Our Married Life

I wanted to keep eating clean and fresh since I ate like crap yesterday. And since it was 100 degrees outside according to my car thermostat, I wanted something light. I decided on ceviche. I made ahi tuna and shrimp ceviche. It was great and even Brian liked it.

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I feel old. Or maybe because I treated my body pretty badly this weekend because my body feels really lousy today. On Friday, I went to a work happy hour. After mentioning that I needed a drink, a coworker organized a happy hour. I got a bit tipsy, but it was definitely needed after the long week. Those drinks at BJs are strong! I then proceeded to go eat BAD fried catfish at a local dive in Allen. Brian and I ended up here by accident because the place we were looking for was closed. So we decided to stop here since it looked quite busy. The people there looked a little rough around the edges, and there was karaoke. So weird. I can’t remember the name of the place, but whatever it was called, it’s in downtown Allen. Stay away people.

Then on Saturday, we spent a couple hours at my parents place before heading out to the ballpark in Arlington to watch the Astros and Rangers. The Rangers won. We haven’t been to a ballgame in a two years, but it was fun and we’ll have to do it again. The only reason why we went this year was because I got the tickets from work. Too bad the hotdogs and nachos we had sucked, but Brian did enjoy his cotton candy which he reluctantly shared it with me. And…shame on me for having processed meat! I suck at trying to be vegetarian.

Anyway, we left the game after the 8th inning and went to a friend’s house for some drinks. After getting tipsy some more and eating more junk food we finally headed home at 3am and crashed until lunchtime the next day. By the way, these people’s house makes me want to redecorate. It had a lofty feel to it, which is the total opposite of our decor.

On Sunday, I had to finish up my cupcakes for the cake decorating class. Before the class, we went to Chili’s for lunch and I for some reason craved their fried stuff, possibly because I was eating lousy all weekend long. My body definitely paid for it last night and this morning because I didn’t sleep well at all and woke up with a stomach ache.

So this week, I need to get back on the healthy routine. I had a veggie sandwich for lunch, and need to plan what to have for dinner since we have nothing to cook with at home.

I also need to do a better job of meal planning. I haven’t been cooking as much which isn’t a good thing. On top of that, I need to start going back to the gym and doing some of those free classes. I enjoy those much more than the boring cardio workout. I think I’ll go to yoga tomorrow morning at Sunstone. That is if I can wake up at 5:30 am….

The other to-do is finish planning our trip. We’re undecided between a fancy hotel or the standard economy hotels. I know we won’t be spending too much time in the room, but it is a vacation afterall. I looked at the rates for the Solamar Hotel that Terri recommended, but I think it’s too much of a splurge. I did see some good rates at Temecula Creek Inn, but it seems out of the way. The Hyatt Regency in La Jolla had some good rates. If I had it my way, I’d go with the Hyatt, but Brian had some sticker shock only because he doesn’t do any of the planning and didn’t realize how expensive stuff was. I guess we’ll figure it all out tonight.

So Brian and I went to our second session at Sunstone Yoga today. This time we were a bit more tired and a little less motivated. Only because it was already 6pm and we’re usually at home by then. Perhaps we should stick to doing yoga on the weekends. About halfway through, Brian mouthed that he was tired and ready to go. That pretty much broke my concentration and I too was ready to go. But we stuck it through the entire 90 minutes. My clothes were drenching with sweat, but this time I was able to tolerate the heat much better than the last time and also my breathing was more calm. Maybe it’s because I put less effort in the poses. But it’s so hard trying to grab on to your toes or legs when your hands and legs are all slick with sweat. So our 10 day trial period is over. I think we’ll buy a pass and use it as a supplement to working out. I’m going to try to get Brian to go to the yoga classes at 24 hour fitness to see if he likes that as much before we commit to anything….

Alright, it’s that time of the year where we need to start planning our vacation. Last year because of the new house, we didn’t want to go anywhere far or extravagant to keep the costs down.

This year however, I think we’ll finally venture out to the west coast.

I totally suck at trying to find the best deals, I always end up just purchasing the entire package from expedia or travelocity. I don’t really know how people compare between what you get on these sites or the actual hotel website, etc. I guess after finally picking a location, everything starts to look the same including the price.

So the question is should we try to stay in a boutique hotel or a corporate hotel in San Diego? And what location should we be staying in?? And do we want to do all the touristy stuff like the Zoo or Seaworld? I know we should since it’s supposed to be awesome. But I’d also like to venture off and do something offbeat. Not sure what though?

Before I want to book anything though, I need to pay off this month’s credit card bill. It’s higher than normal but that’s because it included the new office furniture, car maintenance, and other random big purchases. I think we blew the tax rebate payment before we even received it.

I dragged Brian to a Yoga studio for the first time. I figured we needed some cleansing and since we can never make it to the gym together to workout, why not try yoga. Somehow, the only studio that I thought looked really good was Sunstone Yoga. It’s basically a chain of franchises. This was also hot power yoga. The classroom we were in was heated at 98.6 degrees. The technique they used in this particular class was hatha, which is what I’ve done before. I was a bit scared of the heat since my body isn’t too tolerant of heat, BUT we made it through. This was Brian’s first time doing yoga and he thought it was good. I took a yoga class in college and liked it alot, although it wasn’t heated. Anyway, we’re both a bit sore today, but we’re going to try again next Saturday. I’m also going to try one of the yoga classes at the gym to see which I like better. If I happen to like the hot yoga better, I think I’m going to cancel my gym membership and go to the yoga studio instead. I can always do my weight and cardio training at the work gym. Besides, I can never find the right time to go to the real gym.