I have been working out  like a champ these days thanks to my new gadgets. I was actually on the fence about this purchases until I got it in my hands and gave it a run, no pun intended. I was happy with the color I picked and even happier that it made me look awesome in the gym. Win!


I would have taken a picture of me wearing my watch and heart rate monitor but I figured I would spare y'all. You're welcome.

This time last year I was a little stressed trying to tie up all my loose ends before my vacation to Thailand. Phuket, Thailand to be exact. What I wouldn’t give to be back in that same situation. Traveling to see my best friend half way across the world. It was a little crazy and so much fun! Below are some things I got to do.

I love productive days around my house. Getting even the littlest of things done makes me feel excited again. I say my house, I mean my parents house that I rent, still it's home. Today, besides loads and loads of laundry, I cleaned up my desk/office area. I don't really have any "work" to do at home but I have ambitions and having a "work" area is a little more motivation. However, having a couple cute shadows following me around makes it just a tiny bit difficult to get everything I hope to get done, done. Excuse the alien eyes - they are much cuter and adorable in real life. 

These past couple of weeks have dragged on and on and on. It makes me wonder how people muster up so much energy. Thank God I haven't come down with the flu that has been going around yet. Some of the highlights throughout the past couple of weeks have been:

1. My foster Theodore completed his Heartworm Treatment!
2. Got some packages I have been waiting for in the mail.
3. My workouts have been kicking my ass but I am feeling better.
4. Getting some presents ready for friends.
5. Saving more and more money for my trip in April.
6. Spending a little quality time with my grandma.

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, how did I get here? I had that epiphany today. It was nothing special, just a realization that maybe I have been off for say the past few years. Now, it's nothing drastic or huge but more subtle. I think it started my senior year of college when I hit a rough patch, I was not playing soccer, my boyfriend at the time was moving away, all my friends were still busy with soccer, I was getting closer to graduation and had no plans for the future. All of this led to my last year of college filled with stress, traveling and complications with my then boyfriend. This carried on after college, finding a job, a long distance relationship, not having my friends around, going through a break-up....you get the picture. I ended up landing a job and reuniting with some friends I had here but I guess I never re-cooperated back to the person I used to be.

Yes, we change it is a part of life. Events, people, choices all help to mold us into the people we are today but are we not allowed to take with us some of our old self? I liked the old me. I was happy, a little too confident, passionate, and didn't let opportunities pass me by. Looking back over the past few years I feel like I lost sight of those things and became a shell of myself.

2013 though brought out this hidden part of me that had been tucked away and forgotten. I started back into my former habits, working out, being more social, being more productive, making cards, and feeling a little more confident in myself every day. I am embracing the converging of my old and new self and am ecstatic to see where the rest of this year takes me. I am ready for it!

I mean, I am ready to be badass again! Need proof, see below:

I confess, I might have a slight obsession with reading. Last year it was pretty intense. I think I mentioned here that I read almost three books a week. Slightly insane? Yes! I have managed to create a balance so that I am not constantly living in the fictional worlds my books take me too. Putting my book reading to some good use, I will start posting reviews of books I read. I hope that by doing this I can help fellow book lovers avoid reading some very painful and time-wasting books. For example, the trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey.

"Choose an author as you choose a friend." - Sir Christopher Wren

I am a fan of the SEC. I went to school in the SEC, played soccer in the SEC and nothing makes me happier than seeing our conference succeed. But tonight I am going for Notre Dame. My uncle, a ND alumni, passed away in February of last year. His kids, my cousins, are also ND alumni. Needless to say, 2012 was a tough year but to see my uncles team make it this far is quite frankly, a miracle. One personally, my whole family believes is due in part to my uncle. He would have been incredibly happy seeing his team come so far. Watching the start of this game brought tears to my eyes, you are missed and loved Uncle Pat.

This happened last night.


I decided to draw a picture of where I lived in Starkville, MS. You know to show how awesome it was.

Tomorrow night I am meeting up with a friend for drinks. I will be presenting my case on why I believe couples look alike. He doesn't see it. He takes it too literally. It's not always so blatantly obvious, it can be slight and you have to look but not focus to see it. I am sure the beer we will be consuming and the people we will be watching will make for one hell of an evening.

Yes, it's true. I'm guilty. Guilty of being one of those people who hit up the gym for their New Year's resolutions. You know, the one all the regular attending gym folk hate. Fret not fellow gym goers, I am not at the gym to get my old rocking body back, although that will happen (watch out boys). The reason I am going is to prepare for my vacation in May. It wont be a leisurely vacation where I am flaunting my bikini bod but instead it will be a hike up a mountain. What mountain you might ask? Macchu Pichu. The goal is to not spend my vacation sucking wind all the way to the top. What I want is to be able to enjoy all the beautiful scenery that Peru has to offer, while simultaneously looking good. What can I say, mixed motives. The point, get used to seeing my red, puffy face at the gym working up a mean sweat.