Its a sad day

Today is a sad day for sure. I had to take these pretties to UPS and send them back.

I was very excited picking them out and awaited the sound of the door bell every morning to see if they had come. I even scored a great deal on a new "lucy" running top that was more than 50% off. I was super excited to start running again. You see, I get runners high VERY easily. I get a huge feeling of accomplishment when I finish a tough run. Living in Provo we didn't have easy access to a treadmill and I don't really enjoy running pavement. Mostly because the majority of Provo likes to run outside. I thought being out here would really get me back into the swing of things. I had all sorts of plans. But once I slipped on my brand new shoes and top, I started to doubt if I should really be doing this. My body isn't as young as it used to be I guess. Nowadays when I run I tend to get injuries fairly easy. Then I have to stop running to recover and I have to take a lot of time off, I get frustrated and can't do any other exercises because of it. So after a lot of going back and forth, I made the decision to quit. So I traded in those cute shoes and bought some omega oil to help improve my joints instead. Guess its all about the long run.

Confession Time

I have a confession.

It’s quite pathetic really.

Since being married for almost a year and a half I can count the number of times we’ve eaten at our kitchen table on 2 hands.

It’s currently being used as a desk, a closet and a filing cabinet. It’s a weird habit that just happened. I guess we really do love our coffee table!

Creating Balance

When Gabe and I were living in Provo we each had our own responsibilities to take care of during the day, he had school, I had work. And as soon as our responsibilities were taken care of for the day we loved to just relax and hang out together at home. It became very hard to get out of the house and do anything after about 4:00. If I had any errands to run during the week, I would get them done right after I got off work and then rush home to hang out with Gabe. It was a great way to end every day. The time we spent at home together became such a necessity for us and I started to strongly associate being at home with Gabe as relax time.

Well, this takes us to today. The first week out here Gabe was working really long hours every day, 12-15 hours. And I had so much time on my hands I didn’t know what to do. Now that things are all settled and organized, we get to enjoy the beauty of this job, almost an unlimited amount of time together. This was one of the main reasons that we wanted to come out for the summer. I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want to do. I love baking. I would love to get better at cooking. I love fashion and would like to pursue that more. I love health and fitness and would like to develop better habits. I love painting and would like to expand my etsy shop. I love my religion and would like to build on my testimony. I love the outdoors and new places and would like to spend more time exploring and site seeing. I love reading and would like to read more books.

But I have become unmotivated. Whenever Gabe isn’t out working, I just want to embrace the time we have as a young married couple and take advantage of every minute. But even after he leaves for work, I still sit around and “relax.”  The sun sets and I’m getting ready for bed and I look back on my day and I feel so unproductive. I love the fact that we are so blessed to have all this time to get to know each other better and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. But I also should realize that I can still do things while Gabe is home and still be spending time with him. I am becoming a dull person and I would really like to develop my personality more. I saw this on someone’s blog yesterday and it was exactly what I need to help balance my time better.

I think this will help a lot. Lets give it a shot!

San Fransisco!

As you all should know, we made it safely out to California. As was expected, this first week has been stressful getting settled, organized and getting all of the technicians trained. We celebrated my birthday last weekend by going out to Outback Steakhouse on Friday and watching a movie and then Saturday night after Gabe got home from work we had some cheesecake. We didn't bring any wrapping supplies so Gabe got creative with my presents and hid them around the house and then we played the "hot and cold" game as I found new clothes under couch cushions and in cupboards. It was very sweet :) This week has been really really busy working but we did find some time to squeeze in some fun and make the trip out to San Fransisco. There is a pluthera of photos:

Our first hippie sighting, which was later followed by a gay parade sighting.

Alcatraz in the background here. We hope to make a trip out there sometime this summer.

I was hoping that in this building they would show how to make the chocolate or have chocolate samples or statues made out of chocolate... But they didn't. Chocolate to come later though :)

Here is where the chocolate tasting begins, probably the best chocolate shake I have had in my life.

The view atop the San Fransisco Bridge. Beautiful, but oh so windy!

The famous Lombard Street. It was a lot smaller than I had expected!

San Fransisco was such a cool place to visit, we LOVED it! There is so much to see there and I have a feeling we will be going back to visit quite a few times this summer. There is so much culture there and so much to see. It was a blast!!

Sick day 9 and counting

This is what my first week in California has consisted of: