Happy Hump Day!  I’m sure we’re all looking forward to a holiday weekend with Easter coming up, I hope you all have some fantastic plans in place with family & friends.  I know my sisters and Nick will be coming to town, yay, and we have a wedding to attend.  My parents want to go to church together, obviously, and then do a picnic or outside lunch if the weather is nice.  Should be some great quality time with those I love most.

Let’s start the day off right with some favorite things.  I decided to change it up a bit and actually do “questions” that I’d love for y’all to answer in the comments section along with me.  We can all learn a little more about each other!

• Favorite Food

This is hard.  When you simply LOVE to eat, then you enjoy a variety of things.  Right now though, my absolutely favorite food is a good home made veggie or black bean burger.  I cannot seem to get enough of them.  I crave them.  I will seek them out.  I have to ask what type of veggie burger it is though, because I refuse to pay $9 for a boca burger from a restaurant.  Honey, I can make that myself, thank you very much!  My all time favorite black bean burger has come from Poe’s in Charleston, SC. (Hey Meg!)

• Favorite Day of the Week

My obvious answer is any day that I get to see Nick because we’re in a long distance relationship, but if we weren’t in a long distance relationship and I had the joy of seeing him each and every day, then my other favorite day of the week would be WEDNESDAY!  Why Wednesday?  Java Jog is Wednesday morning and I cannot explain how much joy this weekly activity brings me.  Plus, who doesn’t love the day that finally shows you the light at the end of the tunnel?  I have hope for Friday when Wednesday shows up.

• Favorite Workout

My favorite workout lately has been Pilates Reformer.  Since my running injury, it’s allowed me to work on my core, strengthen my body, and leave the gym sore.  It’s such a unique workout and different every time, that it keeps my body engaged and my mind curious.  If you thought about checking it out, then read my Beginner Pilates post!

• Favorite Home away from Home

I’d say there are three definite ones here: Atlanta (where I was born and a lot of my family still lives), Houston (where my cousin lives and I visit a few times a year), and Disney (duh.)  I love staying active and on the go, which is why I chose the Prius.  Visiting family & friends doesn’t seem as dauntingly expensive with my wonderful Prius.

• Favorite Book

I’m a huge fan of the Sue Grafton ABC series.  They always keep me intrigued until the end and I feel like I know the character personally.  I’ve been reading about her (Kinsey) for almost 26 books now (I just finished W in Jamaica and X will be released this August.)  I love mystery.  I think if I had grown up tougher, I would have considered a career in the police force or private investigating.

• Favorite Color

Purple.  It goes well with my skin tone and it’s a nice color for “things” as well – it’s not too bright and bold to make people double take, it’s not too plain and boring, it’s just right.

• Favorite Movie

When it comes to Disney, I’m a die hard Mulan fan as you already know, but the Lion King is a close second and when it comes to Disney Parks, the Festival of the Lion King show will steal my heart every single time.  For regular movies though, I’ve been a huge fan of the past few Fast & Furious movies.  I’ll be seeing the 7th one next week on my birthday at Downtown Disney (right after watching the Festival of the Lion King.)  Pretty sure this birthday is going to top all other birthdays!  Of course, I just remembered Harry Potter… I’m so indecisive!

• Favorite Subject

I was a math nerd through and through.  Lately, my math skills have gotten rusty – really rusty!  I think math is fun though, it’s like a puzzle.  There is always a right answer too.  I hated classes that had multiple answers and in order to be correct you had to thoroughly explain yourself.  In math, you just follow the numbers or pattern and you’ll get the right answer, no questions asked.  If you did it wrong, there is a specific reason why.

• Favorite Sport

I’m not a big sport person, I go to football games for the tailgating and I pretty much don’t want any other sports except baseball.  I really like watching baseball.  It’s relaxing and it’s spring time.  If I had to choose my favorite sport to play, I’d say volleyball, preferably beach volleyball.  There was a time when I played volleyball frequently, now it’s been a while and I kind of miss it.

