I got up before 6 am two days in a row, and got up before 8 on a SUNDAY.
Unlike most people in the healthy living blog world, I am usually a total night owl (for no good reason except that I’m a procrastinator who likes to start things an hour before I plan on going to bed). But for the past few days, I’ve been early(ish) to bed, early to rise.
The earlier sunrises definitely help. The weather has been pretty lovely lately too! So lovely that I took a one 1.5-hour break on Thursday to take a long walk with my friend Zoe.
The next day was not quite as nice, but I still got up to run with my friends Sarah and Moises at 7 am. ‘Twas thanks to them that I started my early bird trend.
I actually got up before 6am because I needed to pee really badly (typical), so I did a short 12 minute circuit outside before we met up for our run.
3 rounds, 30 seconds work, 10 seconds rest:
- air squats
- pushups
- bench step up hops right
- bench step up hops left
- elevated knee to elbow planks
- bridges
We ran three warm and humid miles. You might know that I don’t love running, but if it’s at a manageable pace with friends, I can deal.
Continuing with the trend of non-trends in weather, the rest of Friday was sunny and gorgeous!
I worked for most of the day, came home to break for a snack…
…sit on my butt for a couple hours, and then walk to dinner with my dear friends (who went on that awesome cruise with me last summer!) Christie and Monica.
We met at Umai for sushi, because it’s basically canon law that we eat sushi whenever we see each other.
And we finished it off with ice cream from J.P. Licks. I feel like people always eat ice cream after sushi, but that seems like a horrible combo when I think about it.
mint cookies ‘n’ cream
We weren’t complaining at all though. It was so fun catching up with these ladies! ♥︎
Instead of going out for more social activities after saying goodbye to Christie and Monica, I went home, did a whole bunch of nothing, and went to sleep a little after 11. My roommate Megan was so impressed. I almost never go to sleep before her.
I did have a little bit of motivation to go to sleep early because I agreed to work out with my Spartan Race buddy, Ben, at 7am on Saturday morning. I was in charge of the workout, so I came up with this:
6 rounds:
- Partner 1: Run to end of dock and back (a little less than 400m probably)
- Partner 2: AMRAP 5 burpee bench jumpovers + 20 tricep dips + 10 plank jacks
We both agreed that the running was the worst part of it. Then we struggled through finished with 8 minutes of core before calling it a day.
Next on the agenda was attending our friends Piers’ and Dani’s Confirmation Mass. A bunch of us from the Catholic Center headed to Newton to witness the beautiful sacrament and show support for Piers and Dani. It was a GREAT DAY.
one of the most beautiful things in the world is seeing my friends so earnestly speaking with God
Congratulations, Piers (pink tie front and center) and Dani (white dress)!!
The rest of the day involved studying, breakfast for dinner…
plus a ton of roasted broccoli straight out of the oven
…and leftover carrot cake from Easter.
I went to bed a little after 11 again, WOW.
Sunday was another wonderful day. I slept in until 7 (what a weird statement) and made Kylie’s simple paleo pancake for breakfast.
added blueberries, topped with sunflower seed butter and maple syrup + 1.5 glasses o’ milk
The next eight hours of my life were spent helping out for our Catholic Center chaplain’s 20-year priesthood anniversary celebration (with a two hour break for Mass in there). I would not have wanted to spend those eight hours any other way than with good people in honor of a good man.
A few people (shoutout to Fran, Joe, and Bobby!) worked exceptionally hard to make the whole surprise come together, and so many people came out to celebrate!
We love you, Fr. Barnes!
And now it’s time to descend into the depths of finals. We have three days of classes left, but I feel like it’s all just a straight shot to the finish line of finals.
here comes the sun doo doo dooooo
I’ll try to keep up this early bird streak; I like the early mornings, especially when the sun is up! I hope you all have a marvelous Monday!
So tell me:
Are you a night owl or an early bird?
Something wonderful about your weekend!
Is sushi followed by ice cream a thing, or am I crazy?
