So as you can tell by now, I don’t write on the weekends. Mainly because I don’t have time also because I’m lazy and don’t want to type things while I’m at home. So let’s catch up shall we?
Friday: I had to work at my “regular job”. I got off at 5 and went straight to Fry’s to get a stereo installed in my car. I know, I know, super 1990’s but hey! I’m broke okay? It was either get a new car (which will never happen) or get a stereo so I can talk hands free and listen to MY music and not Ariana Grande on the radio over and over. It’s great having it! I keep wanting to take the longest routes just so I can enjoy the ride! Another great thing about it is that I love listening to Audiobooks so now I can listen to them in the car and not just on my runs! After my car was done I went home and did Blogilates again.
Saturday: I worked 6am to 2pm at the rehab. After work Joe and I had our first cheat day. We just sat on the couch watching TV and ordered stuffed crust pizza which besides Joe, is my one true love. I don’t care that its not vegan! I can eat it on my cheat days! We drank way too much, Joe had beer and I had my drink of choice, Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka by Deep Eddys and soda water. I drank too much because I fell right asleep when I woke up, we got Taco Bell! It was really nice having a cheat day because it really changes my “all or nothing” mentality. I can eat bad one day and be lazy and enjoy myself and then go back to the normal grind the next day.
Sunday: was my “day off” of all my jobs. I cleaned and lounged around. I took my pre workout just because I wasn’t feeling it at all (I’m sure it had to do with all the crap I ate the day before.) I started doing some weights and then it just turned to me dancing and singing around in my living room. I decided to just do yoga instead. I decided this wasn’t going anywhere so I should just go along with my day. Some of my favorite kids finished the program at the rehab, which means they get to leave and I will never see them again. I wrote both of them hand written letters and just told them how proud I am and how much they mean to me. I bought them some DVDs at the discount store. You get 10 DVDs for $15. I also stopped and got them donuts. As I was driving there (which once again it’s about 35 minutes away from my house), I started thinking, why am I doing this? Why am I spending MY money and MY time to bring these kids stuff? I got there and all the kids were so excited to see me! They just kept yelling “Miss Lizz is here!” a lot of them came up and hugged me and thanked me for the donuts and the movies. I got to talk to the kids that are leaving and gave them their cards and they were so appreciative. They told me how much they would miss me and how much they enjoyed spending time with me and going on trips with me. Then I realized why I do this, those kids mean so much to me than they will ever know. I think about them 24/7. When they are happy I’m happy, when they’re sad, I’m sad. I wish I could just hug all of their pain away! I wish that I could watch over them once they leave and give them good advice and talk to them. A lot of these kids don’t have parents, and the ones that do, I wouldn’t really call them “parents” as they are dealing with their own addictions. Anyway, I’m glad I decided to stop by and bring a little bit of love and happiness into their life even if it’s just for a little bit. I think the thing I hate about that job is the fact that once they are done with the program, that’s it. Im not allowed to have any communication with them. So I spend time with them, make memories, fall in love with them, and they its gone. That really hurts my heart. The only hope I have is that one day I run into them. One day maybe years from now, I would love to run into them and have them tell me how great they are doing and how they changed their life around.
After that, I went home and Joe got home from work. He wanted to go on a run because he just signed up for the Spartan Race! I got a little bit jealous and decided I wanted to go on a run too. My goal was to run 2 miles since I had “worked out” earlier that day. I ended up running 3 miles because I bought Taylor Swifts Blank Space and listened to it on repeat. Most of yall don’t know this, but I HATE Taylor Swift, but damn her songs are so fricken catchy! So thanks Taylor for my awesome run.
Today I woke up extra early and went to the gym. Today was ab day. I did 45 minutes of ab workouts and then walked uphill for 30 minutes. I love walking uphill because it burns a TON of calories. You don’t really feel like you are doing anything because it’s not hard but you end up dripping sweat! I burned 400 calories in 30 minutes! I love watching music videos while doing this, it keeps me distracted and motivated at the same time.
My goals for this week:
Wake up every morning to workout
Run at least 10 miles this week
No coffee, only tea!
Remember to take my vitamins