Monday Musings & Some News!

Happy Monday ya'll!! Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was pretty boring as I sat around, slept and binge watched seasons 1 & 2 of Mad Men. I feel like this could be the law, instead of an ad agency any day of the week. So.. I am enjoying some time off before I start the new gig. But I also want to introduce you to something new you will see on the ole bloggy blog... As you know health and fitness is kinda one of my big life things. I have blogged on Wednesday about workouts and such, but now I am teaming up with my BOFF and new friend Carolyn to bring you all a monthly health & fitness link up!

Being healthy is such an important part of our lives, but the craziness of life often gets in the way! The three of us wanted to come up with a way to hold ourselves accountable and help motivate others (and ourselves)…

Which is how “Monthly Motivation – a health and fitness linkup” was born!

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This link up is about motivating yourself and others through fitness and healthy eating. Feel free to share your week's workouts, your favorite healthy recipes or if you want, your failures of the week. We're all here to cheer each other on and hold each other accountable, so we can collectively reach our goals.
We will have this link up just once a month and will occur on the last Tuesday of the Month! So grab your button and get motivated! You have all month. We will see you back here on Tuesday August 26th!!

Hi, I'm ___, don't mind my tatas

I workout. I workout at 5am. I workout, then shower and change at the gym and head to work. So do about 5-6 other women at my gym. I spend about 30 + minutes a day with these women staring at their tatas and have no clue their names.

Doesn't it seem strange? I mean we just all kind of stand in our space, do our hair and makeup and don't talk much. Sure some of them say hi, or share shampoo if one forgets, but really, we just exists in that small space of a locker room in the gym. However, I have seen more of these women than I have seen of my some of my best friends naked.

Tatas, who-has, booties.... I know what kind of shampoo they use, conditioner, body lotion, underwear. I know their morning routines to a T. Yet, I do not know their names, let alone what they do.

Such a strange concept to know that much about someone, except their name. Perhaps I should just speak up and ask, but then I feel like I have broken some sort of "code" in the gym that reads: do not speak to the other women.

Then I wonder if its like this on that man side? Do they just walk around free as bird? Do they converse? share lotion?

Up and At 'Em

I decided to start my morning workouts again. Yup, those 5am workouts Monday and Thursday that totally help my day start and allow me time in the evening to recoup. I know some of you think its crazy to do this and can't fathom how I function by 3pm, but your body gets used to it and then you just feel good.

When I moved back to the Fort I kept working out in the am and then realized I could sleep later and do it in the pm... Lovely I though more sleep! Argh. I then remembered the gym mob that occurs in the evenings, especially Monday evenings. I trudged through anyway because well I liked that sleeping til 6:09 am. But I noticed I was irritable in the evenings and never saw my house or pups. So, back on the morning train!

I admit it was hard to get to the gym yesterday at 530 am, but man I was relived to go home and just be at home all evening. I kept looking at my clock thinking it was later and realized it was only 7pm! So... I did what all women do in the evenings.. bake! I whipped up a little chocolate chip pumpkin bread! I also managed to spread flour everywhere and get pumpkin in my hair at one point, but the end result, pure yummy goodness in the form of spicy chocolaty goodness. I would show your pictures, but I forgot, what's new?

Even after the bread was done I had time to clean up, relax and enjoy a piece! I am so glad I decided to get back into the early morning swing of things and take back my evenings! Now I just wish the gym had the same great kickboxing class my old one did... perhaps its back to yoga? Happy Tuesday!

*in critter news... where there is one there are 5-8 (according to a friend who has taken to googling about my critters and their "habits.") aka I saw another one, thank goodness my exterminator is coming this week!