Adult life!

I just finished baking homemade cupcakes and chocolate frosting for our lake michigan picnic tomorrow.. This is to celebrate a friend's birthday who didn't receive a cake this year (that's sad! Everyone deserves cake). Yes I baked on friday night, I know this boosts my street cred immensely.  I love South Haven, it's so close and just a cute little lake town. I would very much like to live on a lake one day. But the cookie doesn't always crumble the way I think it's going to. But I need to continue to radiate positiveness, onward and upward I always say. 

My trainer is really working me. I've never considered myself much of a sweater, but after my sessions I am soaked. I don't know if anyone else is like me in the respect of needing to be comfortable at all times. Meaning that if I'm too sweaty I start to distract myself and really loose focus on my overall goal. 

I see the leaves changing on the trees already. I think its too soon!!! I love fall. I mean LOVE it! The smells are amazing, I love the smells of fall. Everything about fall I love. Pumpkins, apples, corn, corn mazes, cider, camp fires, hoodies, the colors of the leaves. I could continue on forever. 

Happy 4th

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I chose to make a lot of awesome choices today, I'm very grateful and thankful that I have the right to choose. Nothing super exciting has been going on recently. I've been really bogged down with a large project I'm working on at work. I really hope to pull it off. It's just going to take a ton of education for individuals in the organization. Fortunately I have a little bit of patience and energy for this task and I am up for the challenge. Onward and upward.

The 4th of July is always special to me because 4 years ago on this very day Curtis proposed at Rothbury so I hold it very near and dear to my heart. I thought that the year we were engaged it was the hottest day of all time (I was sorely mistaken). Today the heat index in Kalamazoo was 108.... WTF?!? This isn't death valley!! But I am happy to have water about very 10 minutes from us. We kayaked at a park where Curtis goes disc golfing a lot. The wind was almost too much. It felt really awesome because it was so hot, but when you paddle and get blisters the more you have to use your hands gets to be really uncomfortable. As always I adjusted my grip and moved forward.

I've been working with a trainer a day or so a week. I haven't noticed a huge difference in my body yet but others have. I've noticed I'm a lot more sore after my workouts. But, I don't know if that is because I just have me to focus on so I try harder?  I work with him next on Friday so I'm excited to see what kind of fun he has in store for me. I didn't eat breakfast on Monday and had 2 cups of coffee. Then I just started slamming water for the rest of the day. I had a good lunch but not a lot of protein. I was shaking during some of my workout later that day.. Awesome choices.... I know.

Last night Curtis and I went to South Haven to watch the fireworks. They were AWESOME!! I felt like it was worth the 40 minute drive to the beach. But it took an hour to get home because of all the traffic. I love South Haven, but I'm afraid to go to any other shore line further away in fear I would like it more and never go back to South Haven.