Exercise-wise, it has been a very unremarkable week. I took it easy in that department and focused on social activities. I also wasn't feeling the greatest (stomachache a few days, headache a few others).
Monday was a holiday, and I did just that - holidayed. Wednesday I did BodyShred (our regular instructor is back after 2 weeks away), and the rest of the week I was too busy doing one thing or another to go for a run or to the gym. I feel extremely slobby and lazy and guilty about this, but there's nothing I can do now to fix the past, so time to move on!!
The weekend was great, since we had the Taste of the Danforth festival, an impromptu waffle party at Marie's with Ben and a new friend, and drinks at a new German restaurant (where I proceeded to spill a drink on said new friend). Sunday was another beach day (one where we actually went to the beach!), where I met 5369 new people and was overwhelmed. I think I shut down a little because I was so tired from the previous night. Hahaha! But it was great going out, meeting people, having a good laugh, and forgetting what work is.
It's Monday evening now, and I just got back from my regular Attack (the one I skipped last week). It's helped me start to feel more normal. It's going to be a busy week with James visiting from Chicago and Esther's wedding on the weekend. Then work starts to pick up the following week as we prepare for the September rush. Also - and this is something I found out about last week, actually - Marie and I are going to the CanFitPro Consumer Fitness + Wellness Show on Friday to take a class with Jillian Michaels, the celebrity trainer! I won a contest that Marie posted on Facebook through Goodlife, so off we go for an hour, where we will get yelled at by one of the most intense fitness people ever. Here's hoping we survive!
I have no deep exercise-related insights from this week, other than confirmation that I feel crummy when I'm too lazy. I feel more energetic when I'm Attacking and Shredding and Pumping and running. :) However, that is not to say that this week wasn't amazing. It certainly was, considering the number of people I met and the activities I got up to with my friends. It feels like a prelude of things to come. This time last year I was just settling back into Toronto, reconnecting with my friends, and on the verge of getting a job and making a number of new friends. I feel like it's the season for that. It's late summer, we're starting to slowly lose minutes off of our extra long days, it's getting cooler in the evenings and mornings, and we're scrambling to squeeze out as much fun as we possibly can from the lingering summer atmosphere. A lot can stem from those last, urgent actions taken to lengthen the season. I'm living in the happiness of the present and looking forward to the pleasant mysteries of the future.
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