What's up, Doc Martens?

Thao and I just put a new listing for a pair of sweet Doc Martens we found at Goodwill on Buford. Ch-ch-check it out!

Absence makes the runner grow exhausted

Since I signed up for membership at LA fitness, I had not had a run through Shady Valley, a long stretch of road by my neighborhood, since sometime back in late December. Today, I decided to re-visit my old running grounds. The weather was beautiful and it tempted me out of my sicky laziness. I ran all the way to the park and almost ran the whole way back until I reached the dreaded hill.

This hill makes up about a 1/4th of my run, there are no trees here to shield me from the harsh sun, and it's the last part of my trip. As treacherous and seemingly never-ending as this hill is, I usually run it almost all the way up, only having to slow to a trot near the end of it. Today, however, I couldn't even make it half way. I began to feel crazy stitches in my side and my calves and thighs were tightening up and burning like crazy. I quickly admitted defeat and began to power-walk the rest of the way up like a loser. BLAAAH.

Here is one of my all-time favorite commercials (inspired me to start running, actually):

If this ever happens to me in real life, I hope the killer is not chasing me uphill.

Monday Malaise

I woke up at 7:20am and got out of the house by 7:35am to make it to 3 dispossessory hearing for work today at 8:30am (talk about a freaking panic attack). Now, I am generally really quick about getting ready in the mornings, but this was pretty hectic for me today. On top of waking up pretty late for the hearings, I woke up with a crazy cold. Even after chowing down on some steaming-hot Chik-fil-A chicken noodle soup, I didn't feel any better and had to have Thao take me home. Thanks again!!!

Now here comes the good part of my day... After arriving home, I cleaned up my entire room, did some long over-due laundry, and then sat and drank a big ol' mug of earl grey. I don't know why, but tea and doing chores generally lifts my spirits. Although sitting at home feeling sick and gross wouldn't normally qualify as being the "good part of my day", but on a crazy Monday like this, it works.

Anywho, here are some pictures from the weekend:

Thao and Uyen, cheesin' after a hard-earned doubles' victory

Why yes, that IS my amazing old world map leather tote. Got it for $2.00 at Goodwill!

How hilarious is this tee? H-Mart is the best!

Thao and I started off our Sunday by hitting up our Women's tennis match (we were rotated out this week so we didn't get to play) and watched them completely dominate the other team. We took the opportunity to eat some on-sale Easter candy and tan. Later, we went to H-Mart with our cousins to help them run errands and grab dinner. After that, we caught a showing of Clash of the Titans. As much as I love the sexy and talented Liam Neeson and Sam Worthington (who doesn't?), the movie was pretty disappointing. Oh well, at least I didn't pay an extra $4 bucks to watch the 3D version or anything.

So it wasn't the most exciting weekend, but it was relaxing. After a hectic work-week, it was exactly what I needed to jump start my Monday, even if it didn't go as well as desired.

Gotta take some meds now, PEACE!

Want vs. Need

Want: Givenchy Jelly Caged Sandals in Ivory. Even though they're from last season (I've been lusting after them since!), they're still going for about $299 on Ebay... I think I should go with a similar version from Urbanouttfitters in tan, even if it is still a cool $110.00.

NEED: Some new work out clothes. I mean, I don't have a problem wearing ratty, old tees to the gym with some random shorts, but wearing that stuff at the LA Fitness in Buckhead just ain't gonna cut it any more. Here is a cute outfit from Women's Health Magazine:

Cute, right? But I think until I run another 100 miles or so, I'll keep that cute vest zipped up.

Speaking of which, I have discovered that working out will make you more energized, no matter how tired you feel. I had the longest, crappiest workday yesterday and the last thing I wanted to do was to go to the gym. But, I somewho mustered the will to go and when I ran my 2.5 miles on the treadmill, I felt light as a feather. After working out some more, I went home feeling like new. Nothing like a good work-out followed by a cool shower to wash off the day's bad mojo.

Thinking ahead...

So I did a little online shopping during my lunch break and this is what I bought for myself from J.Crew. I'm not 100% sure when I will be going to the beach or anything, but it was on sale and I cannot resist anything with stripes.

I'm sure it will suit me just fine sitting on my deck with a magazine in the sun.

Tuesday Time-Waster

Seriously, Cadbury Eggs are the best part of every Easter.

Hello my lovely, lovely readers! Did you all have a good Easter? I know I did--after eating fresh fruit and tanning at Piedmont Park all day with my good friend Heather, I went home, ate some spring rolls and napped for about 5 hours straight... Who says you can't get caught up on sleep?

