Whoa I haven’t posted since October! Here are 10 things to
catch you up
1) It is colder now. When I say cold I mean San Diego cold. Alex and I JUST bought a space heater and I already feel like it is wrecking my skin. The area just gets so dry when artificial heat is applied. We are thinking we should turn on the humidifier full blast while we sleep for maximum climate control.
2) I loved shopping at the Carlsbad antique district. We
spent all last Saturday walking around and visiting the boutiques. I bought a
fur coat and a really neat book stand. I just don’t know when I’ll get a chance
to wear the coat. I have several fur coats already and they just don’t get
enough play. Its always either too fancy or I have to worry about being inappropriate
wearing fur. I do tend to hang out in the vegan joints and I don’t want paint
on me.
3) We are cooking again. We acquired Meatless by
Martha Stewart and it has been fabulous. Every single recipe we made so far had
a butternut squash in it. Is it audacious to want to eat every single recipe
from this book? It’s the best cookbook I own and I have at least 30 of them.
4) I haven’t been running, and I hate it. The mornings have
been perfectly foggy and I’ve been stuck at home. I just haven’t quite
recovered from the gnarly sprain I got slipping on that errant rock 4 weeks
ago. My ankle just keeps staying a shade swollen and I am worried about making
it worse. Its really a shame because I have the cutest pair of glittery heels
that match my pink jumper that have basically been abandoned. Alex says its
probably a good thing because the shoes are a bit too matchy matchy for his
tastes.
5) School actually hasn’t been going that well. Taking time
away from studying to plan and execute the wedding really took a toll on my
midterm grades. Yeah, I actually got an F on the first midterm in one of my
classes. This is normally the time when old maria would have beat herself up
but I think I am going to give myself a pass.
The wedding was really tough, and I tend to be too hard on myself. I got
A’s on my second round of midterms and may actually be able to pass by with Bs
or greater if I continue this pace through the finals. I just need to make a B
to not have to retake any of these courses.
6) I saw the Gulls play at the San Diego Sports Arena on
Saturday November 14th 2015. This was the first hockey game I’ve
watched all the way through let alone live. It was so much fun and highly
watchable. The only qualm I had was how much fighting there was. At one point
one of the hockey players threw off his gloves and started punching one of the
men on the opposite team in the ear. He got several clean shots in. I was
highly uncomfortable. People were
cheering for him. At that moment I hoped that in this highly contrived
situation he wasn’t feeling coerced into being awful just because thousands of
people were observing him. They even put it on the monitor and replayed it. The
referees just didn’t seem to intervene so much. I don’t know. Maybe I am just
not used to that sort of adrenaline fueled bloodlust.
7) I ordered a plum
planner from etsy. I’ve been wanting to jump on the erin condren bandwagon but
I am just not used to that calendar format. I am used to a horizontal moleskein
weekly format. What is nice about the moleskien is that there is a blank page
for every week. I normally use that page to put little drawings or little goal
charts with spaces for stickers when I achieve it. I don’t know how I would
translate all that momentum into a vertical planner. I ordered the planner a
week ago and its supposed to take two whole weeks before it arrives. It may
even come in December! Then I will only have a month to figure it out before
the new year hits and it goes live. I am being 100% serious. This is serious stuff.
8) I added a few more podcasts to my Roster to get me
through my daily commute. I started listening to “Women of the Hour” by Lena
Dunham, “Nutrition Diva” and “The Tim Ferris Show”. I am now subscribed to 11
podcasts.
9). I read the book “Trading up” by Candace Bushnell. It was
a great beach read.
10. I saw the Movie Creed and I Loved it. I think I might
like sports movies who would have thunk it. I started a movie marathon recently
to watch all of the Rocky Balboa Movies.
BONUS
11) I cut my hair! This may be like an everyday thing for
some people but I feel like it has completely overhauled my look. I’ll try to
post photos soon.
Things I hope to talk to you’all soon.
December Nights
Julian Tree Lighting
Visiting Cabo!
New years Resolutions!