Oh Monday...

8 am depression happened Monday morning…

Not only was it my first 8am WOD since leaving Birmingham, I was really missing my friends back home.  I had them on my mind the entire workout. Not only that but it was highly focused on agility… need I say more? I almost landed flat on my face several times, said multiple cuss words, and tripped over my own two feet.  However… I did do 100 games standard push-ups in 8 minutes and 50 seconds! I really didn’t do that bad. First we jumped rope for 400 meters. Know what that means? I was confused too haha we basically had to bounce 400 meters while still jumping rope.  We had to bounce both feet at the same time, so you couldn’t like run and jump rope at the same time… btw who the eff is coordinated enough to do that. Not this one.  Then we lined up 7 24 inch boxes and 7 21 inch hurdles and after each box over we jumped laterally over the hurdle back and forth.  We each went taking turns trying to beat each other and our own times for a total of three times. I think my fastest was 20 seconds, maybe? I was so nervous it was hard to keep track.  Then we did a three-cone drill.  Equally embarrassing, haha. We each went for a total of three times. I think my best time was 9.8 seconds.  Then came the 100 game standard push-ups for time with a 10 minute cut off.  Seeing how many people hadn’t finished in the classes before made me nervous.  However, thankfully I finished in 8:50. Boom.

The best part about working out is the yummy chocolate goodness that is my pre and post workout reward.  It’s like drinking heaven.  Literally.

After that I came home and made a lovely breakfast. Eggs, veggies, a piece small piece of left over chicken, and a piece of tuna.  All I can say is yum.

How awesome is this day so far?!

I’m meeting a guy for date night in silver lake and I am so excited.  Silver lake is kind of like a hidden hipster gem in Los Angeles. There are awesome apartments, rich neighbors, interesting people, cool shops, and trendy restaurants. Well, lets be honest I’m pretty much in love with all of LA so yeah… I’m excited.

Last night was a complete let down. I went with my friend and we stuffed our faces with sushi and drank beer while watching the Raiders and then the Saints game.  Pretty perfect. I came home with the intention of maybe taking a nap but definitely changing clothes.  Well a shower and nap happened. I woke up at 1:25 am. Said a few cuss words. Met a friend for eggs and bacon. Then went back to bed. Haha and started my day as above.

I also received a sweet facebook message from a friend back home that made me miss it even more. Though I am happy here and making friends and having so much fun I cant help but reminisce about those people I went from seeing almost every other day to not at all.  It made me teary eyed. And I kinda wanted to let it all out. But I didn’t… thankfully.

While doing laundry at my neighborhood Lucy’s Laundromat my date called and cancelled. Bummer. He said that he could already tell production on his movie was going to run late and he wanted me to be able to have time to make plans.  Which was nice but as you can tell from above, I was really looking forward to it. Only in LA can you make that ‘excuse.’ We made plans for Thursday night (my next off night), talked for a few minutes and said goodbye. Then he text me right after we hung up saying sorry again… too much? I think not.

After a shit ton of laundry I went to Trader Joe’s and bought supplies for the week.  Then braved Whole Foods by The Grove, which is ballsy.  The women that shop here are much more terrifying then the fags at the WeHo Whole Foods.  Most are very nice, though.  As I was picking out my spaghetti squash a lady asked me how I cooked them.  I told her and she even offered to email the recipe she was wanted to make in exchange for my advice! Its pretty paleo minus the feta!

After laundry,I came home and made Paleo Stuffed Peppers, which once again tugged on my heart, seeing as it’s my friend’s recipe.  I finished off my bottle of Skinny Girl wine that I had started the night before.  Omg this stuff is the shit... and for only 100 calories per 5 oz.  I’ll take it.  I even remembered my friend's advice to turn them over on towels to drain the extra grease!  I was excited to have a ton of the stuffing left over for my eggs the next few days! YUMMO! I wanted to be lazy but instead went to Busby’s on Wilshire to watch the Clippers game.  My new favorite team.  They are really rough! Straight throw bows (elbows) and don’t even try to hide it! Even Mr. Kardashian is rough… oh excuse me, Mr. Odom. I drank blue moon all night and was in heaven with my lovely friends. 

On to workday number 1… FML