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This just spoke to me. It's really true. It makes me want to be more conscientious of my actions. I love that I find so much inspiration from social media. The internet is so awesome. I'm really glad it exists.

Chill day

This morning I wasn't able to get to the gym before the kiddos woke up, so I would have had to go tonight. Which I hate with the passion of a thousand burning suns!!!!!!! The night crowd at the gym is supremely obnoxious and it's so congested. I also really hate taking that time from my family if I don't have to. Pen wasn't feeling kids klub, and I didn't have the fight in me so we just chilled at home. In keeping grounded during prep, I've learned that it's critical to not beat myself up for having days that are less than perfect. Those days are going to happen. When you've got a family, prep is simply never your #1 priority. That's not to say that you can't make it a priority in your life. You HAVE to in order to make it on stage. It will simply never be a priority that resides above my family's well-being.  So today I rest, and 6:30am tomorrow I am right back at it! 

Life's storms

As life has become increasingly hectic I've found myself wanting to turn to food for comfort. Which is what I've always done when I get really stressed out. I eat. I take my family down with me during these stressful times, because we eat out a ton, and our cabinets are full of garbage. (I mean that literally as well, when I'm stressed the house also goes to hell.) Anyways, I'm having a really tough time being on prep and not being able to turn to my vices. I'm so grateful to be confronted with this challenge though! I mean that seriously. Emotional eating has been a huge issue for me. In the past, if I had a few stressful months in a row(new baby, new business, family issues) I could easily throw on 15 pounds in 2 months. I kid you not. Emotional eating is still very much a reality in my life, but I plan on changing that. I relistened to Kori Propst's, Emotional Eating pod cast and it is so helpful. Bottomed line, life is humbling. Sometimes I actually feel like I have a few things figured out, and then the storms of life hit and I realize just how weak I am. Yes, I am stronger than I was last year. No doubt about that. But man oh man do I still have a hell of a long way to go!!!! Never let anyone fool you, that bc they've reached a certain level of fitness or they've conquered their self-control demons, that they somehow have life figured out. Life will continue to humble us all, and most painfully when we're prideful. It's my goal to stay grounded and to keep my priorities straight. I just want to live my life in a way that I can look back with pride when it's all said and done. 

St George Expansion

We're in the process of expanding The Crepery to St George. Our loan is finalized but we are still deciding between 2 different locations. We drove down today to see the places again(12.5 drive for 2 hrs in town). That's what we get for doing business on opposite sides of the state! I really hope the spot next to 'The Egg and I' will work out. We shall see. Gabe and I swore we'd never open another restaurant after the hassle we went through in Logan, but here we are a few years later doing it all over again! You never where life is going to take you, and unless you keep an open mind you'll miss out on some incredible opportunities. This process has taken much longer than we had hoped for, but that is the case with much of life! Gabe and I are 9 weeks to his exhibit, 10 weeks to my competition, and we're only a fews weeks out from starting our build-out for this restaurant. It's a lot to have on our plate but I feel totally at peace that we're doing what we're supposed to. We've learned to trust our intuition, even when we're unsure of how it'll all come together. It's an exciting time of life! Now for some Qudoba and back to our babies!...

Few of my favorite things

Today came with one hell of a delivery from Amazon! 3 of my favorite things: 1. NLA Chocolate Eclair protein-absolutely, no doubt about it, all time favorite protein 2. Tiger Blood ISO-animos. Mix it with ice, and you have one delightful slushy. 3. Only the best game ever! They're not lying when they say it's for horrible people. But gosh damn it, it's for horribly HILARIOUS people! Without question I get the tweener giggles every time I play. You know those kind of uncontrollable fits of laughter you'd get during sleep-overs with a few of your 13 yr old best buddies, and one of you invariably squeaks out a noisy little fart. It's all over then. The giggles just keep on coming, and an hour later you forget what you're even laughing about but you just keep on going. That's Cards Against Humanity, every.single.time. Buy these things, thank me later.

WEAVE!!!!

Who's got a weave??? I've got a weave! My New York students would be so proud of me(I was a guidance counselor at an over-aged, under credited high school in South Brooklyn right when I graduated college.) I was always in awe at all the amazing weaves my students sported! And now I've got my own!! I'm in love with having such luscious locks. The extreme ombré will take a little getting used to, I may have to dye my own locks darker to tone it down. I'm a pretty low maintence girl, so it was kind of hard to decide if I wanted to take on the work of extensions but I knew I'd love them. As I get older, I definitely embrace upping the beauty routine. You do what you got to, to keep it fresh! Maybe it's not just getting older, perhaps it's the longer I live in Utah. I'm originally from Denver. Colorado as a whole is a much more natural state. Utah women are more done up in general. They pay much more attention to hair and make-up. Anyways, whatever got me to being a weave-wearer, I'm happy! 

I'm hungry!!

My macros were recently lowered, SIGNIFICANTLY. I have forgotten how sacred each morsel of food becomes during the latter stage of prep. These carb master yogurts have awesome macros-9 g protein, 4 g carbs, 2 g fat. They are sort of an IIFYM prep diet,  power food. Yum, yum, yum. Thank you Kroger!