Wow, it's been a while, huh? If you didn't even notice, I'm hurt. If you did miss me, thanks for caring, and I'll try to be better about updating you on my glamorous life in the future. [Please note: my life isn't actually glamorous, despite what my posts about my adorable dog, gym time, and work (not to mention the fact that I just said it was) may lead you to believe.]
There's a reason my last post was written over a month ago. I've been ridiculously busy. I'm not talking "I work eight hours a day, hit up the gym occasionally, and spend the evening catching up on my shows" busy. I'm talking legit busy. Let me just break it down for you.
At the beginning of April, I started freelance blogging for three radio stations' websites. I kinda feel like I've been cheating on my faithful five (or so) readers, but trust me, you wouldn't care about what I've been blogging about (unless, of course, you're just so hungry for my writing that you'd be willing to read about what to do when your house is destroyed by a tornado, six educational and fun websites for kids, and my book reviews of books I haven't read and therefore BS'd my way through). I write about five posts a week, so that takes up a significant amount of my time.
I also started teaching another class at the gym, a hip-hop class. So when I'm not teaching on Monday and Thursday nights and Saturday mornings, I'm either practicing (these moves don't come easy, folks) or taking other classes.
Oh yeah...and I also still work full time.
So as you can see, I've been quite the busy bee, as Randel would say. Now, I'm not bemoaning this fact or hoping you'll be super impressed with my ability to juggle all these things while still managing to find time to save the world. Oh wait...that's not me, that's Superman. But anyway. I simply say all this to justify for myself why I've been neglecting my own blog.
Another thing I neglected in April was my reading goal (I plan to read 52
books this year, not including the books I edit for work). I'm still ahead of
my goal, at 21 books so far, but this is surprising because I only finished
three books last month: The Fiery Cross (the fifth "Outlander"
book), HeartSick, and Seriously...I'm Kidding. I've got more to say, though, so I'll save my reviews and recommendations for another post. I will tell you, though, that May is already shaping up to be more successful, book wise, than April was.
My April goal was to not eat out weekdays and weekends the entire month. I couldn't believe it myself, but I did it! I actually did even better than I thought I would, because the only time I ate out at all was with a friend on a Friday night, and it wasn't fast food. I haven't even been too tempted to eat out since then, with the exception of yesterday. A couple friends had been talking about how amazing the Doritos Locos taco at Taco Bell is, so I finally had to try it for myself. It did not disappoint. But I plan to continue with that goal this month, along with my actual May goal: take Deuce for a walk every day.
So far so good on that front. Deuce and I have walked a mile around our neighborhood every day this month. My hope is that daily walks will not only help me tone up and lose those few pounds I've wanted to rid myself of for months, but that Deuce will get the exercise he needs and the fun he deserves.
Okay, so this post ran rather long, so thank you for your patience. Stay tuned for book and dog-walking updates. It shouldn't take a month this time.
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