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Currently March 2019

March 19, 2019 by Alicia 1 Comment

As always this month is certainly flying by. I’m enjoying more daylight and sunshine. I think one of my favorite things about our house is the daylight coming into the living room. I mostly get to enjoy that on the weekend, but now with days being longer, I get a little bit in the evenings too. The next two weekends for me are busy between a mini road trip, my bridal shower and some projects and exams to take. I have some new things to share in my Currently post today, so keep on reading.

Current Book: ummm I’m still reading How to Stop Time by Matt Haig..guess I didn’t do a whole lot of reading in February

Current Podcast: Kidding Ourselves. It’s a new podcast which I heard about through The Girl Next Door podcast. It’s about a couple’s journey through adoption.

Current Purchase: Go Pro Hero 5!! The one thing I would say we regretted for our Australia trip was not having a Go Pro for all the snorkeling and swimming. I am excited that I finally got one and will be using it in Aruba for our honeymoon.

Current drink: water…all the water

Current TV show: I need one…nothing really interesting at the moment. Just re watching Gilmore Girls for probably the 10^th time lol

Current Food: lasagna

Current want: vacation…I can’t wait to get my toes in the sand for my wedding in May. But first we have a mini weekend trip to Canada this weekend.

Current craving: almond milk ice cream…so happy the ice cream place just re opened and will be taking all my money this summer haha

Current excitement: another cupping massage this week

Current mood: happy, getting used to Brian being home and the spring semester is winding down. I honestly can’t believe it’s almost over. Happy to see the sun out more now.

I need some suggestions on Books and TV shows, so tell me what you are watching and reading.

Currently February 2019

February 15, 2019 by Alicia Leave a Comment

It’s somehow mid February…woooahhh!! I think I am way overdue for a currently post. January was just a bit stressful and there wasn’t much writing happening. I hope to get back to writing because I also think that helps me destress, whether that is writing for the blog or personal writing. Lately my days are filled with work, some homework, gym time and a bit of time with Brian. It is great having him home everyday. I also feel like it’s still a little weird to adjust to. While he was away at work all the time, I worked on keeping myself as busy as possible and Brian being home has taught me I need to slow down and enjoy the moments more. Usually he cooks something for dinner or if I have something I meal prepped, he might share that. I enjoy eating dinner with him and chatting about the day before we go our separate ways in the evening with me working on school work (or getting distracted with Youtube videos if I’m being honest) and he has been working on some programming of his own for a hobby.

I will say so far I feel like this school semester has been less work, which I was expecting it to be more. Either I am doing something right or something wrong? But assignments have all been on track and grades good so far. This week I just keep thinking about Saturday though as I can’t wait to take my first stats test and have it behind me. I think I am prepared, but just going to review the lessons quickly to be prepared for any surprises. I also just turned in my first group project for both classes so you know the nerves you have on that first project like did I do it right? Did I follow the rubric as the teacher wanted? We will learn after those grades I guess. The thing is I am taking Stats and Marketing and both have been REALLY interesting to me. I haven’t taken classes in either before and with marketing, our teacher requires us to keep a little up to date with the news with current event discussions every 3 weeks. It has been interesting reading the textbook and current news with marketing to learn a little more of the business side of things but also learn that with technology, we are constantly being watched and our data collected. I mean, that’s how Facebook knows I just looked at the Lululemon website or something. It’s scary but I try not to think about it.

Anyway back to a currently post…

Current Book: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. I just bought and started this book as it is the book club book for The Girls Next Door podcast. I haven’t read their book club books before but this one sounded interesting and I felt I needed a good fiction read. I should also probably make use of the public library I joined last year and have been to about 3 times…

Current Purchase: I just purchased a thin travel yoga mat from Manduka for my honeymoon. We are going to Aruba and you can bet I am getting a pass to Yoga Girl’s studio for some SUP and classes. Normally I am against thin mats, but I can live with it for traveling. My favorite yoga mat for home is my Lululemon mat.

Current drink: iced tea…it may be winter, but I was loving iced tea as I had an upset stomach over the weekend.

Current TV show: One Day at a Time on Netflix. Discovered season 3 just came out last Friday and I was so excited. Also not feeling well last weekend I couldn’t seem to get into the show as much. It’s one of those shows I feel like you have to pay attention to.

Current Food: strawberries and chocolate for Valentine’s, the only thing I wanted

Current want: maybe a new iphone…I just had to restore mine and hoping that helps as many of my apps were freezing on me and it randomly shut down on me the other day. The good news is this iphone is officially the longest lasting smart phone I have owned at 2 years and 2 months. My previous android phones all broke themselves in about 13 months which is why I switched to the iphone. No going back as of right now.

Current craving: pickles!! I go through phases of pickles kicks. I have discovered that Wegmans brand pickles are pretty good.

