Amen to that!!! This morning I went to the gym at 7:30 like I usually do, but since Paul and I skipped gym time yesterday (it was pouring rain outside...we did a legit muscle workout in our room instead) I decided that in addition to doing my 30 minutes of weights, I would also do my 30 minutes of cardio. WOO BABY I AM SORE! But it's that wonderful sore where you feel accomplished and every time something hurts it kinda puts a smile on your face...kinda. ;D

Question #3

3. What's the most sensible thing you've ever heard someone say?

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

I heard this really recently actually, when I was watching "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (WHICH IS A WONDERFUL MOVIE AND EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT). I absolutely love it, because it is so utterly true. When I see people in terrible relationships, I have such a hard time wrapping my head around why they would stay with someone who makes them so unhappy or doesn't treat them right. Essentially it comes back to the individual...they don't think they're good enough to demand more out of a partner.

And it doesn't even have to be about romantic love. It applies to self-love too. If I have some sort of flaw and convince myself that flaw means I'm less of a person, I won't be able to fully love myself and who I am.

Great quote.

Question #2

2. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

EVERYONE. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration...but there's truth in it. I am a girl and I have been manipulated by the world to feel the need to compare myself to every other girl on this planet. Whether it's someone with better skin than me, skinnier than me, better outfit...or the other way around where I boost my ego by being happy I'm thinner than someone else or that my hair looks better than theirs. It's sick. It's twisted. It's messed up. I know I shouldn't do it, but it's instinct.

Beauty and the Beat

I recently discovered this song/video and I hereby declare that it is genius and wonderful. Every time I listen to it I pick up on something new. It's pretty sweet. :)

Tee hee

ALL the happy feels!

For Reading Buccaneers, we practice at a high school (Twin Valley) and today they were hosting an indoor percussion show. Because of the convenience of us already being there for rehearsal they asked us to do a little preview of our show and some of our warm-up chorales. And guess what? MY HIGH SCHOOL'S INDOOR PERCUSSION WAS THERE!

I came in all serious...walking in line with the hornline. And then I heard people screaming my name and I saw them in the stands all waving and jumping up and down. It was an AMAZING feeling...having so many people so psyched to see you. I think we were supposed to be serious, but I was grinning from ear to ear. :)

We set up the horn arc, and the first thing Paul (our brass caption-head) said to the audience was that all the kids got to come down to the gym floor and sit in the arc. So of course all the kids from my high school sit like TWO FEET AWAY FROM ME. I seriously had a clump of people around me...not gonna complain though! I was feeling the love. :) Then we started playing and I glance down at one point and noticed some of them were filming me...haha! They're so cute. :)

Then the band parents started screaming my name when they noticed me (AND MY RED SHOES!) in the hornline...haha. The whole thing just made me feel amazing. Knowing they all care so much and are excited to see me in Bucs. And I know this post is me kinda tootin' my own horn, but I have ALL the happy feels right now and I wanna remember this. :)

365 Thought-Provoking Questions

I stumbled upon this site titled "365 Though-Provoking Questions." Skimming through the questions, I really like a lot of them so I figured I'd try to make it a regular thing to answer a couple of them a week on my blog. I doubt I'll keep up with doing one every day, but that's okay. My blog, my rules. :) Oh and I promised myself I'd answer them in order so I can't skip around and avoid ones I don't wanna answer...so here we go! Question 1!

1. When was the last time you tried something new?

Two days ago at the Upper Deck (our main dining hall on campus) I tried lemon-baked cod for the first time. I'm not a huge seafood person, but with my new gluten-free/lactose-free diet I'm trying to be more open to healthy options...and fish is definitely wonderful for you. So I tried it, and I actually really liked it, which surprised me.

Let's see...what else is new in my life (cause that wasn't an overly exciting answer)...I have a new work-out routine I'm trying! Going to the gym 4/5 times a week instead of 3 times and I started doing weight training. I'm also trying this new thing called interval training for my cardio. Instead of just running straight for fifteen minutes or whatever, I walk a quarter mile, sprint my butt off for a quarter mile, then walk a quarter mile, then sprint my butt off for a quarter mile...and so on. It is EXHAUSTING but wonderful at the same time. It's really good for you too because you burn more calories that way and it helps you keep burning calories even after you're done working out. So I am thoroughly enjoying that newness in my life. :)

OOH! OOH! I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE! I wore COLORED jeans for the first time yesterday! I got them at Old Navy for $8 (WOOT WOOT) and I absolutely love them. They made me so happy. :)

Ta da! My roommate says they're the color of an awkward crayon...the one where you think it'll be orange but then it's slightly red, haha!