Happy Friday y’all! I don’t even know where the week went but somehow I made it to the end of it and am writing this post from my hotel room in Harrisburg, PA.
Flight schedules were such that I got in late morning but I don’t teach until 6p tonight. Luckily, I was able to check into my hotel early so I’m working and working out this afternoon until it’s time to head over to the studio to kick off the weekend of yoga! I threw this book into my backpack at the last minute as I was finishing up packing this morning. Sometimes I love to page through a yoga book or listen to a yoga podcast before a big teaching weekend. I find that it kind of wakes up/excites my brain and gets me in a yoga state of mind. I also did a Tara Brach meditation on the plane.
I opted for a “supplier’s choice” deal when reserving my rental car through AVIS. I got to the counter and was offered a Dodge cargo van or a Chevy electric vehicle. Needless to say, I opted for the Chevy and I’m loving my little baby blue Bolt. It’s my first time driving an EV and I like it! I’m just hoping it doesn’t have to be charged this weekend as my hotel doesn’t have a charging station and I don’t really have time in my teaching schedule to go sit and let it charge somewhere. We shall see!
A few more photos from earlier in the week!
DOGS + KIDDO
The dogs got groomed on Monday. Finn is always tickled to have them riding in the car with us. It tickles me how much of a transformation Benji undergoes when he is groomed. He looks like a completely different dog now. I am kinda partial to the mop head to be honest. I wish I had an after picture but I didn’t take one this time!
Rainy day Play-Doh extravaganza. Note Zoey in the background just waiting for her shot to nab some Play-Doh. The girl loves to eat it so I always have to watch her closely or put her in another room when it’s out.
THIS WEEK’S WORKOUTS
I had a solid week of workouts. My body was feeling pretty great. Here’s how it went down…
Saturday: 40 minute full body lift
Sunday: REST
Monday: 3 mile treadmill run + 60-minute full body lift
Tuesday: 3 mile walk
Wednesday: hot power yoga
Thursday: 5 mile run (watch shot above)
Friday: today will be a full body lift with whatever equipment I can find in the hotel gym
BEDROOM FLIP FLOP
My handyman was at my house on Wednesday and Thursday helping with some projects around the house. The big two were painting the guest room and moving furniture around upstairs. I mentioned recently that I switched Finn’s room and the guest room when I set up Finn’s “big boy” bed. The room I moved him into is closer to mine and a whole lot cooler during the summer because it’s on the back of the house and doesn’t get afternoon sun. Long story but the previous owners only had one HVAC unit for the whole house so the upstairs is pretty hot during the height of summer. I have since replaced the HVAC but just couldn’t swing reworking all of the ductwork to add an upstairs unit so it is what it is for now.
As part of all of the great room swap and furniture shuffle, I had to flip flop my bedroom and move the bed from a big blank wall to in front of the windows you see in this photo to accommodate a dresser that I need for clothes storage because my closets are small. (The dresser was in Finn’s new room but needed to move out of there.)
This is the first time in my whole life that I’ve put a bed in front of windows and I can’t decide how I feel about it. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to make the room work with the furniture I have and need for storage right now so I have to make it work. I am the first to admit that while I can write out a mean workout or yoga sequence, my interior decorating skills are lacking. Would love to hear any ideas you might have for this room set up. I’m thinking that adding curtains and a rug might help pull it all together? Also, I switch out my comforters from time-to-time. This patterned one is not the norm – I usually just keep a white fluffy one on there.
I wish I could do some bedroom furniture that’s not so dark/heavy but I need to keep what I have for now. And it goes without saying that the fan is terrible – I’ll get there!
Alright, enough of that! Time to hit the gym. I hope you guys have the best weekend!
QUESTIONS
Do you have an EV? Have you driven and EV?
How were your workouts this week?
Any bedroom suggestions for this non-decorator?
