to get done (laundry, grocery store, etc), can it really be 30+ years until I can reitre, what would I do if I won the lottery, and so on.

Whether I am running for 30 minutes or 2+ hours I get through it and feel really great afterwards.   Sometimes you just got to get out there and get it done.  Next time you do, look around, think to yourself, and have FUN!

 

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Thanks Jen!!!

Hey Kids

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Hey kids.

Since I have no other volunteers for guest bloggers, this is really the extent of it for now.

Save the Dates arrived.

Wedding dress has been picked (first one I tried on. I am a good bride like that). (Also, this is NOT the dress I picked- this is the 2nd one I tried on though)

Caterer chosen (SO tasty).

Location officially scoped out (booked it 2 months ago sight unseen. again, another score for this lady).

And that’s all the wedding talk for now. Not gonna be one of those step-by-step wedding bloggers. Because no one cares, right?

Back Home

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Hello from NY!

Ok, I just gotta say it: Yesterday was one of the best days I have had in a LONG ASS TIME. Sure I woke up at 2:30am, and yes I sat uncomfortably close to a dude on the plane. BUT. My 9 hour layover in Chicago was a-may-zing. Katie picked me up from the airport and right away we started gossiping. Oh god, how I miss that! We got to her place and immediately hit the pavement for some exploring. First stop: a bar. Obviously. At 11:00am. Sam Summer Ale, how I love you so. Fast forward a few hours, and we had shopped, hung out at her place, and hit another bar for apps and more drinks. Back at the airport by 6pm and more bevvies while waiting for my connecting flight. I can’t wait for my return flight in a couple weeks (Ok, i can wait. But it’ll be exciting) because I have another 9 hour layover in Chicago!

Today was recoup day.

And go to Target day.

 

And eat homemade guac and salsa (ALL the ingredients were from the garden!) day

 

And little old ladies (aka: mom) walk around the house in my brand new shoes day

 

And ravage my parents forest garden for some goodies day

 

And steak and veggies for dinner day (minus the steak- I just wasn’t feeling the whole red meat thing today. I think somewhere pigs are flying right now)

 

And Frozen Dreams for dessert day. I was LONG overdue.

 

Workout of the day was 20 minutes of sprint intervals on the treadmill followed by some full-body strength exercises that incorporated the ideas from Best Body Bootcamp‘s Phase 2 workout schedule. I changed up the tempo of the movement for each exercise- so I varied between 1, 2, 4, and 8 counts for both direction of each move. It really fatigued my muscles a lot faster and I was able to get in split squats, weight bosu squats, chest press, flys, deadlifts and tricep dips in enough time to get home for dinner. I didn’t want to overdue it because I’m looking to do a long run around the neighborhood tomorrow. Sidenote: I was able to increase my speed on the treadmill this week (maybe it’s the lower altitude?)

Toodles!