Well, being that this is about a month late, I am going to have to retrace my steps just a wee bit. This shall be fun :)
February ended with our gymnastics 'undefeated' team being, well, defeated in State. They ended up taking 2nd which is still PHENOMENAL! I am a proud little cheerleader at the least! What was depressing about that day, was that the signs my friends and I created had to be thrown out. Boo. But luckily I put my thinker cap on before I left my house and grabbed a few bottles of paint to paint our faces. On the bus ride up to the meet, our little cheer team painted 'GO ABBYY!!' on our faces. It was perfection if I do say so myself.
For my friend's sixteenth birthday, she took three of us out to dinner at one of those Japanese restaurants where they make the food right in front of you. (Look at my weak attempts to remember the name of the place...) It was delicious and wildly entertaining! We dressed up in heels and dresses.
WOO no more brace faces!
To get to the restaurant, we had to walk through an area where other little restaurants were located. By looks of the direction we were headed, I thought we were going to a 'deli' shop with bright cheery colors. I was nervous as I strutted towards the door in my red high heels 'I think we're a bit over dressed you guys...'. My friends laughed as they walked towards the door we were actually headed to. 'Oh thank goodness. I was began to question why I bought heels for this.'
All in all, the night was fantastic! We were served some gratifying soup and salad. Then were given the choice of shrimp, steak, chicken and lobster. We all got different a different and each one was exquisite. It was exciting and made you really hungry to watch your food being cooked nearly a foot away from your face. I would definitely go back again!
The beginning of March seemed to fly by. The 70 degree weather really made things go by much much faster. In a matter of days the grass turned green, buds began to pop up on trees and the sun now doesn't set until 7:30 which I am delighted by. Soon enough school was released for our weeklong spring break. By the way the weather was going (80s..), I was content to be staying home in Northfield. I spent most of my days cleaning the house, running outside, catching some rays and going on bike rides some 4 or 5 times a day.
On my first official day off, Monday, my mom and Neil took me on a little adventure in Wisconsin. It was PERFECTION to say the least. We started the day with a hike in a pretty secluded park that leads to a glorious waterfall. (Again, I wish I could remember the names of the places I go...) We then made our way to Hudson to wander the city and enjoy some mexican and scrumptious ice cream.
enjoyed a little picnic by the waterfall :)
mmmmh my VERY spicy shrimp and noodles
Our next stop was recumbent biking on a beautiful trail. It was weird to get started but so great once I got going!
THEN we went down to the river and learned how to sea kayak in the kayaks Neil built! It was pretty similar to kayaking, except for the fact you are much much closer to the water, and the boat is much much longer and much much tippier... So fun!
Of course I had to try some archery, and now expect my friends call me Katniss from the Hunger Games... :)
my beautiful mama!
And to top it all off, we had salmon and a bonfire! So wonderful and so incredibly thankful of the amazing day I had!
I like trees...
Thursday night was the Hunger Games premier, and of course I had to attend the midnight showing. It was so so so good. Despite the fact that they skimmed over a few of my favorite parts (Katniss and Peeta in the cave in the arena...) and a few parts weren't even shown, it still followed the book quite well. The animations were a bit unrealistic, but I still enjoyed it. Nearly peed my pants when the mutation mutt jumped at the screen.... I am definitely a book lover more than a movie lover!
We had to sneak in all our treats...
The next day, I was bored and had a little photo shoot with a friend and must I say that I forgot how incredible photos turn out without the sun shining down. Cloudy days are the way to go! We enjoyed a picnic along the river, waiting for the rain to fall.We expected to go puddle jumping after our picnic, but were disappointed when rain wasn't even an option that day.
I tried 'hot yoga' one night and I literally FELL IN LOVE. The heat, the sweat, the stretching, the muscles being worked in such heat was absolutely fabulous. I thought I was going to faint when I first entered the dreadful 104 degree room, but as a matter of fact your body gets used to it! Until you start sweating from sweat glands you didn't even knew existed (aka on your shins, ankles, shoulder blades...). But, it felt SO GOOD. The point of hot yoga is to release all those 'bad' toxins from your body. It seemed to work pretty well for me! I got home feeling much happier, cleansed, and lighter (not in weight, but in my step). I loved it so much, I went again yesterday! So so so so great. We were reminded to think of one thing we were thankful for. I thought I should appreciate the sun and this glorious weather we have been having and how cheerful and bright everyone is when they catch a few rays. Think about what you are thankful for! I am thought I should write one thing down each day in a notebook. Anything from people, struggles I had that day that made me even stronger, to the simple things in life, like having milk in the fridge for breakfast :) Let's begin to cherish the precious moments and appreciate the simple ones.
To say the least, my break was pretty low key and relaxing, but somehow quite lovely being at home. I apologize for this being so incredibly late AND long! This post probably should have been about 10 different ones.... oh well :) Feel free to leave comments!
Happy Thursday!
