Keep Our Cake And Eat It Too

Long Summer Nights-So thankful for long nights and being able to run until 9pm.





Our 3rd Anniversary-How has it been 3 years?! I can't imagine a life without Jordan, without being married to my best friend, and spending every day with him. We spent the night eating Chinese take-out and watching our wedding video...while I cried like a baby. It was perfect.

"Your cake isn't keeping well..."-While we were home this weekend, my mom stopped me on the way out of the house and wanted me to take the first tier of our wedding cake home. We never had a chance to get it from my parents on our first or second anniversary. My mom had said that the cake wasn't "keeping well," which made no sense at the time. When we got back to the apartment, we discovered that my family, at some point had eaten almost all of the cake, and had left us 1/4. Only my family. And just so everyone knows, the cake was delicious and keeping just fine. 

Try Knox County- I participated in the 10th annual "Try Knox County" in Vincennes over the weekend. The race was a 200m pool swim, 10 mile bike, and 5 k run. It was an interesting experience. It was really odd to come back and want to be competitive in my hometown. Spoiler alert: A LOT of people have gotten competitive about triathlon in Vincennes in the last 10 years. It was great to see that the community is keeping this event going. The event itself for me was mediocre. The swim and bike went well(and I clipped in and out successfully, yay) the run...not so much. The run course was extremely hot, and I gave up mentally early on. My run was so so slow. I felt a sense of embarrassment and let down to myself. I also got super "comparison-y" and started questioning a lot of my training after seeing women that looked un athletic finish a lot faster than I did. It's a mental battle, working on it...

Morning Yoga-Brittany mentioned at small group on Monday that there is now free yoga at the canal on Wednesday mornings...at 6am. Jordan decided to go too and Jill met us there. It ended up sprinkling/raining during the class, we watched the sun rise, and at one point a crane flew over the canal and it was so perfect that it was funny. Thankful for a community of friends, a healthy body, and city that offers free hipster activities.

Summer Is Finally Here

Memorial Day- This year, Pat and Abby hosted a cook out for the holiday. It was fun to spend a day with Jordan's family, and eat a lot of good food (namely, Carole's oatmeal cookies-OMG!)

Summertime- The weather is finally warmer and our nights have been filled with more fires, can jam, and fun. So. So. Thankful. I've officially had my first bike at Eagle Creek, first swim at Lake Maxinhall, and a lot more evening runs(which are my favorite.)

Work Friends-I'm always thankful that I work with awesome people, but extra thankful that they're fun to be with outside of work. Shelby hosted a taco night last Friday, and we had a blast. Dani and I swam after work and then headed over and ate A LOT and played can jam...which has proven to be a good investment. So glad that Jordan and I have friends that we can laugh and be ridiculous with.


Family- Last week, April and Andy graduated high school, what?! It is crazy how quickly they have grown up. April ended up being the valedictorian, and gave her speech in front of thousands of people and did an amazing job! They're grad party was on Saturday, and it was fun to see them interact with all of their friends.

Prayer Book- Loving this book and disciplining myself to practice this more.

No Oly This Year- This has been a super stressful/silly decision to make. The more and more that I do triathlon and strive to live a healthy life, I'm learning a lot about myself. It's funny how you think you know yourself so well, but long runs, swims, and bike rides reveal a lot about yourself TO yourself. The time that it would require someone of my athleticism to do well in an Olympic distance is A LOT of time- not a ton, but more than I'm willing to give up. At first, I thought I was just being wimpy, but it's more than that. I hate being really exhausted when I get home and wanting to go right to bed. I hate feeling guilty about having to skip workouts in order to be with family. Hating myself and feeling guilty is not what this is about and it's not worth it. I'm happy to do sprint tris and do them well. I felt a lot of peace about this on Sunday, and then Brittany confirmed my feelings when I saw her later that day. So thankful for friends. And Triathlon. And loving myself more when I'm happier and not stressed.