The first two weeks of the month are always the busiest at work (this is when we're collecting everyone's rent, bills come in and out, etc) so I don't really have much time to post anything substantial, so I'll leave you with this:

http://www.freerice.com/

This time-waster will not only make you smarter, it will help you do your part to end world hunger.

If anything, maybe it will help you prevent from writing like some of my mobile park tenants... Here's an excerpt from a note left for us: I did not know rent was due on the 3th of ever month...

*SIGH*

Well, happy 6rd of April!

Want vs. Need

Want: Sweet, gold acrylic-metal alloy Dinosaur necklace from the amazing S/S04 Tatty Devine collection.

Need: Save up money for two seat deposits for law school (sorry, I can't find anything that's depressing/lame enough to depict this accordingly).

Seriously though, how great is that necklace? It costs £114... I don't know how much that is, but I'm pretty sure that it's more than I can afford for a necklace right now, even if it is an amazing, golden skeletal t-rex one.

Vay-kay, s'il vous plait!

This is a picture of Max and I several years ago on our college spring break in Panama City Beach (PCB for all the cool people). The photo was taken by a random photographer for South Shore Studio (note the cheesy pose). Max and I were too cheap to order our own copies, so we just copied and pasted what we could from the website, hence the company logo plastered across our lovely photo.

I've been working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. I think it's about time I take another vacation, don't you agree? A niiiiice, waaaaarm, vacation.

Wednesday Hump Day

I am now more than ever convinced that Twining's Earl Grey tea with lemon is an absolute cure-all for a crappy mornings on the weekdays (and crappy, hung-over weekends as well). I am not going to go on and on about how stressful this morning has been, but I will say that Earl Grey has fixed it all and now I can be optimistic that half of this hellish work week is almost over. Thank God.

I have to get back to work now, but I'll try to update again later in the day if I can.

Baaaack

I have put this blog to the side for a while now for several reasons:

1. I've been working my butt off to finish my final semester at Georgia State University strong (and I succeeded--I made straight A's!)

2. I've been going just about insane getting together my law school apps so that I can get accepted somewhere (also a success--I received a letter of acceptance from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta about a week ago!)

3. I have recently picked up running my mom's ever-growing residential and commercial property management company. I've been working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. Although I've been working like a dog, I can't complain because I've been learning a lot, I make a lot of money, and I am always happy to help my mom.

So yes, that about sums up why this blog has been on hiatus for the past several months. Now let's see if I can get you readers up to speed on what's been going with my life outside of the academia and work-oriented arena...

1. Max has left for California to live out his post-graduate life indefinitely. While I do miss a lot, I am very very happy for him and I am more than confident we will remain close.

2. I just finished up ALTA (Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association) Winter Mixed doubles season and I am just now starting up ATLA Spring Women's doubles season. Thao (my lil' sister) is my partner and we are ready to dominate these sorry hoes!

3. My cousin Jacinta just got accepted into med school in the Caribbeans! This is a huge deal because she has been working so hard at this for some time now and I am so happy for her and so so proud!

4. I managed to squeeze in a little vacation time into my busy schedule to go to New York with Thao and my mom. There are just too many good things to say about NY, but I will say this: I am in LOVE with all NY men. Mmm-mm.

5. Other than working, I have been spending my time reading, painting, drawing, playing tennis, and catching up with friends. You know, things that writing 25 different term papers didn't allow for me to do before. Although I have to admit, sometimes I think I miss school, but whenever I find myself curled up under my comforter on a Sunday afternoon flipping through mindless magazines, I don't miss it so much anymore. Besides, I should really enjoy relaxing before law school starts up again in the Fall, right?

6. Thao and I have picked up watching Starz's original series Spartacus. While I do realize that this show looks, sounds and feels a lot like the movie 300, I am so addicted. And yes, I also realize that this show is practically soft-core porn with an ancient Roman backdrop. I am not ashamed.

7. My cousin Nancy from Canada is getting married in August. However, I must admit that the most exciting part about this piece of news is that she is getting married in LAS VEGAS. I can only add that I am extremely pumped and ready for this wedding! Especially with all of my awesome cousins going, this trip is going to be ridiculously fun!

Wow, I kind of missed blogging about random stuff... Hopefully I'll keep this up for a little longer than a handful of months this time around. I look forward to getting back into the swing of things!