I’m Back!

June 14, 2013 by Christine Skari

Hey guys! Sorry to have been gone for the week. I had a TON of finals and they were all pretty killer and, as much as I missed it, I didn’t have any time to blog. It feels so good to be back though!

I honestly haven’t been up to much, just studying like a maniac, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and not getting nearly enough sleep. But, I’m free now!!! Expect a new post everyday ;).

Another thing I’ve missed is exercise. My workouts go down the poop-hole when I get stressed out, and I’m looking forward to having the summer to concentrate on my health! I was able to get one run in, though, which was an AWESOME way to help me to relax. I felt a million times better after it, even if it was short!

short and sweet!

I guess it goes along with my Type A personality, but I LOVE making lists. SO here is my list of thing I’d like to accomplish this summer:

I know the Norwegian one seems a bit random, but I want to get back to my roots. I’m a weird mix of half Norwegian and half Japanese and was born in Norway. Norwegian was my first language, but I’ve forgotten most of it which is a huge bummer to me since I love languages. I still can understand a good amount of it though, but it’s time to get started on refreshing it before I forget even more.

As for the new craft goal, I’m open to suggestions! I think metal pressing would be really cool. I’m in love with the site Etsy and have always been drawn to their handmade and custom jewelry.

That’s it for now! Can’t wait to take some time to catch up with all y’all!

xoxo Christine

I’m Back!

June 14, 2013 by Christine Skari

I honestly haven’t been up to much, just studying like a maniac, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and not getting nearly enough sleep. But, I’m free now!!! Expect a new post everyday ;).

short and sweet!

I guess it goes along with my Type A personality, but I LOVE making lists. SO here is my list of thing I’d like to accomplish this summer:

As for the new craft goal, I’m open to suggestions! I think metal pressing would be really cool. I’m in love with the site Etsy and have always been drawn to their handmade and custom jewelry.

That’s it for now! Can’t wait to take some time to catch up with all y’all!

xoxo Christine

Drowning in Sweat

May 30, 2013 by Christine Skari

Today started off with an early morning run. I wasn’t too much in the mood to go out and almost justified not working out since I have a big paper due tomorrow, but I haven’t moved in the last couple of days and I knew I would feel better after. And, as always, I didn’t regret lacing up my running shoes :).

Even though I was out decently early, it was HOT HOT HOT and I thought I was going to die for a good portion of my loop. I’m still happy with my times, though, and am looking forward to going on some cooler night runs this weekend. Hopefully I won’t drown in my own sweat like I did today 😉

I’m loving the Run Keeper app. It does such an awesome job with accurately tracking my runs and I’m a sucker for the stats it shows me. Oh, and it sends me the BEST emails after every jog I go on.

Too cute!

After my run I worked on my essay before eating a pretty standard breakfast with Kyle. Nothing like a PB and J banana.

Then it was back to work until I had to leave to go to class. I love the weather now (as long as I’m not running!)

I didn’t shower after running ;). Shhh.

I also had an exciting moment where I checked my Pinterest and saw that someone had repinned one of my workouts! It’s the little things, right?

The plan for the rest of the day is to finish writing a copiously long history paper and then grab some dinner with the boy friend. I can’t wait to get that bugger done!

Have a great day!

xoxo Christine

Drowning in Sweat

May 30, 2013 by Christine Skari

Too cute!

After my run I worked on my essay before eating a pretty standard breakfast with Kyle. Nothing like a PB and J banana.

Then it was back to work until I had to leave to go to class. I love the weather now (as long as I’m not running!)

I didn’t shower after running ;). Shhh.

I also had an exciting moment where I checked my Pinterest and saw that someone had repinned one of my workouts! It’s the little things, right?

The plan for the rest of the day is to finish writing a copiously long history paper and then grab some dinner with the boy friend. I can’t wait to get that bugger done!

Have a great day!

xoxo Christine

The Dreadmill & Need for Coffee

May 23, 2013 by Christine Skari

So yesterday’s chemistry midterm was ridiculous. The whole time you could hear people muttering curse words as they saw each new problem. And when the proctor announced that we had only 10 minutes left, the class was in uproar! It was almost kind of funny because it took the teaching assistants a good amount of time to get everyone to be quiet again. The good thing is that the entire class is based on averages, so if everyone in the class does poorly there will be a haaaauuugggee curve ;). I’m not overly worried about it.

Anyways, I’m so glad to be done with it! Now I just have to worry about a potential math pop quiz today and my chemistry lab.

After my midterm yesterday, I came back and took a solid two hour nap before lounging around for a while. Eventually, I put on my workout gear and headed to the gym to do a super quick workout. I ran two miles at an 8:34 pace before completing an ab circuit twice through. For some reason the 2 miles I ran were SO hard. I usually hate running on the treadmill so that might have played a role in the difficulty, but I guess I just wasn’t feeling the late workout.

just do your thangg girl!

the dread-mill

Ab Circuit (Repeat x2)

20 leg lowering
30 bicycle crunches (I hate these!)
1 minute plank
50 scissor kicks
15 leg raises on the captain’s chair

After my workout, I went back home for some dinner with Kyle. I’m never hungry right after I workout so I didn’t have much of an appetite. Dinner was roasted pork loin, a baby sweet potato, and a big ol’ salad. I called it a night at 11:30 after working on some online calculus homework and slept like a baby till 8 this morning! That’s a pretty big accomplishment for me ;).

I think the last couple of days have finally caught up with me because I’m exhausted. I decided not to try to squeeze in a workout since I feel pretty meh. Breakfast was good though! I had some fruit salad with cottage cheese for some protein and split some whole wheat pancakes with Kyle. And coffee. Lots of coffee.

sweet nectar of life!

Hopefully today passes quickly. I NEED the weekend!

Have a wonderful day!

xoxo Christine