One of those perfect days
Today was one of those amazingly perfect days. The kind that make you realize how lucky you are to just be. It wasn't that I did anything particularly special, but it was just amazing. To start off it was a beautiful day. The sun was out and the temperature was mild and there was no wind. By some miracle I convinced myself not to go back to sleep after I got home from dropping off the baby. This was miraculous seeing as I worked the pub crawl last night and didn't get to sleep until around 2:30am. To top it off I actually convinced myself to go jogging for the second day in a row!
I have started jogging again and it is a very very slow process since my body is a little messed up (hip/ lower back/ ankle/ shoulder issues stemming from one too many falls off ponies.) It is very frustrating because I want to be able to just go out and run but my hip gives out and I can't run anymore and when I do run on it like that I re-injure it and then I start back from good ol square one (after a month or so off to recover.) Right now I am just doing as much as I can, which I am not going to lie is not a lot. I jog / walk about a mile a day. By that I mean that I jog as much as I can, which is usually about 2/3 of my work out and walk the rest. I also walk at least 6 kms a day in general so it's not like I am not doing any exercise! Jogging for me though is more of a cardio builder. I will soon be adding swimming to the mix now that my new tat is all healed. I have gained a significant amount of weight since moving to Paris (about 10 lbs) and I hate it. I hate it so much because it makes me hate myself for loosing control of my weight and allowing it to get this bad. It doesn't help that I did one of those online calculators that determined that my "ideal" weight would be between 106 - 118 lbs. I would need to loose a lot of weight to meet that! I do try to remind myself that muscle is a big part of my weight (my body fat percentage is on the low end of healthy according to my doc) but I still hate the way I look right now. SOOOO I am working really hard on my not eating processed carb thing, which has its good and bad days, but I know that I am realistically not in a situation now where I could cut out carbs without murdering a child (I get a little testy while my body adjusts and I am not in a place where that would be okay right now.)
BUT I DIGRESS... I was talking about my perfect day! So after I jog I took an amazing shower and went out to return the bottles that I used for the Pub Crawl last night at the St. Michel fountain. In order to get to St. Michel from where I live I take the metro to Chatelet and walk across l'Ile de la Cite to get to the other side of the river (the left bank.) Now I have been living in Paris for five months and some days I think I get too wrapped up in my life to remember where I am, but then I have days like today when it just hits me and I realize that I LIVE IN FUCKING PARIS!!!!!!! On my trip to St. Michel I see (in this order) Place de Chatelet, the Eiffel tower (on my right as I cross over the canal), Notre Dame (on my left as I cross l'Ile de la Cite, then the St. Michel. On the way back I see all those sights PLUS Hotel de Ville... and that's JUST walking to work! It's freaking amazing! I love having those moments because it makes me appreciate everything I have all the more and I think that wanting what you've got is more important that getting what you want (thanks Sheryl Crow!)
To top off that moment of awesomeness I got to get together with my friends for lunch (two of whom had come on the Pub Crawl with me last night.) AND I got off work SUPER early! YAY! I also caught a glimpse of the beautiful sunset out my window (photo provided.) Now if that isn't the best way to spend a day then I don't know what is.
Speaking of great ways to spend a day! I also get to go to Toulouse tomorrow to spend the weekend with the boyfriend. I seriously don't know what I did to deserve him, but I am soooo thankful that I did it! Things right now are going pretty well... I am really worried that by appreciating all these great things that I am jinxing myself, but what can ya do? So have a great weekend everyone! I'll be blogging about my trip on my travel blog so keep an eye out for that! Anywhoo have a great weekend everyone and pray to the snowboard Gods for me... maybe this will finally be the time that I actually get the hang of this snowboarding thing!
I have started jogging again and it is a very very slow process since my body is a little messed up (hip/ lower back/ ankle/ shoulder issues stemming from one too many falls off ponies.) It is very frustrating because I want to be able to just go out and run but my hip gives out and I can't run anymore and when I do run on it like that I re-injure it and then I start back from good ol square one (after a month or so off to recover.) Right now I am just doing as much as I can, which I am not going to lie is not a lot. I jog / walk about a mile a day. By that I mean that I jog as much as I can, which is usually about 2/3 of my work out and walk the rest. I also walk at least 6 kms a day in general so it's not like I am not doing any exercise! Jogging for me though is more of a cardio builder. I will soon be adding swimming to the mix now that my new tat is all healed. I have gained a significant amount of weight since moving to Paris (about 10 lbs) and I hate it. I hate it so much because it makes me hate myself for loosing control of my weight and allowing it to get this bad. It doesn't help that I did one of those online calculators that determined that my "ideal" weight would be between 106 - 118 lbs. I would need to loose a lot of weight to meet that! I do try to remind myself that muscle is a big part of my weight (my body fat percentage is on the low end of healthy according to my doc) but I still hate the way I look right now. SOOOO I am working really hard on my not eating processed carb thing, which has its good and bad days, but I know that I am realistically not in a situation now where I could cut out carbs without murdering a child (I get a little testy while my body adjusts and I am not in a place where that would be okay right now.)
BUT I DIGRESS... I was talking about my perfect day! So after I jog I took an amazing shower and went out to return the bottles that I used for the Pub Crawl last night at the St. Michel fountain. In order to get to St. Michel from where I live I take the metro to Chatelet and walk across l'Ile de la Cite to get to the other side of the river (the left bank.) Now I have been living in Paris for five months and some days I think I get too wrapped up in my life to remember where I am, but then I have days like today when it just hits me and I realize that I LIVE IN FUCKING PARIS!!!!!!! On my trip to St. Michel I see (in this order) Place de Chatelet, the Eiffel tower (on my right as I cross over the canal), Notre Dame (on my left as I cross l'Ile de la Cite, then the St. Michel. On the way back I see all those sights PLUS Hotel de Ville... and that's JUST walking to work! It's freaking amazing! I love having those moments because it makes me appreciate everything I have all the more and I think that wanting what you've got is more important that getting what you want (thanks Sheryl Crow!)
To top off that moment of awesomeness I got to get together with my friends for lunch (two of whom had come on the Pub Crawl with me last night.) AND I got off work SUPER early! YAY! I also caught a glimpse of the beautiful sunset out my window (photo provided.) Now if that isn't the best way to spend a day then I don't know what is.
Speaking of great ways to spend a day! I also get to go to Toulouse tomorrow to spend the weekend with the boyfriend. I seriously don't know what I did to deserve him, but I am soooo thankful that I did it! Things right now are going pretty well... I am really worried that by appreciating all these great things that I am jinxing myself, but what can ya do? So have a great weekend everyone! I'll be blogging about my trip on my travel blog so keep an eye out for that! Anywhoo have a great weekend everyone and pray to the snowboard Gods for me... maybe this will finally be the time that I actually get the hang of this snowboarding thing!
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