Quick n' Dirty Confessions

:: I woke up today to see the Blood Moon and found it extremely lackluster. Looking at pictures on the internet is way more cool (mother nature cries). I also giggle at "Blood Moon" because I'm 12.

:: We got new toys at the gym to play with and I'm thrilled to finally have floor space for circuit drills and resistance band pull up practice. The only down-side? They removed the mirrors from the walls! #You'reSoVain

:: Last night I spotted a giant spider in my room on the wall next to my bed. I grabbed my phone for the snapchat pre-kill and lost it. Nothing worse than not knowing where a spider is as you try to sleep with your mouth closed

:: This weekend I'm going to my very first* real college football game / tailgate. 

*I realize that sounds crazy for a sporty girl like me but the games I went to in college don't actually count because I never actually watched. Also, apparently it's a thing to wear a dress to games in the South?

:: That's right, in the South! This guy made me bail on dog sitting plans over the weekend after he surprised me with plane tickets and an invite to see where he spent the four five drunkest years of his life. Apparently it's supposed to be a big game. 

Confessing is good for the soul - what do you have to spill today?

link up with Kathy!

One More Day

Wow, I can't imagine being Dan this morning. Coming off of nine whole days of sleeping in and logging more than 48 hours of actual game-play on the new game Grand Theft Auto 5. He's had it easy (okay he also did a lot of house work) and it almost makes me want to take a week off of work for no good reason. Or maybe at least start an alternate work schedule where I work from home 2 days a week.

I also was in shock that Dan spent an entire weekend without stepping foot onto a golf course, even though he had plans to both days - work and play. To hear my honey repeat "I'm so happy I'm not playing golf today" made me check his temperature and almost call in sick for him this morning and call a doctor. 

We didn't catch much football this weekend but the only game that mattered was the game his Chicago Bears won Sunday night. That excitement plus the dramatic second to last episode of Breaking Bad makes me wish we had just one more day to relax.

I think we hit Fall here in Portland without even getting to see the beautiful leaves change colors. This weekend I ran 20 miles in pants and long sleeves and didn't even get fussy about it. 13 miles on Saturday and a follow-up shake out 7 on Sunday has me feeling a little tight in the glutes - I'm not in marathon training mode and just because my brain said 13 would be easy, it doesn't mean that my quad's and IT bands feel the same way. At least I was able to instagram it before iOS 7 killed my battery.

Yes, I'm also impressed that I was able to get the same pose. I wonder what filter the people honking in the cars driving by thought I should use.

Have a great week, here's your PSA to remember to stretch!

Belated Anniversary Weekend

Let me tell you about the wonderful weekend we just had.

Dan and I had our actual anniversary on August 19th and unfortunately hadn't yet been able to celebrate.  We both think that this weekend was exactly what the doctor called for.

This handsome guy treated me to dinner and a movie Friday evening (Yes, some nights I consider popcorn 'dinner'):

We made it home that evening at a decent time and the next thing I knew I woke up Saturday morning at 10am. While my facebook and instagram feeds were going crazy with collegiate tailgates and trash talking, my dear and I laid in bed falling in and out of sleep - not actually getting out of bed until 3:30 PM!

Trying to be normal human beings, we watched a few of the remaining evening games while I caught up on some work and went out for a run.

To cap the day off, Dan surprised me with an incredibly sweet dinner where we left the house at 10pm.

He said that he was taking me to Red Lobster for endless shrimp to symbolize our 'endless relationship'. Ha-ha I sure love him.

At first he shaved his pokeys and put on a dress shirt - then I told him he had better put some comfortable clothes on as we were about to go get heavy with some meat sweats!

Sunday of course was non-stop NFL with a happy Chicago Bears fan at my side. I went for two different runs and did my best to remember which players he has on his Fantasy Football team and why he gets upset when the team he wants to win is doing well but it's because of a player on the opposing fantasy player's team.

I'll get better - honey, I swear!

JE

Linking up my weekend with Sami