Crossfit & Barnes and Nobles!

My fiancé decided today was the perfect day for me to take up crossfit again! -___-...He woke me up at 6am...on my day off! I was not a happy camper! I attempted to get out of going but I told myself I really needed to go back. I had started crossfit last year and went at it for like 5-6 months. I then had to quit because work and my program were taking up too much time. Plus I am so disorganized with my time that I couldn't juggle it all. So today was the big day, dusted off my shoes and I went back.

My luck would have it that since it is Memorial Day the WOD for today was Murph. It is in honor of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy.

The WOD is 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 air squats, and finish off with 1 more mile. O.o yeah it doesn't seem so bad when you read it and for a split second I was telling my self to do the full Murph. Glad I didn't do that. I took the scaled route so only did 800m, 50 pull ups, 100 push ups, 150 air squats, 800m.

I don't know how I did it but I finished it in 48 mins and 26 seconds. I was in so much pain for the push ups! I hate them. Every time I kept hitting the floor my stomach decided it was going to throw up. I had to leave them last which sucked even more. My fiancée was cheering me on but you could see it in my face and hear it in my groans that it was hurting soooo bad.

But I finished! That was what mattered. Here I am looking exhausted!

Oh and the reason I don't have a shirt on in the picture is because it rained on us while we ran. But that was my favorite part.

I came home and took a well deserved hot shower! Felt amazing. We then went to eat at Bob Evans. We stuffed ourselves soooo much that we looked like two balls ready to roll on our bellies. I really love their Broasted Chicken and blue berry bread.

After eating we then did the most dangerous thing ever....we went to Barnes and Nobles! I had to pick up a book that I ordered for my mom. We ended up leaving with 5 books! 2 for me and 2 for Jorge. We always do that even when we say NO MORE BOOKS. We have so many waiting for us to read them but we can't help buying stuff we find interesting.

Like 2 weeks ago when we went I ended up buying these two books:

Dragon Princess and Dragon Thief. I finished Dragon Princess already and I absolutely loved it! The story is kind of cooky but I loved it. The author is from Ohio so that was exciting. I am currently on Dragon Thief which is just as good. I should be finishing that one up soon.

The ones I bought today were these:

Okay, so I have been eyeing Terry Pratchett's books for a while now but there are sooo many I didn't know where to begin. Since I was so intimidated I just never bought them. So today I saw A Blink of The Screen and said, "You know what, just buy it! You have to start somewhere." So I did. I then went back for The Science of Discworld because that was the first book that had caught my attention. I want to know what this whole Discworld thing is about. Everyone says he is great so I hope I enjoy them.

We told ourselves this time though is truly the last time we buy more books. We have to many we need to catch up with. I hope I can get through most this summer since I am on break from the program.

Anyway, the fiancé is packing up right now because he leaves for his first day on the project tomorrow in Boston. He is kind of nervous because he doesn't know what to expect. I know he will do great like always. I'm going to go help him out with his packing so we can get to bed early and hopefully my body decides to function tomorrow hahaha.

Good Night!

XOXO,

Lina

Can we move now?

I attempted to start packing today for the move but it was making me anxious. It is not fun to pack up knowing you can't move yet. I cannot wait until closing!!!!

Anyway, I started up with my craft area which is a mess.

I picked up most of it but again, I can't do anything with it.

I gave up after a bit and just did other things around the house. That I will show tomorrow, what I did. ;)

We mostly hung out at home. Here is proof, my boys sharing a pillow :)

Einstein just walked into the room, hopped on the bed, laid on the pillow! Lol  He is so special. He loves sleeping with his head on a pillow like a human. We definitely want to make him a custom little bed.

Zally had us laughing today also. She loooves food. So when I was eating she got up on the bench and sat like this, watching me...

Kind of a creeper, right?! Lol she is funny when it comes to food.

On a random note, we found these beautiful roses in the yard:

Aren't they beautiful? I had never seen white ones in the wild like that before. Very stunning.

Nothing else was very interesting for today. We just finished watching the Cavaliers play the Hawks. Cavaliers won the 3rd game in a row. So the fiancee is very happy! Here is Jollee's excitement:

Hahaha...just kidding. She was like, "can you go to sleep now?!?". What a pampered pooch! 

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a bit more eventful. Good night everyone!

XOXO,

Lina

Taste of Cincinnati!

Yay!!!!! Finally a three day weekend! You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this! These past few months have been so busy for me, I really needed the break. I finally completed the first course out of three for my program. I survived the toughest part! :D Next biggest thing to cross of the list? Buying the house! We are a little over a week from closing and the day couldn't come any sooner! Can't wait!

We are going to start packing this weekend but for today we decided to be spontaneous and have some fun. I went with the fiancee and a group of friends to Taste of Cincinnati. We got to eat from different restaurants that were selling samples of their food, and everyone else enjoyed beer! *yuck!!!* 

Here we are on our way to the place. It was 5 blocks that were closed off and just had food and drinks everywhere.

See all the people? It was pretty packed. Below is the group I was with.

Ford had like a sector to themselves and While my friends played games I checked out the cars. I will need a new car in the future and I don't know if to get an SUV or a pick up truck.

The explorer was great! I really loved it.

But the F150 was nice also. My only concern is I am too small for it. What do you think?

We shall see.

Here is my favorite picture from the day. With my honey!

We had a pretty good time! But it was soooo hot out! Eventually it gave me a headache so we went home.

It was a good experience. Cant wait to do more spontaneous things like this! ;)

XOXO,

Lina

Oh and here are my babies when I walked them this morning!

They are getting better at going out for walks. No more barking for half the walk. Need to walk them more.

Nerdy Saturday

Just wanted to share a quick recap of the weekend. Went to see the new Avengers movie with my friends! :D It was great! Not a single dull moment.

We ate Indian food after at my favorite Indian restaurant. It was great because we got into the topic of FIRST Robotics. I never got to do that in my high school because we never had enough students interested. Pretty sad because it seemed like an amazing experience. Was cool hearing my friends talk about their experiences.

We later headed home to play games. We started of with Space Cadets. Talk about an intense game. Everyone was exhausted after just one game hehehehe. It is fun though. We then played Catch Phrase and Cards Against Humanity. Catch phrase made me realize how clueless I am to many things and also make my brain go blank for the entire game. Lol We had a great time. Love spending time with my friends.

Oh and prior to getting the day started my friend John came over so I can help sew some pillows for his apartment. He wanted to add a masculine touch to them.

These are the before pictures. That is front and back. He loves the dark grey on the bottom so we wanted to switch out the white part. This is what it turned out like:

Looks wayyy better right? He did a great job picking the fabric and color. We are excited about them.

Lastly, my fiancee sent me some Funkos but will show those in a different post. It was a good weekend overall. No complaints except I wish the weekend were longer! XP

XOXO,

Lina