Well what do you know, looks like it’s Monday again! I hope you all had a quiet, relaxing weekend. Or maybe it was wild and crazy.. whichever you prefer! I [and Nathan] made every attempt to make our weekend as relaxing as possible. Work has been running me ragged lately so when I have a full day off, I take full advantage.
Saturday, I slept in till about 7:30 [hey, no alarm is a wonderful thing, even at that hour!], had a leisurely breakfast on the couch in my jammies, and got myself together to go to the farmers’ market. We’ve been loving all of the fruit from the market; the strawberries and oranges, in particular, have been outrageous! We loaded up on produce and a special porcini salami from Boccalone, and headed home to pack up a picnic.
The weather has been perfect lately; practically 70 and sunny everyday. A couple miles of sunshine later, we reached the top of the hill and unpacked the goodies.
There’s nothing a jar full of chardonnay can’t fix, am I right? 😉 That and a post-hike nap and Chinese food for dinner. It was the perfect Saturday.
Yesterday was back to work opening the gym. As I said, working 3 jobs has been running me into the ground. Multiple 10-12 hour days, sometimes between all 3 places, has been tough. I’ve been working on balancing the jobs with the rest of my life; figuring out how to find time to eat, cook, spend time with Nathan, and get in my own workouts has been a bit of a struggle at times. Sometimes I have the opportunity to cook dinner in the middle of the day to take to work with me in the evening. And sometimes by the time I get home to see Nathan, all I can do is brush my teeth and pass out.
As I attempt to figure out my workouts, I find that letting somethings go by the wayside are coming back to bite me in the butt. I totally burned myself out on cardio and almost stopped running all together. I’ve been trying to slowly get back into it, even just once a week. Rather than saying my run yesterday was frustrating, I’d like to call it humbling. After expressing my feelings to Nathan, he shared this quote with me.
Of course, I would be naive to think I can stop running and pick right back up where I left off. But just as I’m learning to find balance in my life, I’m learning to re-balance my workouts and sometimes that just means taking more days like Saturday when I can. And sometimes weekends like this have to end in brinner because that’s just the darn best.
Weekly Meal Plan
Sunday – Brinner! Roasted sweet potatoes and brussels topped with an egg.
Monday – Lemon Moroccan chicken with za’atar roasted cauliflower
Tuesday – Cashew chicken
Wednesday – Thai basil turkey rice bowls
Thursday – Saturday – Friends in town!
Food for Thought
What’s your favorite way to spend a day off?
What kind of “paying rent” lessons have you learned lately?
Barr & Table 
yay – your picnic looks amazing! What a fun Saturday.
And I’m doing brinner tonight too! Sweet potato hash with a runny egg. Can’t wait!
aww I can’t wait for warm weather to picnic outside. That looks absolutely heavenly. And you’re right. There is nothing a mason jar of chardonnay can’t fix 🙂 I like your style!
3 jobs? I don’t know how you do it girl. I seriously admire you for the handwork and timeless energy you put in every.single.day!
I’m with you, lady! I don’t have three jobs (only two), but my full-time job requires a lot of weekends on top of the 40 I put in every week THEN I have to run off to my second job. And try to stay healthy and lose weight in the meantime. Whew. It’s exhausting! The picnic looked fabulous, though. 🙂 I wish it was warm enough here to do that!