the 8 to 5 life.

Hi Friends,

Just got back from bible study and it was challenging (in the good kind of way) like usual. It is such a great thing for me to be able to talk with these girls going through the same things in life that I am. Lately I have just been very frustrated with my commute to work and the long days can be so hard. In my job at the front desk I have to be very friendly and social all day long and by the end of the day, I come home so tired and usually in a mood to do nothing. Especially not answer a phone;) However, I always do FEEL so much better when I go hang out with friends or talk on the phone to my Grandma or just do SOMETHING that makes me feel happy and like I have a life outside of work. I am truly thankful for my job--it is a good job and i have great coworkers. I have health benefits and job security. All good things, but sometimes I just need to vent.

In other news, I bought the new Jodie Picoult book "Sing Me Home" and am about half-way through it. Full review of the book to come..

caio
S

Ouch.

So here is a little known fact for you: Yoga is hard. Saturday I went to Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse with Chalene and Ashley and tried a hot yoga class. 2 days later, my ABS are still really SORE. Man. Yoga is not for sissies. I also just did a Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video. I am not sure that I will be getting out of bed tomorrow. I am getting more creative with my workouts now that my Y membership has expired. It has been a couple months since I have taught a class and I'm not sure i want to go back to teaching right now. One full-time job is enough I think.

Annnnnd it is going to be summer soon and hopefully I will be able to get plenty of exercise outside!

In other news, I have been looking for jobs a little closer to home. I am getting sick of driving 25 minutes to work everyday. And of waking up at 530 am on days that I open. I like my job right now alright but it never hurts to look at what is out there either.

What to make for dinner!?!!
Always the dilemma.

Have a great day amigos!

Yoga.

Just Because.

Because he is great, this post goes out Drew-bird.

Top 10 best things about my husband:

1) He understands all the made up words I use and has started using them himself.

2) He is WAY cleaner than me and that is why our house looks clean most of the time.

3) He is adventurous and loves anything involving nature and being outside.

4) He is open to learning new things that I love and usually ends up liking them even more than i do (i.e. tennis, skiing, and gambling)

5) He has great hair. And sometimes he even lets me put some of my hair products in it.

6) One of his favorite movies is Cool Runnings and he quote almost the whole thing.

7) He does not gossip. you could tell him any secret and it is safe. I could learn from this.

8) He is a great writer.

9) He loves FLIP FLOPS and PALM TREES.

10) He loves my family. and ME most of all (even though I am a crazy person and a born worrier)

Sunshine-y Monday

Today felt like SPRING! Bust out the flip flops people!

Also, I got out of work at 1. That is ALWAYS a good thing. (not thinking right now about working 630 to 630 tomorrow) I went to the Y to workout and was watching Ellen and saw the cutest father and daughter on the show! Seriously, they were to die for. For some reason I can't copy the link of them on the show but here is the You tube video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxIw4uOsvOs

love love love it.

Simple Math.

There is something that is very very precious to every single person that works full-time in an office. That something is called "the lunchbreak." Lunch breaks are rays of sunshine and possibility in the day. 60 whole minutes to be spent how-e-ver one wants in the middle of the work day.




My current dilemma involving this precious lunch break in an equation in my mind of what is better:

OPTION #1: The YMCA (exactly .2 miles from my office). This option is the "smart and responsible" option because it means I can get my workout in and probably have a burst of energy to get me through the day. The downside is that I have to work out hard enough to feel GOOD about it but not TOO hard that I have to take a full-blown shower. Just need to break a little sweat so i can quick change and get back to the office. It also means no frozen coke run and no time to read magazines and do absolutely nothing. This used to be my default option before option #2 opened. (see below)

OPTION #2:

This is the sign to the brand new super awesome cupcake shop....which by the way has over 24 flavors of cupcakes. I happen to LOVE all 4 kinds that I've tried so far. Sadly, option #2 wins more than it should. But really is that a crime? The brand new-ness of this place will wear of and I will hopefully go back to my happy balance of working out and having a double chocolate s'more cupcake...until then, I will have my cake and eat it too!

Goodnight!

S

Weekend Update...and Prayer Requests.

I really am going to try to be better at updating this blog. So here it goes..

This past weekend was super busy and a lot of exciting things happened and also some really heartbreaking things happened. I guess I will start by posting some pictures of the exciting things.

Friday night we went out to dinner at Johnny Carino's with some friends. Ate way too much pasta and saw a woman with a hair do that stood off her head like 8 inches (she literally had hair with more volume than I'ver seen....and I've seen a LOT of volume..)

After dinner, we came home and played some Bananagrams till it was late enough to go to Montes for Drew's Bosses and Coworkers joint birthday party at Montes. We got to Monte's and everyone really wanted Drew to dance (a repeat of his dancing at the work christmas party..) but I guess he was not feeling as brave/had not had enough beers?) It ended up being fun and Drew is lucky to work with an awesome group of people. I snagged a pic with 2 of those awesome people (Caitlin and Kyla):

Saturday I went down to kalamazoo for some spring break shopping with my mom! We get a springbreak still thanks to Amy who is a teacher and is keeping that tradition alive:) Saturday afternoon/evening was my cousin Susan's wedding! Lots of fun and my personal highlight was my Grandma Kool turning into a full-blown dancing machine. A new side of Grandma! We did manage to snag a picture when she was breaking for some water:)
So it was a weekend of celebration but it was also a weekend of sadness due to the fact that a good friend lost his father in a sudden car accident (he actually was stopped to help someone who was stuck in a ditch when he was killed) and another friend's father had a heart attack. It has been hard to process these events and it is so hard to see friends in pain. Please keep these friends of mine in your prayers. A verse that has kept popping up is Isaiah 40: 31. This verse offers so much hope to me.

Love you all,

Staci