Friday, April 11, 2014

It's Friday Y'all!

FRIDAY!!!!!! :)

I cannot even explain how happy I am that this stressful week is over!! I turned in my rough draft of my 10 page research paper, turned in my lab report, had a chemistry exam, and a biology lab practical. Oh- and I survived. ;)

I'm super sad that my yoga 180 class is almost over, so I'm starting to experiment yoga studios in my area so I can find somewhere to go when my class is over. The only thing is that it is so expensive!!! 

Today I'm trying out hot yoga for the first time ever and i am terrified. I have been doing power flow yoga for the past 3 months 2 times a week and I'm in love. I've never tried Hatha yoga before so this will be an adventure. 

I'm writing at this work so...gotta go. I will definitely share my first ever hot yoga experience later! :)

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Papers, Projects, Practicals- OH MY!

The semester is winding down...which means multiple papers, lab reports, projects, and practicals are being piled on to see if we end up collapsing and hiding in our dorms for the rest of the semester.  It's like professors play Tower Blocks with assignments until we fall off.  Good thing I have plenty of motivation and support (along with coffee) to keep me going until April 28.

This weekend was a nice break from the craziness, although I have a 10-page paper due tomorrow and a lab report & lab practical Tuesday.  I should have devoted more time to those assignments, but my brain hurts.  I spent Saturday work-free at the University of Michigan.  My day started out by having breakfast at 10am with the U of M football team.  I'm thankful and proud of my step-brother, Garrett, for being a part of the team so I can go to "exclusive" events :)  It's such a great bonus.  After breakfast was the annual spring game, but I was so tired and the sun was in my eyes, I could barely pay any attention.  I only really paid attention to when Garrett was on the field and then I would close my eyes and pretend I was laying on the beach (I'm desperate for vacation.)  I wish I could post some pictures, but I didn't take any with my actual camera, just my phone.  Anyway... I worked today from open til four and was more than happy to get back to my dorm to get myself settled and organized for the next week.  I have a process where I have to clean off my desk, sanitize it, and then plan my entire week out including meals before I can begin serious homework time.  I'm not sure where this stemmed from, but it definitely increases my productivity.  As well as turning my phone on airplane mode and putting on Twilight Film Score; Bella's Lullaby pandora radio station (however the subway commercial for Kung Pao pulled pork is getting on my very last nerve.  Maybe I should invest in Pandora One.)

Getting back to what this blog is sort of revolved around--  I'm starting the T25 Beta workouts this week.  And I'm super nervous.  I've never tried Beta yet, but I know it definitely ramps up the intensity and I'm not even in that good of shape.  Hopefully the endorphins afterwards will be worth it so I can get some work done!  I love doing homework after working out, because the endorphin rush after a workout clears my mind better than anything else.  This is also my last week using my Blogilates Fit Journal *tear* so I've been looking up other great tracking journals and I think I'm going to purchase the TurboTracker next.  Created by Chalene Johnson it has tons of awesome reviews, plus it's a Beachbody product! :)  My goals for this week are to complete THREE of the Beta workouts and only have one day of "dirty eating."  Phew... that may kill me since I'm still living on campus.

Also- my verse of the week!  "If God is for us, who can ever be against us?" -Romans 8:31 

Okay... back to homework.  I was actually taking a break from writing my research paper by typing this blog.  Mindless writing increases my ability to properly cite sources and come up with logical points for my paper I suppose!?  

Happy Sunday-- hope you enjoyed God's day!