Me Right Now

Just finished reading the new Jodi Picoult book, Sing You Home, which was interesting because it comes with an original CD of music written by the author to listen to during certain sections of the book. I wonder if this will become a new trend, mixing books with music.

Went for a one mile run yesterday with Olive. Ran one mile in nine minutes. Felt good, but it was still a little cold out. Want to go again, maybe without Olive and see how it goes. She did pretty well though and I think it tired her out.

Shawn taught me how to make meatballs over the phone yesterday, while he was driving home from work, so that I could start dinner. They came out good, but not quite as good as his in my opinion. He did not agree. I still need work on rolling the meatballs into neater balls haha.

Shawn and I have been talking on the phone more, which is funny since we live together. We have also been following the news closely since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. It is weird to go about your normal life, when theirs have just been turned upside down.

Went to visit my best friend Caroline last weekend in Massachusetts for the weekend. I took the train and read on the way there and back. Who knew that Amtrak had a really good cheese and cracker snack on their trains? It even had Vermont cheddar and my favorite tea crackers.

Over the weekend, Caroline and I took a drive to Cape Cod and checked out some interesting shops and went for a very short walk on the windy beach. We also went out for a fancy girls dinner, with quite a spectacular dessert of frozen chocolate mousse with pretzel infused whipped cream and crumbled peanut butter and pretzel on the city. The wine was good too. Sunday was a really delicious French Brunch with my college roommate Karen. Drank lots of Kombucha tea from Whole Foods. They have it on tap there and give it to you in Mason Jars with lids. I was very excited about my new jar!

Have done my 35 minute 6-week 6-pack ab video on and off, but still are no where near having a 6-pack. I want to keep doing it though, even if it does not result in a 6-pack.

Shawn and I have been talking a lot and thinking a lot about the future, regarding where we want to live and when we want to have a baby. It's fun to think about and make plans, and feel like you are on the same page with someone else.

We still find endless entertainment in Olive. Her paws, her face, how she runs around the apartment, puts herself to bed and moves her water bowl around when its empty, will always be amusing and funny to us I think. She had a bath tonight.

I do miss my mom's new dog Jodie. I really wish we lived maybe only 3 hours, instead of over 6 hours away, so that we could see eachother more often.

We are hoping for a low-key weekend this weekend. We have a birthday party to go to in Long Island, cleaning and are hoping to go on a date together on Sunday. I am thinking bowling and dinner...maybe pizza...would be a fun night out.

March is going by very fast, which is good and bad. Good because we are getting closer to warm weather and spring, but bad because I have a magazine article due in April at work and need more time to work on it so far! Let's hope it gets done, it always seems to get done in the end, right?

Also, recently read Jonathan Frazen's Freedom and am currently reading The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards, the author of the Memory Keeper's Daughter.

Am very into Adele lately. Listen to Rolling in the Deep. Awesome song!