The high of my week was exploring St. Augustine with Alex. It was my first time in the city, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I’m planning an entire post on our weekend, so I won’t say much about what we did. Suffice it to say, we’re already talking about going back very soon. It’s such an easy weekend trip, and such a cute city to visit!
The low of my week was yesterday, with a bunch of little annoyances kept piling up. First, I went to Starbucks for breakfast and the line was way too long for me to wait. Then, I realized I left my iPad at home and wouldn’t be able to read my book during lunch (I was dyinggg to finish it!) And then, work was just a wee bit stressful. In the grand scheme of things, not a terrible day, and if this is the worst I can come up with for my week, I’d say I’m doing pretty alright.
A blog post I really enjoyed was What I Struggle With by my good friend Lisa. A bunch of bloggers have written similar posts, and it was so interesting to read her thoughts, too. Sometimes, being vulnerable about the difficult areas in our lives is incredibly hard, but it’s also so therapeutic and humanizing. Every one of us is struggling with something. Nobody lives an easy, perfect life. We all are guilty of falling into the comparison trap, of believing others have it so much easier than us just because of what they portray online. My favorite posts to write are the ones where I’m being open, honest, and vulnerable about something I’m struggling with, and Lisa’s post really resonated with me.
Most of us tend to focus on the good and positive aspects of our life but it can sometimes paint an unrealistic picture of an effortless, issue-free life. Yes, I love my life and am very happy with where I am today, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things I struggle with.
The best money I spent was $14 to tour the Castillo de San Marcos while in St. Augustine. This place was fascinating and I never wanted to leave. We took our time walking through the entire fort and even got to witness them firing off a cannon, which was incredible. I want to go back!
For my workouts, I completed three runs and a ton of walking on Saturday in St. Augustine (20,500 steps, to be exact!) Right now, I’m solely focused on being ready to run my 5k at the end of March. I’m doing Couch to 5k and I started week one this week! It’s difficult, but good things in life don’t come easy, right? Right.
My plans this weekend include date night with Alex tonight. Saturday, I plan to spend some time decluttering, working on a freelance project, and watching the playoff games with my family (and Alex!) And on Sunday, it’s all playoffs, all day. I can’t believe after this weekend, we only have 3 more games left of the NFL season. Why does it go so fast? Wah.
What was the highlight of your week?
Ugh! Playoffs! I’m still bitter about that b.s call in the Cowboys/Lions game – I just…can’t! And I loved Lisa’s post too! Have a great date night tonight – and just think, only half day today, woo!
My high this week has been all the time I’ve gotten to spend with Ben – I took yesterday off, and today too. I’m down and sad, but yesterday I literally just spent all day in bed reading, watching Netflix – even eating dinner and it was so nice that he was off too to join me!
I can’t wait to hear more about your trip to St. Augustine! It’s nice that there are places nearby to check out – I love quick little weekend trips like that!
Thanks for the shout-out on my blog post. I was really nervous to post it, mostly because I didn’t want my friends with kids to read the part about struggling with being in a different place in life and feel hurt or like I wasn’t happy for them… But I got so many great comments so I am glad I posted it!
The highlight of my week was booking a trip to Santa Barbara in February with Phil! We had been talking about going somewhere and then after talking about what we wanted out of a vacation, we decided on Santa Barbara and everything was booked in a matter of days (except the car which we’ll figure out this weekend). I’m SO EXCITED!
I’m also looking forward to your St. Augustine recap! Way to go on your workouts. I am majorly struggling with motivation to workout right now. We are getting a dump of snow as I type this which only lessens any motivation I might be able to scrape together. I did get the 21 Day Fix and will start that Monday so I’m pumped to try something new.
I’d say the highlight of my week is that we finally got our woodstove working. My dad had to replace an old pipe in order for it to be safe to use. We helped him do that on Sunday. Just in time, too – the temps were below zero yesterday and today. Brrr! At least our living room is toasty warm now. Have a fun date night tonight! I also can’t believe the football season is almost over. I’m not a huge fan but I feel like it just started! I’ll be honest, I’m looking forward to having Pete back on Sunday afternoons! 😉
Ya I didn’t have any real lows this past week either, just little normal day-to-day annoyance stuff which I agree with you, if that’s the lowest it gets we’re doing pretty good! I also didn’t have a high high that stands out to me but I was pretty excited about my fabletics order coming in last night so that’s what I used for my high point on my blog 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend! Sounds like you have a lot of great stuff planned!
The highlight of this week was cooking at home with the bf. It’s just fun to prepare a meal together and enjoy it over wine. 🙂
I definitely agree that everyone has their own struggles, and it’s hard to envision what or how someone’s life really is based on what they post online. Trying so hard not to get FOMO when I see what people are up to!
I look forward to hearing about your trip! It sounds lovely. And yay for doing three runs this week! 😀 You must feel great!
I get irrationally annoyed when the line at Starbucks is too long in the morning. I tried to use the drive-thru at my local Starbucks yesterday before work and it was ridiculously long, so I left and went to another one. I was determined to get SB before work, and I wasn’t going to let that drive-thru line stop me!
The highlight of my week was getting my blog self-hosted! 😀