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Remember how I said I wanted it to be Thursday at 4:30?

Well. Apparently I accidentally booked today off too. So really I wanted it to be Wednesday at 4:30.

Thank goodness. I am a P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-O-R. So I had to shower, pack, do laundry, fill my jeep, clean my jeep, find my suitcase (Thanks Saren for letting me borrow yours) all last night. But since I had today off. I didn't do ANY of that last night, and am finishing the final touches right now.

Today. I got to catch up on some sleep. Finish my laundry. Pack my clothes. Pack my "hair/beauty" stuff <---- I have a whole duffle bag for that. When did I get so high maintenance? ugh.

I am off to meet bestie for her birthday lunch. Goin' to get a few last minute things! Then we're offfffffffffff...



I went to bed. It was gorgeous. I woke up. It's FREAKIN' snowing.

Welp. See ya'll in Utah. I'm out!

xo.
L.

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Why do work days always drag on longer than non work days?

I just want it to be Thursday at 4:30 RIGHT NOW. because. That means I leave for good ol' Utah. I've got some super fun things planned for the next 10 days.

We will be leaving Thursday night after work, and driving to somewhere in Montana. Then Friday we are going to meet up in Pocatello to have lunch with my good friend Nate. I haven't seen him so long. So excited. Plus he plays baseball for the University...and he's got some way hot friends. We get into SLC Friday sometime, and we're going to go straight to Gateway for some shopping. Then I am taking Carrie to the Taco truck on State St. where my roomate tried to sell me to the Mexicans. (rude)

Then...

A game with this team:



Against this team:



Should be fun.

I'll be busy going to the color festival. Cafe Rio(x10). MMA Fights. Temple Trips. Movie nights in the Canyon. Dinner with old friends. Lunch with old friends. Laughing hysterically. Celebrating Birthdays. Sleeping in Late. Going to Spin classes everyday. Walking around BYU Campus(only to find Devin.) Ew. BYU. Good thing I like him. Going to ANOTHER Jazz game. General Conference. Bowling. Park City.

I have so much stuff to do this week. I need to find time to pack. Do Laundry. Clean my room(who likes coming home to a dirty room). Get Canadian treats for my lovlies south of the border.

Then. I'll be home for approx. 8 days. Then. I leave for a little Sun.Rest.Relaxation.

I'm going to:





Puerto Vallarta MEXICO!

I am so excited. Sometimes when the price is right. You just gotta book a last minute vacation. The bestie and I will be headed to Mexico for 7 days of laying on the beach, doing Yoga next to the ocean, eating amazing mexican food. Diving the warm waters. Kayaking. Ahhh. I can hardly wait.

Can it please be Thursday at 4:30.

What are you looking forward to?

xo.
L.

Motivation.

Remember all those posts from this time last year? I had just had knee surgery. Remember how I was soooo hung ho on getting back in the gym, becoming a runner again. Remember how I kicked my butt in the gym the minute that I came back and got somewhere.....

.....It became summer. And. We all know motivation to work out in a gym during the summer goes out the window. I got back on the bandwagon in time for my trip to my besties wedding in Utah in September. Fell off the band wagon after I got back, because I ate SO horribly while I was there.. Got back on just in time to get into a car accident in November that jacked my neck and my back up. And. Ever since then I've been so back and forth. I'm half motivated, and half not in it at all.

Does anyone else sense a pattern with me? Well. Thru previous posts we've realized that I am done with the dream of becoming a runner {for now} I am not going to try and force something that is painful. I've taken a love {understatement} to spinning. I've recently found Kangoo {see posts below} <--- I just got a 10 punch pass to kangoo classes. I am finally back on the band wagon. Doing things that I enjoy. Things that don't hurt. I've started lifting again. I haven't been happier.

However. I am leaving for Utah in 7 days,and I feel like anytime I go on vacation I fall off the work out train HARD. So I am preparing myself. I've already found a Gold's right down the street from where I will be staying. I've got all the spin classes I need. I've got a list of travel friendly foods I can take with me. I plan on making most of my food at the place I am staying as opposed to eating out.

Sidenote:: I still have a bunch of training sessions with my trainer from last year. We are meeting as soon as I get back from Utah and I'll start training with him regularly again. I am meeting with a nutritionist when I get back too.

Here's to staying motivated, and planning ahead so I don't fall off the band wagon again {p.s how many times did I say band wagon in this post? so annoying} oops. I am learning from the past. Let's hope it finally works.

how do ya'll stay motivated?

xo.
L.

sicky mcsickerson.

I have a sinus infection.

big.fat.boo. I've been sick for the last weekish. Finally today I just couldn't handle it anymore. I left work early. Sat in a doctors office (you know I am sick when I am willing to do that) I left with some nasal junk. some antibiotics and stopped for some soup.

Now I am sitting here from the comfort of my own bed. Blogging, and watching some netflix while waiting for my nyquil to kick in so I can get a decent sleep tonight. I need to kick this cold pronto, because in 7 days I will be headed to the States. Carrie and I bought our Tickets to the Jazz vs Nuggets game for next friday night, so we're pretty excited about that. And. I fully plan on taking a half empty suitcase for all my purchases. Oooo there's nothing like a good little American shopping trip to make me happy. TJ Maxx, Ross, Target, Nordstrom. Love. Love. Love.

