Hey all you party people! Hope life is treatin’ ya kindly.
My long summer finally came to an end with the start of classes yesterday. I have a pretty killer schedule that leaves me with only one class on Thursday and Friday, so I was eased back in to college. Yesterday, I only had a physics lecture from 12:30-1:45. I spent the morning with my girlfriends, then came back to a delicious leftover macaroni and cheese lunch with Kyle!
The rest of my afternoon was spent making pumpkin spice apple butter. You guys. O EM GEE. It’s SO freakin’ delicious! I gave a bite to my friend Ryan, who promptly ran back to his apartment to make a batch of oatmeal so he could top his with some. He then proceeded to feed everyone around him bites and make almost obscene noises as he ate. I guess I can call the recipe a success!
Later on in the day, my legs were absolutely itching to move, so Kyle and I went on a short walk around our town. We are so lucky to have the beach basically in our backyard! The walk ended with an impromptu trip to the gym to get in a workout before going out to one of our favorite dinner places. I was in one of those weird moods where I actually felt like working out, so it made sense to take advantage of those moments when they come!
I ended up just doing a cardio medley of 30 minutes on the elliptical doing HITT training and 10 minutes of incline walking. I had grand notions of doing some weights as well, but Kyle showed me some new tricep moves a few days ago that have left me incapacitated of even lifting me arms in the air without feeling the soreness haha.
Dinner was at our local Vietnamese restaurant. Last year, we probably ate there at least once a week (usually after getting out from our 6-10 p.m labs, ick), so we were both excited to go back! We chatted with the lady who owned the place, who then came to our table and asked us if we were getting our usual. I love being considered a regular and having the hostess remember our orders, even after three months of not coming in to eat!
I got the pineapple combo fried rice, which comes with pork, marinated steak (drool), and shrimp. So good! Egg rolls and Thai iced tea were both a must as well.
So that’s my first day back in a nutshell! It’s nice to have more routine in my life and with college starting, I feel like I have so much more to blog about! Tomorrow morning I’ll be doing a massive catchup on blog reading and I’m looking forward to hearing about all of your adventures as well!
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And I felt like working out today too 
Your first day back in school looks actually pretty fun – I am kind of jealous 😉 though it’s the 3rd semester of my masters, I don’t have any classes this year and am just writing my master thesis. Therefore my schedule is pretty much non-existent but for work, which I can take wherever I go if I want to. It’s pretty comfortable for spontaneous short trips (like, what I am doing right now), but I am also a fan of getting up Monday’s with a planned out week lying in front of me… haha, strange I know. And I somehow work better on a schedule. Still need to find my grove with the master thesis.
So jealous you’re that close to the beach! I definitely get in those moods where I wasn’t planning on going to the gym, but really want to. Better to just run with it!
The best workouts are the ones you feel you CAN’T skip because you just feel like moving and moving! I love the ways guys react to good food. It’s always sarcastic but so funny. Have a great weekend, girl!
What a great day back! So jealy of your beachy look! Lucky cali girl<3
Aww looks like an awesome transition back
That fried rice looks awesome! You are seriously lucky to have the beach as your backyard
I hope that transition back into so-called “real” life is a smooth one. I know it’s always tough for me at first, but I love getting back into a good, busy routine.
I’m always jealous of your stunning beach photos, but I love seeing them! You are lucky to live somewhere so naturally beautiful. I’m a huge sucker for beaches…and palm trees. *sigh* to have been born in Canada…
xoxo Jackie
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Sounds like you have a pretty good school schedule. I can’t imagine living so close to the beach. It has to be amazing.
You missy are stunningly beautiful!
Just thought I would throw that out there.
What a pretty gal you are, Christine!!! Maybe you should start your own apple butter company? You can ship it to me for free (or in exchange for my almond butter pumpkin cookies) since I came up with the idea 😉 Or we can be business partners? I’m totally down to have the beach in my back yard!
YAY! Back to school
I think the first couple of week of classes are always the best because school doesn’t seem overwhelming and everyone has so much time to hang out! It’s always so nice to be a regular at restaurants, especially when they know your order and let you try new plates for free!