Ok, Now it’s your turn!

• Favorite Food
• Favorite Day of the Week
• Favorite Workout
• Favorite Home away from Home
• Favorite Book
• Favorite Color
• Favorite Movie
• Favorite Subject
• Favorite Sport

Hello from Jamaica!

I’m currently laying out on the beach with my cousin, sipping beverages, and enjoying food continuously throughout the day.  Don’t worry though, I’m also getting my workouts in each and every day!  I can’t wait to share all about my trip, but first, let me finish enjoying it.  While I do that, I’ll leave you with my 5th installment of Favorite Things for 2015!  Not gonna lie, I’m pretty proud of myself for sticking to something for this long when it comes to my blog.  I have had plenty of past experiences of trying something with my blog and not finishing it.  Let’s see how long this can last y’all!

• Shoedometer

I am the worst about not replacing my running shoes until it’s too late.  During my 3rd half marathon, I finished in tears because I had such terrible pain in my feet.  Now, I’m struggling with constant knee pain and believe it’s due to my shoes, yet again.  I decided that I seriously need to keep up with the mileage I put on my running shoes.  They recommend replacing them every 300-500 miles and I never know when that is because I don’t keep track.  I would love a tracker that attached to my shoe, but I don’t feel like paying for one of those right now, so I found the next best thing – a free app!  After your run, you have a place to keep track of your miles.  The only down fall is that it won’t keep track of anything in between.  If I wear my shoes out for an activity that is not specifically running, then I’m logging those extra miles, but then again, that may help me keep my running shoes specifically for running like they’re intended and then they won’t wear out as quickly.

• My Job

I know that’s weird to put on my favorite things list, but I really do love my job and I really really do love who I work for.  It really hit me how much I care about what I do when I was stressed out on Thursday before leaving work to fly out of the country.  I was so nervous to leave because that meant everything was done and I didn’t want to disappoint my boss when he came back.  I want to do my job right, I enjoy doing my job right.  I left work on Thursday with a quickly beating heart, trying to let go and realize that what’s done is done, but more importantly, with a grateful heart.  I’m so grateful for the job I have and my boss.  After all, I would not be in Jamaica if my boss had not passed this trip down to me.

• Fusion Restaurant

Last week, I needed a break from work, so I went and had lunch by myself.  Do any of you have trouble having lunch by yourself?  I certainly don’t, but I know some people do.

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I have lunch by myself frequently.  It gives me time to get away from the office, do some personal thinking and planning, and just chill without having to entertain conversation with another human being.  Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of days that I love spending time with friends over lunch, but last week was not one of those weeks due to the stress I was under.  So I tried out a new restaurant I had never been to before called Fusion.  It’s a Japanese & Thai restaurant.  I loved their display of my vegetable hibachi lunch.

• F.R.I.E.N.D.S

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I’m not kidding when I say that I just finished the entire series of Friends AGAIN.  I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it all the way through at this point.  It was wonderful, like always and it still made me laugh even though I’ve seen every single one of the episodes a dozen times.  Have you noticed on Netflix where they cut out certain parts?  That was kind of funny to realize and honestly, the parts they cut out surprised me.  They openly discuss sex on a regular basis, but they dismissed the part where Rachel’s sorority girlfriend grabs a pack of cigarette’s from Gunther and says, “You’re a bad man for giving me these!”

• Blogging

You’re probably like ‘duh!’ right now, but if you’ve been blogging for any length of time, then you know that blogging is not always your favorite thing to do.  It can be hard and painful and the last thing you want to do sometimes.  Lately though, I’ve been loving it and I’m finding myself wanting to be here more frequently.  That is definitely on my list of favorite things because there were a few times last year where I was worried blogging may not be my thing.  I got frustrated and hurt and annoyed a few times, but I finally feel like I’m getting my blogging mojo back and I’m working hard to create a more positive space around here!

• What are some things you’re loving this week?
• Do you mind sitting alone at a restaurant?
• What’s your favorite TV show to rewatch over and over?