Workout: Yeah…so that hasn’t really happened over the past week and a half-two weeks.
I started off by taking a few days off because of my hip. That resolved in about 1/2-1 week, but then life has sorta gotten in the way. I used to love those “motivational” quotes that are along the lines of You can do anything of you work hard or I don’t find time, I make time or We will either find a way, or make one.
I now found those types of quotes obnoxiously annoying, because sometimes there really isn’t a way or isn’t time. Or I should say, there may be a way, but at the sacrifice of something that is more important, and this doesn’t just apply to running, but any activity.
I was telling Dean how tomorrow (Sunday) was going to be really rough, because I had a florist appointment in the suburbs after my shift at 11, and then we had our premarital class at 4:00 pm. Dean was basically like, I sure wouldn’t want to get my brain scanned in the middle of a night for a potential emergency and have someone with barely 3 hours of sleep attempting to analyze it. He then said he wouldn’t let me go to the premarital class. I didn’t argue, because I knew he was right and that I was being irrational.
The thing with managing time and setting goals as an adult is that your decisions and actions don’t just affect you, they affect other people. Whether it’s running, or doing some other activity, the time you spend doing that is at sacrifice of something else. It always is, and you have determine if the tradeoff is worth the effect it will have on time with people you care about, getting other necessary stuff done in your day, your job, etc.
Sure, I can pull off little sleep, and I don’t mind doing so because I know I can push my way through it and don’t mind being uncomfortably tired for a day, but if it has any sort of negative affect on my job or my interactions with others, then I’m being selfish because my decisions are potentially affecting someone else’s life or my relationships with others.
I will get back to running shortly, but it will probably be after I’m done with nightfloat later this week.
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This morning (Saturday) when I got off of my shift, I met up with one of my college friends and former roommates, whom I haven’t seen in years. It was great catching up! I am getting married on the fourth anniversary of her wedding, so we will be sharing our anniversary date together : )
I was talking with her about how I wasn’t sure if we were going to go on a honeymoon right away, in part because we wanted to save up to take a really nice one later, which would probably be the following spring.
She made the point, though, that you only have ONE honeymoon, and you could potentially keep finding a reason to put it off later as other things and expenses come up, so I am looking into ways to potentially still make a nice honeymoon happen the week after our wedding.
I asked this on facebook, and I’ll ask it to the blogging world, too: Married folks, where did you go on your honeymoon? If you could do it again, would you go somewhere else, and if so, where?
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This afternoon I woke up around 6ish and called out to Dean. He didn’t answer and I was like, what the heck’s up with that?
I walked over to our den/office and found him like this:
Sweet boy didn’t want to wake me up by watching TV in our living room, so he went into the Den and watched TV with headphones on his computer.
We only waited a few months for our honeymoon but we did wait. It was the best decision for us. It was because of where we went (it was rainy season where we wanted to go). But the wait actually paid off. Rather then having to plan everything while we were planning the wedding we did some of the basics and then after the wedding really focused on the honeymoon planning. For us it was perfect and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. So don’t feel like you can’t wait, but like your friend said don’t put it off and miss it either.
We just booked our honeymoon for Oct!
Where???!
Excellence Resort Punta Cana. All Inclusive resort.
Go somewhere close like Texas or alabama where you can drive save money. They have nice beaches and there are lots to do. My honeymoon we went to Anguilla in oct which apparently means the island was close, explains why it was so cheap to fly there.
I would say try to make it to your honeymoon right after the wedding. If you are short on time/money, then maybe 3-4 day romantic getaway somewhere within US is the way to go. I got married in my intern year (back in Poland). My husband was my classmate. We were only allowed 4 days off so we decided to leave for Prague the day after the wedding for our mini honeymoon. It was perfectly romantic and very needed after all that hectic and stressful time we had while planning our wedding. Now, close to our 6th anniversary, in my last year of IM residency here in States, we are going to Jamaica for our 2nd honeymoon. We are not all-inclusive resort people so I’m busy planning our trip. I hope it’s gonna be a good balance of all the water activities, good food and sunny days at the beach. No matter where you go, remember to enjoy the time with your hubby
For our honeymoon we went to Portland, OR for a quick five day trip. It was perfect because it was very “us” but also not too fancy. It was exciting enough being married-we were permagrinning the whole time.
We’re waiting to take our big trip until our one year this fall. We’re going to Europe for 16 days and it’s going to be amazing. I’m glad we waited, because it’s given us something to look forward to this whole year!
We are thinking of doing something like that as well…going somewhere inexpensive and local, like in Michigan, and then going somewhere big. I REALLY want to go back to Europe. I also really want to take a trip to Turkey.
Watching TV on his laptop in order not to wake you up: he is a keeper!
We went to Costa Rica a few months after our wedding, due to my work schedule. It was great to have some time before the big trip. We did lots of adventure activities while there (hiking, swimming, etc…) and we would have been too tired from the wedding to really enjoy it. That said, I wish that we would have gone somewhere local for a few days right after the wedding.