Confessions

Linking up with Carissa for confessions!

I confess...

That I have been skipping on some of my insanity workouts...*gasp!* I fully intend to catch up I am not that far behind.  I liked the schedule I have (so that might call for 2-a-days) but I've been getting home so late.  If it comes down to the regular gym or insanity, the gym usually wins!

I confess...

That I thought I actually make a decent salary until I found out what most other entry level jobs with the same ammount of education for other professions are. (ignorance really is bliss...)

I confess...

That I intend to wake up early every day...but hit the snooze about 6 times....I've tried putting my phone on the other side of the room, flipping on the light, turning on the TV...everything! I just cant get up when it first goes off!
The worst is when I wake up on my own about 10 minutes before the alarm goes off...I automatically set my clock for a later time. 

New Job!

Tomorrow is an exciting day.  I haven't done anything very exciting in a while (hence my lack of motivation to blog) BUT, tomorrow I officially put my master's degree to work!  I love, love, love where I work.   If it weren't for location, I'd probably stay at my agency forever.    I've been at the same place for about 3 years and have done 3 different jobs so far (similar duties...different titles).  I've enjoyed each of my jobs in different ways.  I am really sad to leave my current job.  I love my team and the work we do and will miss them very much (but we won't be too far away...and I''ll probably eat my lunch with them tomorrow lol) but I am glad I get to officially use my masters degree!! I feel very blessed to even have a job.  I know many people are struggling to find work so I feel very lucky that I am even able to use my degree.  All in all, I'm really excited/nervous for to start this new job, and gain more experience! 



Sunday...BOOOOOOOOOO

Sundays can be a bit of a downer...especially for me because my boyfriend just went back home (about 2 hours away) but this video always makes me laugh!!

LOL!! Have a great week!!

Getting over a cardio rut!

While I was in NC, some of the girls were talking about the Insanity workout. I figured, what the heck,  why not give it a try.  No one lives in the apartment below me right now, so this is the perfect time!

And I did it, I got through one week of Insanity!

I thought I was in pretty good shape...but Shaun T proved me WRONG!

I started last Wednesday with the fit test and actually felt a little sore the next day.  On Thursday I did the Plyometric Cardio Circuit (which is a major B**** by the way!) I could barely do the burpees and definitely couldn't do real push ups!  I kept moving even during the stuff I couldn't do.  The next morning I felt sore in new muscles (which I like! It makes me feel accomplished!). 

Every workout I sweat like crazy.  I absolutely HATE cardio so I started the Insanity program to help me get back into cardio in a less boring way.  I did the circuit again today (I am following the calendar but I

 started on a Wednesday instead of a Sunday.)  I felt it was a bit easier and I could actually keep up with it better. It makes me feel good that some of the trainers even have to take breaks.

I am not following the meal plan too strictly.  I am just eating like I normally do which it pretty clean already (minus my major sweet tooth Arrghh).

Tomorrow is a rest day and I will pick back up Wednesday with Cardio and Resistance.

I hope that the program helps me over my cardio rut.  I still go to the gym and lift like normal too.

 I plan to stick with this program as much as possible and will hopefully see results!  I feel that if I blog about it now, I'm more likely to finish it!

 :o)

"Dig Deeper!!" haha :o) *phew*

NC Trip!

For the weekend of the 4th... I got to go on a weekend trip and see some of my girlfriends that I haven't seen in a long time.  Some, I haven't seen in over a year!  I didn't get to go on any of the trips the past few years because I had either A. no money or B. too much work to do for school or C. Both! I had a great time with the girls.  It was an event packed weekend so I can't say it was a relaxing vacation.  But still definitely much needed and well deserved.

Thursday, we spent the whole day driving down.  My boyfriend was so proud when I told him I only needed to stop to pee twice.  We hung out and had some wine at the apartment I was staying at.  Friday we did a little laying out at the pool and then had a cookout at my friends new house.  After that we headed downtown to a piano bar.  This was by far my favorite night!  Saturday I made one of my friends take me to the gym.  We went to the mall after and met up with the other girls.  I didn't plan to get anything but I ended up getting a cute dress from H&M (my shopping kryptonyte).  That evening we had a yummy dinner at a restaurant call The Pit and then headed to a club.  I realized the club scene it not really my thing anymore.  I prefer a place where you can sit around and talk and dance like fools if you want (like at the piano bar!)  Sunday was the beach day.  We had a bit of a late start...but it was worth it in the end. After a 2 hour drive...we had issues finding a place to park along the street.  We seriously ended up paying some old man to park in his driveway (hey, desperate times call for desperate measures).  We finally got to the beach and I got some quality time with the sun!  I was a bad girl and didn't put on sun screen so I was a bit lobsterfied that night! (I'm tan now...hahaha!) We had an AMAZING dinner and then went out to a few places.  Most of us are not used to going out this many nights in a row and we were so sleepy from the sun.  This was probably every one's least favorite night. Monday was just a LAZY day! We hung out in our PJ's pretty much the entire day...took a trip to Target and went to Wild Wings, had the best veggie quesadilla of my LIFE and then ended the night watching Justin Beiber's Never Say Never (don't judge!).  As luck would have it...it was stormy and rainy so I didn't get to see any fireworks on the 4th.  Tuesday it was time to go home.  Of course the flight home couldn't be simple. I won't go into too much detail...but let's just say we got to the airport at 2:30pm and I didn't get to my house until 1:30am.  (I estimated to be home by 8:30pm).  I've never been so happy to see my luggage after all of the confusion with the airlines.

Overall, I had lots of fun and miss everyone already.  There were some hilarious moments not mentioned in this blog, but I'll have the memories forever.  I hope I can go back sometime soon! 



All of the girls at the piano bar!



Dinner at The Pit



In the VIP lounge

Downtown by the Beach before dinner!

I had a bit of an obsession with mustaches over the weekend...this was my souvenir! It's a wine opener!

Hope everyone had a nice Holiday weekend!!