oh how the tides have changed..

It's official. I'm taking over the world. (read: i quit my very safe, very insured, very routine and standard job to become a full-time employee at lululemon and coach Crossfit.) Also, I totally got this blog post title from my new favorite OPI color: Stranger tides. It's all very deep.

Photo found here. My manicure was less impressive.

Here's some catch up:
I've been working as a weekend warrior at lululemon since March. (That's right, I've worked seven days a week for almost a year..wha?!) BUT I drool over the company culture and adore all the girls (and few guys) that work there so it doesn't feel like work. They have amazing chemistry and love life, so needless to say, two measly days a week just wasn't enough for me.

Flashback! This is something that I put in a never-published work-in-progress post lonnnngg ago when I first started there.

"One of the best parts of the lululemon culture is the intensity with which people set and achieve goals. Thus, I've committed to setting new goals that will give me focus everyday. These aren't going to be your average, run of the mill NYE-resolution-I-gave-up-chocolate-for-Lent-unless-it's-Friday-Saturday-or-Sunday goals. I want really ambitious goals that can change lives (specifically mine). I have a goal to set goals? Pretty mucho."

Good news, it still applies! My little vida loca is on the upswing and with all this change, I've committed to setting shiny new reach-for-the-sky goals.

Here's a good one: I post to my blog once a week by February 2012.

And another: I wear heels and feel fancy once a week by March 2012. Serious heels, none of that kitten heel bull-naynay.

If I'm feeling frisky, I might even blog IN heels. 

Want to know everything there ever is to know about setting goals and being awesome? Look here: YAY GOALS!

P.S. I have two furry babies now. Pretty cute, huh?

Until next time (which will be ONE week from now at the latest), party on monkeys.

keeping up with the keeping ups.

This is an old post that's still totally relevant because duhsuperduh, its a perfect example of how I'm NOT keeping up..::sigh::

Let's try again..and for the first half, just travel back in time to about October 2010? I'll let you know when we're back to present day. Ready? GO.

It appears that I've reached a point in my life where I feel the need to go a million miles a minute. That's right ONE MILLION miles A MINUTE. Crazy, right? Yes, but I think I like it that way.

Example: I don't have a single free weekend until mid December. And that doesn't really count because, well, mid December is pretty much Christmas time. And who has spare minutes during holiday season? I certainly don't. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that I have an itch to try and do and travel and be more and more which is why (WHY?) I'm a pretty busy gal and why I technically don't have any free time until 2011. Sorry if I missed you. Put in a request for January and I'll see about adding you to the social calendar I had to make for me and the bfriend (HRR) to keep our heads on straight. He's not such a fan.

All that being said, I've noticed in my fuss to plan and execute and have band-aids and wipeys in my purse for upcoming events, I have a tendency to ignore the right now. The things that need to be done today...like my laundry. My laundry actually needed to be done like 2 weeks ago, but like I said, I plan for the future and surely can't be fretting over the past.

Present day commences..now. Did I lose you? Just shake it off..
So while I'm still having some trouble keeping up with the ups, I have finally restored some semblance of normalcy in my alice-in-wonderland-rabbit-hole-tea-party life. HRR and I have restored order in our frat house of an apartment..hallelujah. People who tell you they can lead normal lives in a trash heap of a home are liars..and probably hoarders, who are clearly confused.

Here's a quick recap of what you might've missed:
I'm officially a omnivore again. That's right. No more vegetarianism for me. Sorry friends, but I gave it SIX years and decided that it wasn't the right plan for me (so maybe I'm slow). But wait, there's more! Not only am I an omnivore, but I'm (mostly) Paleo! Ahhh! It's a beautiful thing that can change your life, but I won't go off on that tangent..yet.

In the past 5 months, I've been averaging about 60-80 hours a week at work..yes you read that correctly (do you feel bad for shaking your head when you read the time that has passed between my last post and this one? you should.) It's finally slowed down a bit (for now), but the unpredictability is annoying and totally interferes with my Crossfitting and favorite people time.
 
More recently, I dished out the monies and got my Crossfit Level 1 Cert. BIG EFF DEAL, people. Seriously. I learned a million things and can't wait to share them with the world..get ready.

I'm still trying to decide where to take this sweet mothership of a blog, I'm thinking I could post something that's actually useful to the 3 people that read it, like recipes and workouts that I find particularly torturous, but we'll see. Suggestions?

Also, french fry adventures have decreased significantly since the dawn of the Paleo era, but I still bank on my cheat meals to hoover some fried tater deliciousness..worry not!

While you're waiting 3 more months for me to post again, check out these hip writings of a couple of the aformentioned favorite peoples. Karina is going to be a theater star and Calcy is going to be the master of all the yogis in the land. Read, learn, imitate.