Happy Friday, friends! What a week! It’s been a busy one for me at work, as I’m trying to finish up my last few writing assignments before the end of the month. I celebrated my one-year “work”-aversary, and had my review with my bosses on Tuesday. My review went really well! I’m happy, they’re happy, we are one big happy family! 🙂 I am so grateful for this job.
My weekend was fairly low-key, though I did attend the Dolphins game on Saturday night with my mom. It was the BEST experience and I’m feeling so thankful and lucky that I was able to go and see my boys play in person. On Sunday, I accompanied my mom to a 5K she ran and then we went out for breakfast, which was super delish! (But Cracker Barrel… it is WAY TOO SOON for Christmas decorations. August?! NOT OKAY!)
The high of my week was attending the Dolphins game on Saturday. It was so special to be there, and we had incredible seats – near the 30-yard line, just a few rows up! It’s the first time I’ve ever seen my team play in person, and it was so darn fun! Luckily, there were a ton of Dolphins fans there and we won the game, so it was just a sweet night.
The low of my week was dealing with nagging knee pain. It started around Tuesday night but thankfully got better within a few days. It was just a dull pain on the back of my knee that I think happened because I kept hyperextending my knee with the way I was sitting in my chair at work. I’m trying to be better about my posture!
A blog post I loved was Stop Rolling Your Eyes and Start Taking Action by Nicole. Gosh, this was such a fantastic post that I don’t even know where to start. Just go. Read it. Now.
“So, clearly, there’s a lot to be said for doing the thing you judge other people for doing, which is something I’ve been thinking about a lot over the past week. I’ve been thinking about how the things we judge and criticize are actually a built-in yellow brick road we can follow to find (and relieve) our own sources of suffering.”
A podcast episode I loved was Kathryn Jackson on The Lively Show. This show was so insightful! I didn’t think I would find it as awesome as I did since it was a little business-focused, but there was some really great advice about handling online overwhelm. I recommend it!
For my goal of working out 31 times in August, I worked out 6 times. Oy, not my best week at all! My bum knee affected a few workouts this week, as I tried to rest it as much as I could. There are just nine days left in August, and I have 12 workouts to complete. Completely doable, but I really have to put in the work this week!
The best money I spent was $68.28 on t-shirts for my mom and me for the game on Saturday. I figured I could buy them since we got the tickets for free! I bought myself a really nice (dri-fit, even!) Dolphins tee, and my mom got a Bucs tee.
My plans this weekend include attending book club (we’re planning on dinner downtown, gelato, and taking the Ghost Tour of St. Petersburg!), doing my fantasy football draft (!!!), seeing my brother and nephew, and trying to have some downtime from a crazy week. It should be a fun weekend!
(As always, thanks to Cait for the awesome TGIF format!)
What was the highlight of your week? Any fun weekend plans?
Mmm, gelato! Could you be a team player have some extra for me? Thanks!
Best post I’ve read this week: http://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/blog/2014/8/21/bad-math
My highlight was….getting through it? Haha does that count? It hasn’t been a bad week, just a weird one, and I’m SO grateful it’s Friday.
Down weekend this weekend – I have a friend coming over each day to hang out and I might take a trip to the grocery store – my kind of perfect! 🙂
Sounds like you have another fun weekend on deck. The ghost tour sounds interesting – it will be fun to play tourist in your own city!
The highlight of my week was celebrating Phil’s birthday on Monday. We have a quiet weekend ahead, which is good as this week was really busy for both of us. Tonight we are having dinner with some of his friends and I am having brunch with a friend on Sunday morning but that’s about it for definitive plans which is really nice.
The highlight of my week was spending the day in Nantucket with my family on Tuesday. This weekend I’m laying low and hoping to get a lot of work done!
I think working out 6 times in one week is still really great : )
Awesome! Free tickets!!
Highlight was last night chatting with two guy friends on a balcony while eating dark chocolate and drinking sake. It was very quiet and perfect for my soul. This weekend I’ll be getting ready for Greece next week. I haven’t done ANYTHING.
I’m glad you had a great week! I know that on my blog post my weekend sounded kind of *busy* but I don’t have any set things planned at SET times and for me that is an UNPLANNED weekend and I’m so excited about it! haha
A ghost tour sounds so cool! I love those kinds of things; always neat history and stories to come out of them.
Apart from dinner with friends and a family event on Sunday, not much in my neck of the woods. Which I’m ok with =)
How fun to go to the Dolphins game AND see a win 🙂
Highlight of my week was starting my 10th year of teaching on a pretty positive note!
Congrats on your great work review and seeing your team play in person! Sounds like you have a lot of good stuff going on! 🙂
Ghost tour & a football game sound awesome! The highlight of my week was having a friend in town & doing some cool touristy things with him, including going up the Washington Monument & going to a Washington Nationals game (we had great seats, too). Hoping this week can hold a candle to it – but at least I’ve got a four-day weekend! 🙂