Fabulous Run

no writing today, just pinterest.

For me to move again. I was laying in bed last night when it hit me. A week from now I will be sleeping in my new apartment. I really should pack more! I've moved so much and so often that I now consider myself a pro at it, so I am definitely not worried that I have put it off too long. Most of my clothes and linens are packed, part of my kitchen and about half of my glassware. I really don't have that much stuff. Ok, I do. But not as much as I used to have. But moving is still a massive undertaking. Time consuming, overwhelming and exhausting. I try to plan ahead. Get boxes, find out what friends can help and figure out what to keep really accessible bc I will need it right away. This year I will have movers so that should make things extra easy for me. But I will pick up my keys the day before and do several runs to take over anything breakable and probably most of my clothes. One thing I always forget to do until the last minute is change my address with everyone ...

Today's my Friday! Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this week... I think I can't run right after work anymore. I generally run a few miles after work around 5:00pm. But this heat lately is brutal. So even though I've been eating better and drinking a ton of water, my runs are miserable. I feel tired and heavy. I know I'm in shape, but last night it was a struggle to get three miles in under 8:45 pace. And then I went to rowing? It was a hard night. So for the next two weeks I'm not sure when I'm going to run, but once I move I'm hoping to run in the mornings. K and I are talking about texting each other in the am to make sure we're both up and running. I am finally getting my hair cut tonight. I still can't make up my mind. We'll see how this turns out. K and I are going to happy hour first... Did I say three things? I must've meant two. I got nothing else. Except maybe some writer's block. Ok, that...

The word of the day is stress. I'm stressed about my work life, stressed about my personal life. Even running - which is supposed to be my stress reliever - is stressing me out bc I'm struggling. For the past six months I've been pretty happy in Houston. And I want that to continue. I still like Houston but this past week was...  It was a flashback to the way my life used to be. I stayed in Tuesday-Sunday, read two books and didn't do much else outside of work besides play on the internet and watch tv. And while it can be relaxing sometimes, after three days of it I was bored out of my mind. But I didn't have anything to do. After two years of working here, I only have a handful of friends inside and outside the office and everyone had something else to do. You try moving to a new city you've never been to and see how easy it is to make friends. At 33, it's not. I do need to put more effort into this. I don't want to be a hermit for the rest of my ...

Mondays. meh. more tomorrow.

So happy it's finally Friday. And I have no plans in sight. I'd like to maybe see a movie, go for a run, maybe row, eat some healthy food. Low key sounds amazing right now. Now would also be a really good time to start packing. Ha ha ha, I'm so funny. I feel like I can put that off for at least another week.

Here's what three things I'm obsessed with this week... I am finally getting my haircut next week. I haven't had a haircut since I was home in April. As you may remember...I have not had the best luck in Houston. First I went to Vanity (E's salon) and they gave me what could nicely be described as a mullet. When I called the next day to see what could be done to fix it, they let me schedule with a different stylist but made me pay the difference between his level and the level of stylist who did the fist cut. rude. Then someone recommended Visible Changes to me. I know, I know. A chain. In a mall. Really bad haircut. The refunded me and gave me a giftcard and when I went back I did get a better haircut. So now I'm going back to Vanity, but this time going to E and her mom's stylist. Fingers crossed for a good style. Anywho...I'm looking at the four cuts above. Thoughts? I'm moving in less then three weeks. I really should start packing. But come...

I know, I know. Money is a forbidden topic you're not supposed to talk about. Whatever. It's stressing me out and this blog is my outlet. It's no secret that I lost my job a few years ago and was then unemployed for three months. Having come off five years at a non-profit where I had to work two jobs just to survive, I was not in a good place financially. When I moved to Connecticut for my next job, for the first time ever I was making decent money. But I was not responsible with it. I was able to shop without counting and boy did I. Fact - when I would go to the grocery store in Indiana, I would add everything up in my head as I went and be with 25 cents of my total when I checked out. I did not do this once in Stamford and instead would make multiple trips to Whole Foods a week. Last summer I was in a good place. And then I got robbed. Then I got robbed again. Retail therapy happened. Then I bought I car. And had surgery. My student loan payments went up yesterday. ...

I'm not really in a writing mood, so how bout we just look at some pretty pictures, words to live by and stuff? I have a thing for pinterest...it's so easy to get lost in there and just click around through different boards and feed and just wander aimlessly looking at pretty, shiny, random things. So.. here are some of my favorites from the past few days.