latte

Can you imagine what life as a celebrity would be like? It's headline news when one of them steps out for a latte. Seriously. One of the headlines on people.com right now is "Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal share coffee- again".

And on that note, off to yoga I go!

sunday

A few minutes ago I felt inspired to write, but once I got logged in I lost it. I mostly just wanted to say that I am really looking forward to going home for Christmas (even though I am dreading having to board my baby), and that Julia and I went to an art opening type thing last night and it was really fun (and tasty). I had a red velvet cupcake, a slice of red velvet cake, a glass of champagne, two creme puffs, a mini quiche, a couple pieces of broccoli, two strawberries, and a few pieces of bread dipped in olive oil. Needless to say I didn't need to eat dinner once I got home. Getting back to basics today. Yoga this morning, vegetables for lunch and yoga again this evening. And no more cake for a while.

Now I feel inspired. Perhaps I'll buy some feather earrings?

sick

It's been a rough few days for the Aplands. It started last Monday when Keith started getting sick with a really nasty cold. On Friday, I started coming down with it. Saturday was my worst day, and lucky for me it came and went (for the most part) pretty quickly. By Sunday I thought the worst was over, so I changed the sheets, towels, toothbrushes, bath sponges, did all the laundry and cleaned everything from top to bottom to de-germ the place. Then out of nowhere, Keith wakes up really early Monday morning with flu-like symptoms. It was terrible. He's feeling better now, but I am ready for us to both be completely healthy and back to normal. This is the first day in four days that I've even had coffee, which is a pretty big deal for me. I've spent so much time vertical that my back is now killing me. I did some yoga this morning, which seems to be the only thing providing any relief.

I suppose it's better for this to be happening now than when we go home for Christmas in five weeks! Five weeks! I can't believe it.

veggie love

me + vegetables = love

I am a fan of snacking. I love to eat. Therefore, I am committing to eating more vegetables. Every single day, lots of vegetables. Raw. I love vegetables, and they love me back. Right now I'm shoving broccoli in my mouth.

yay!!

This little yogini is now the proud owner of a brand new Lamar Foxie board and a Ski Bowl Super Value Pass! YES!!!!!!! Couldn't be more excited!

no sleep

Productive morning so far. I got up at 7, did a load of laundry, had coffee while watching Guiliana & Bill (love that show) and went to the gym. I'm not sure why, but I am tired. I went to bed around 10 last night, but for some reason I don't think I slept very well. My current goal is to regulate my sleep schedule. I am up before 6 to teach yoga three mornings a week, and whenever I can I go home and go back to sleep after class. Sometimes I will sleep until 9 or 10, and sometimes I will sleep until noon or 1. I always have a hard time falling asleep, but more so on nights before I know I have to be up before the sun even thinks about rising. I've been dealing with this issue for months now, probably even more than a year. I've tried everything. Melatonin doesn't do anything but make me feel groggy the next day, I've used lavender essential oil, yoga before bed, a sound machine, a sleep mask, hot tea, nothing seems to work. I can be completely wiped out, but when my head hits the pillow I can't sleep. I have a healthy diet, I exercise regularly, I just don't know what could be contributing to my lack of sleep. I recently have noticed that I get the best sleep during the day. For about a week recently, I was in the habit of sleeping anywhere from two to five hours in the middle of the day. I don't want to be doing that. I used to have a friend who took a nap or two every single day and I thought it seemed like a really unhealthy and annoying habit. So starting this past week, I decided I would not go back to sleep after yoga and I would not let myself sleep during the day. It's been hard. I am hoping that my body will learn to relax and sleep at night. I've even gotten acupuncture once a week for the past five weeks in hopes of solving the problem, but the mystery remains. This is such a tiring issue to struggle with. Literally!

xoxo-
T