Current excitement: wedding is less than 90 days away!! I’m excited and also just want to get it over with. The planning has not been smooth even with a small wedding and the expenses still add up. I am trying to enjoy the moment though and that’s why I also planned a small beach wedding. Mostly I am excited for my girlfriends to join as I have never done a girl’s trip and I will have a couple days with them before the wedding.

Current mood: if you were to ask me this last weekend, I would have said horrible because I just wasn’t feeling well and crying at nothing basically, but the last few days I feel like my mood has turned around. I got back to the gym on Monday and Tuesday which helped and just overall feel like I have more energy.

Tell me your current…

…book?

…want?

…excitement?

Currently December 2018

December 19, 2018 by Alicia Leave a Comment

Hey, it’s the last month of the year and I don’t think I have done one of these posts since September. Honestly October and November were full of school work and not much else until Thanksgiving. Now that I am done with my first semester of school work and have a little break, I have been enjoying some weekend trips and reading for fun!

So let’s get to it…

Current Book: The Crimes of Grindelwald Original Screenplay. I saw the movie the weekend it came out, but when I saw this book in the book section of Target, I had to buy it to add to my Harry Potter collection of course. It’s also nice to read something for fun again.

Current Guilty pleasure: Anything with gingerbread or peppermint flavor, aka this is my favorite season of seasonal flavors haha

Current drink: Master Brew Kombucha Pineapple Peach, I have been buying 1 or 2 bottles a week as a treat. I think they do help my digestion too. This is the only brand Kombucha I have tried and liked.

Current Food: chips and salsa, best snack!!

Current want: to break 200lbs on deadlifting. I got up to 160lbs recently, but then I took a step back and am trying out sumo style deadlifts so I lowered my weights to work on that form, but I think I am improving and moving back up towards 160 again.

Current obsession: kombucha? It’s so weird because I initially hated kombucha, but I think with drinking sparkling water a bit more and getting used to the fizziness, I like it, plus I feel good about drinking it.

Current craving: time with friends. I feel like I have friends, but it’s like one friend per city and not cities necessarily nearby. I definitely miss chatting non stop and catching up. This leads into my current excitement though…

Current excitement: Weekend trip to Ohio for Christmas. Next weekend I have a 5 day weekend for Christmas and my friend recently bought a house in Ohio, not too far from my aunt’s so I am heading to my aunt’s and my friend’s house for a couple nights. I can’t wait to catch up, eat cookies and play games.

Current TV show: I have two at the moment that just released new seasons: Fuller House and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Working on both at the moment. Once school starts up again, I turn my focus to school work and writing more so than TV so I was happy when both of these shows released new seasons in December.

Current mood: content, happy to have Brian home and someone to talk to

Tell me your current…

TV show…

excitement…

Currently September 2018

September 19, 2018 by Alicia 1 Comment

I was doing so well with these posts until August hit. August flew by in a flash once I started school. We are definitely in that back to school season and it’s pretty exciting for me right now. Just learning some new things and chatting with my team and other people starting the MBA program has given me so much energy. I am still figuring out a schedule for doing my homework and such, but so far staying on top of things and enjoying having something to do in the evenings after work from the comfort of my own home.

So let’s do some catching up with this currently post since I feel like I have some new things to share.

Current Book: School books? Teaming by Amy Edmonson. It’s actually very interesting to read about effective teaming and makes me think of teams I have worked in and what has and hasn’t gone well.

Current Guilty pleasure: dark chocolate peanut butter cups…these were an impulse buy a couple months ago, that dang side shelf by the check out, but now I buy them. I love the dark chocolate and peanut butter!! I also keep them in the freezer because I had to protect all my chocolate this summer when my house was 80 and I think they will be staying in the freezer because they are just too good straight from the freezer.

Current drink: La Croix or sparkling water with my dinner. Definitely enjoying the refreshing sparkling water more and more.

Current Food: It may still have been 80 degrees this weekend, but I made some simple turkey chili for the week and it’s delicious.

Current want: a massage. I finished up my 1 year at this one place and I didn’t renew because my favorite masseuse left from there and she works near my office so I have to still call and get an appointment with her again. But on another note, not in September, but October I booked my first cupping appointment and will be sure to report back on how it goes.

Current obsession: taking hot salt baths, so relaxing in the evening

Current craving: feeling the need to get all the things done…I mean I just bought a 2019 planner with all the appointments I have been making lately (standard dentist and eye doc appointments for next year and also signed up for a powerlifting meet in April and the warrior dash next September) It’s kinda insane and I feel the need to remind myself to live in the present too.

Current excitement: Wanderlust Philly this coming weekend!! My third year going and I can’t wait. I haven’t been to Philly since March which seems like such a long time and my friend also had her baby back in April so I can’t wait to meet her.

Current TV show: I started watching SuperStore on Hulu mostly because it has America Ferrera in it and I like her. Besides that, lately I try to keep the TV off on weekdays so I will work on my school work and spend time writing.

Current mood: curious…learning new things with school and exploring, so I feel like curious is my mood

Tell me your Current…

…Excitement?

…Food?

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