Snow in the DCMV

We have had random snow outbreaks over the past couple of weeks, and we're expecting another one soon. If you yourself live in the area, you know that this is a big deal. Either everything will be shut down and people will make fun of Washingtonians weaknesses. Or nothing will be shut down, and everyone will be disappointed.


So, everyone cross your fingers for more snow!!

Finding time for a weekend

If you're like me, you find weekends as stressful as the weeks. My week doesn't end until Saturday night, and then I have exactly 24 hours before I have to be back to the grindstone. That doesn't leave much time for cutting loose, letting go, deep breathing, long running, whatever it is weekends are really for. So you gotta get good at packing a whole weekend's worth of activities into 23 and a half hours (leaving half an hour for recovery).

Here's how we do it:

And wake up to.....

PUPPY!!

Lesson learned: New Year's Resolutions

In the past two months, I learned something. If you let yourself relax for half a minute, you lose all momentum. Case in point: this blog. I stopped blogging from New York, and then when I returned home I took a couple of days off. Now here I am on January 15th, trying to restart!!

December passed in huge, awkward blur. It was a month full of events that left me reeling and crazy. But it was a good month nonetheless. I fill you in on what you missed from my lack of blogger upkeep over the coming weeks.

Hoping you all had a lovely Christmas and holiday season! Two weeks into January, so I'm hoping your New Year's resolutions are keeping well ;) I searched "New Year's Resolutions" on Pinterest and started checking out different boards people had been creating for inspiration. Conclusion: Everyone wants to lose weight.

Perhaps now is a good time to declare that I have lost 20 pounds since returning home in August. I've followed (loosely) the Dukan Diet, mostly giving up carbohydrates and sugars (including fruit) except for special occasions. And as you know, I've joined a gym  and started working out. My dad and I even ran the Santa 5K in December!

So, here's to all of you who are hoping to lose weight this New Year! My gym has officially gotten crowded, and I'm joined the newbies to try to drop the last few pounds.



 Here are a few New Year's Resolutions for you:

1) Read 40 books
2) Move
3) Get a raise of at least $5000 a year
4) Dance
5) Write a book


Pretty lofty goals, aren't they? ;) Hey, sleep when you're dead, right?