Feelin’ Bubbly

Salut mes amis!

Sorry for the surely grammatically poor French greeting.  I just felt it was appropriate as I feel pretty darn fabulous.

The blazer that I bought from J. Crew in September can now be buttoned up comfortably without having to suck in my tummy!

Woot! 

Yay for fitness and more or less balanced eating. 

I’m also happy because I managed a double workout last night of running (speed work) and cross fit.  I thought I was going to die at cross fit–the workouts are getting really focused on conditioning and my anaerobic fitness, which plays a big role in cross fit, is HORRIBLE.

I also got myself a new speed skipping rope.  The box had brought in a stash and I bought one for $20.  I can’t wait to start practicing my double unders!

I’m also thrilled about the election results and my upcoming road trip to the U.S. for Bruce Springsteen, shopping, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, Vikings Football and some delicious food at some of my favourite Twin Cities restaurants.  I have only two work days left til I leave and I couldn’t be more excited.

Gosh…I need to stop blabbing and gushing.  Must finish all my work so that I can actually go on this crazy trip.

Much luv,

Leesah

 

The Travel Marathon Begins

All everyone!

That was quite a short, but delicious weekend.  Well…at least it was for me thanks to a lot of relaxation time, a decent amount of productive time and a cookie party with a four lovely ladies….yes…I said cookie party.  Basically each of us baked up a batch of cookies we hadn’t made before, made enough so that each guest had half a dozen cookies to take home, and ended up with 5 different types of cookies in their “stash.” 

It was such a success that our Christmas event is already in the makings and will even include a square to bring, along with a stash of cookies.  LOVE it!  Such a fun way to break the meh-ness of the cool weather to come….even if it adds a temporary pound or two simply due to said cookies’ deliciousness.

I’m glad to have had such a chillaxed and lovely weekend as my six week crazy travel marathon with work begins this week.  I think I might’ve mentioned it earlier last week…I am really going to try to focus on positive thoughts and balance…and even take some “Leesah time” in the midst of the craziness to keep my sanity.

So…wanna here where I will be in the next six weeks?  Well, I’ll be in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan twice; Edmonton, Alberta once; Calgary, Alberta once; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Ottawa, Ontario.  A wee bit crazy, no?  I think I’m most looking forward to my trip to the Twin Cities as that is my birthday gift from my dad to go see Bruce Springsteen and the Minnesota Vikings play football and then Ottawa as I get to see my friends after my work days are done.

Today’s work day won’t be too crazy either–which is nice…and it means I will have more energy for my double workout tonight to make up for yesterday’s lower key walking workout and cookie indulgence.  I am going for a run right after work and then for what looks like a rather delicious cross fit class which includes a boat load of squats, kb swings, pull ups and skipping.  It really is perfect because this will be a perfect experiment to measure my fitness in the beginning of Project PR Princess, it will totally exhaust me and require a day off for recovery and I won’t have time to workout tomorrow–LOVE when things work out so wonderfully. 

Anyway, must get back into action–I want to try and get rid of my to do list by lunchhour!

Much Luv and happy Monday!

Leesah