Here's a question for you. Neither Carrie nor I have a love of Jazz or Nuggets ball. We both are 76er's fans. So naturally we have their jerseys. So now. We are faced with one of two options. 1. Buying new jerseys for Jazz or Nuggets. or 2. wearing our 76er's jerseys. <--- I've always secretly made fun of the ghetto's who wore random jerseys to games. So what to do? I'm leaning more towards option 1.

Can this medication please kick in. Can it please be next Thursday at 4:30 so we can leave to Utah. Can it please NEVER be Apr 2nd, cause I don't want to come home. Can it please stay warm. I'm loving this weather. Can I please please get a good nights sleep tonight. I could really use that tonight.

xo.
L

Mama Bear.

I have this little problem called the "mama bear" syndrome.

It's where I know{think} I am always right. So any advice that I give. People need to take.

Either it's just how I think things should go. Or. I have 'been there done that' and want people to learn from my mistakes. How many of you have people like that in your life. Annoying right? Yah. I am annoyed that I suffer from this syndrome too. However, 9/10 I am right. It's a pretty decent track record tho.

I find myself trying to help way too many people, and forgetting a lot about myself. It's amazing how messed up I feel my life is. How far off course and the straight and narrow it is, because I spend my time worried too much about what others are doing. There are people in my life, in my family that I worry about. I worry about the path that their choosing, about the way other people treat them.

Really. I need to start worrying about the path that I am on. About the way other people are treating me. The way I am treating other people. I need to be more Christ like. I need to be more accepting of the fact that people are going to make choices that don't really align with what I would do, or what I know THEY know they should be doing, but I can't make them do anything they don't really want to do. I would be putting myself.

When I was little I was REALLY bossy. I mean I would boss around my stuffed animals so it's not surprise to me or anyone who knows me that I am like this. I guess I just want whats best for everyone, with minimal amonuts of pain, and suffering.

Remember this character. I use to be compared to her.




xo.
L.

Kangoo

Are these boots not the coolest? Don't they remind you of Moon Boots.. Maybe I'm just old and remember those as a kid. But they were the coolest. Loved them.

Anyways it's like a zumba/aerobics class. The boots are wicked. They're just like rollerblades. It's a total body workout. I am still super sore from yesterdays class. My quads and my hams burned. Fact:: My knee never hurt during the class. My knee still doesn't hurt. It's a lot of plyometrics. Which wasn't exactly my forte over the last year.

But. Now it is. They're offering the class at the gym I go to. The instructor is like the top Kangoo instructor in Canada. She has a rocking bod. The classes are $20 a class, or $150/month x 3 classes a week. <--- that is crazy expensive. Boots are $300. Two months worth of classes. So, needless to say I am ordering a pair of kangoo boots. I am going to take the classes(at a reduced rate) and during the spring and summer I will kangoo around Princes' Island Park(so gorgeous) I use to run/rollerblade there every saturday. So why not Kangoo?

Carrie is going to order kangoo boots. We've decided that she needs to get some too. Great investment. She'll have mad hops for next season. Awesome. Right?

I think next to spin, this has got to be one of my favourite forms of cardio. However, I have found out... I am absolutely horrible and following choreographed routines. The worst. How did I dance for so many years? I'll never know. But, I am so glad I found this. I think everyone should search out a kangoo group in their area, and give it a try. If you love it. Invest in some boots, and do your own zumba, or aerobics DVD's.

Sorry for the rambling. I just love.love.love this new form of cardio and just had to share it with everyone.

Hope ya'll had fabulous weekend. I sure did.

xo.
L.

Mediocre

Urban Dictionary says::

Not good, not bad, but a negative term nonetheless. Often used to describe something that is average, but was expected to be much better.

Is it better to be semi good at a lot of things. Or really good at just a few things?

Which is the lesser of two evils. When I was younger I strived to be good at everything that I did. So I never spent much focus on being "really" good at something. I thought I was well rounded. I guess I was. I just needed to be better than the last half of the group. I couldn't come in last.

Last night I went up to Edmonton with a friend to watch the bestie in the ACAC semi finals. Bestie got player of the game. P.S She is amazing. I love watching her play. A little jealous. Ok. Way jealous. She is way better than I ever was.

I highly doubt I would ever have been good enough to play in college. Why? Because I didn't strive to be the best. I squoze by enough to stand out. To be a little better than average.

{A little better than average players don't play in college} <---- who knew?

I have nothing to show for 15+ plus hours a week of basketball, conditioning, watching tape. Because I never spent additional time in the gym trying to be a little better. I was content with what I was doing. I'm slightly embarrassed. Oops. Last night while watching MRU beat SAIT by 1 point I was reminded I when I played ball. I wondered if I would have tried a little harder if I could have been good enough to play college ball. **Guess that's going to be one of my lifes regrets right**

Then. I started to think about all the other things I was mediocre with. The list started to get really long.

-Highschool grades {college} I never use to have to try very hard. However, if I would have tried harder I'd have obviously done better.
-The whole basketball business.
-Work. I am definitely not living up to my potential. I am comfortable where I am.
-My knee rehab. I know I could be leaps and bounds past what I am right now. I am surpassing the protocol. But I am not living up to my potential.
-My spiritualness... I read my scriptures just enough to get by. I don't dive into them the way that I should have.

This was definitely a wake up call. I am done with being mediocre. Wouldn't life be great if you were allowed one do over? Mine would have taken me back to grade 11. I'd have tried harder in school, and sports. And I would have stayed in Canada for college. Probably Calgary or Edmonton.

Just a prediction. But from here on out. I am not going to settle for mediocry in my life anymore.

xo
L.