The Weekender - After the Holidays

As crazy as this sounds, I am ready for my normal schedule to be in full swing. While I love the holidays, I also love my schedule. I enjoy knowing that everyday I go to work (and yes I love my job), I go to the gym and I only go out once a week. My liver has been in shock by the amounts of wine and Goose (as in Grey Goose not the animal kind) I've been drinking. Spending the holidays along family and friends has been great but lets all get back to reality.

Thursday was my first day back to work in 2014 and the drive home was slow and snowy. Check out my snow post here. Below are a few photos I took while in traffic. I know it wasn't very smart to take pictures while driving in this snowy mess but we were doing like 20-25 mph and I was being careful.

Friday was spent at home because we were snowed in. The worst thing about living in a culd-de-sac is that it never gets plowed. Every year we get stuck in the house at least once. While it makes for a surprising day off, I don't think my boss appreciated my e-mail Friday morning. After the snow was cleaner I went to the gym for the first time in 2014 and the first time in a month months. I thought I was on top of the world so I ran 3 miles and lifted some weights....bad idea.

Saturday I forced myself to get out of bed early to go to a workout class. I am trying to create a constant schedule with the gym. After the 3 miles on Friday and the weight lifting class on Saturday, I can barely walk today. I met with a group of ladies at my favorite place around, Press Wine Bar. If you have been following me, you have learned that I love my wine! I could drink wine everyday, all day long (if it didn't include all of the calories, staining of teeth and bad choices made after too many glasses of wine).  Since we all love wine, this is the perfect location to have all of us together to enjoy a (few) glasses of wine and some great cheese. 

Sundays are usually lazy days, expect for this Sunday. Since we are Romanian, every year we begin the year with the priest of our church blessing our house. Let me tell you, Romanians are very very (very) superstitious therefore we have the priest come and bless the house to get rid of any "bad" in the house. While this makes for a cleaning day before the priest comes, it is still nice to sit at the dinner table with him and have a blessed dinner. And we wouldn't be Romanians if the table wasn't full of a 4 course meal and of course wine, cognac and beer. The dinner included Romanian appetizers, Romanian style Chicken Noodle Soup and a Romanian dessert.

How was your weekend?

How do you feel after the Holidays?

Have you started going to the gym again?