Hussle Up

I’m exhausted. Coffee isn’t working. Sleep isn’t working. I’m just tired…eyes, body and soul. It’s been a crazy last two weeks. The craziest I’ve experienced in a long time and it’s taken its toll.

I’ve found my internal feelings have affected my diet intake. For example, Carmine and I decided to try this authentic Mexican restaurant that had gotten great reviews on yelp and I chowed down in a major way. Behold Huevos Rancheros:


Two eggs are under there somewhere but good luck finding them. My emotions are a mess, just like the hot plate of melty rich gooeyness before me. Sometimes I’m easy like the eggs and then sometimes I’m spicy like the chili verde. Sometimes my feelings are all over like the cheese and on occasion I’m antisocial and lonely like the rice and beans.

I’ve never handled stress, whether it is good or bad, very well. Luckily, I’ve been experiencing a good stress but still stress nonetheless. I’m moving forward with the next big step in my life and it’s terrifying and exciting at the same time. I’m also fostering the last little kitten of the bunch we socialized that hasn’t been able to get adopted. It’s sounds like fun but he’s freaking my other cats out and running under couches and getting into everything he’s not supposed to. For example, I set up a nice little area for him to cuddle and enjoy a good night kitten nap and instead we found him here:


He’s in the trashcan in my bathroom. What the hell kitten-really?!


Thankfully the bootcamp class my sister is teaching and I’m attending (for free- sister bonus!) has been a great stress reliever. She makes me sprint up hills, do push-ups, work with resistance bands, do about a million squats and many other exercises that I can hardly pronounce the names of. All this stress just brewing comes out during the hour and a half we do in the park every Sunday (at 8:45am mind you). I’ve appreciated the workouts so much that I fit in a second work out this week after work. It’s hard to get motivated to go but once I’m there I’m so thankful that I was able to talk myself into it.



Not only have these workouts been great for me health wise, the other women in the class (about 3-4 others) have been a great comfort. As we do our high knees or calve raises we talk about what’s going on in our lives and I’m amazed at how they handle life with all the stress they have. All these women are in their late 30’s with a house full of kids, a husband, a full time job and probably a million other responsibilities and they still have time to come to workout and keep their bodies in amazing shape. I’m the 20 something who has no husband, house or kids and I’m dying here!

They really taught me that you have to laugh it off sometimes and you have to take time out for yourself. This exercise class is something they do for themselves and they allow themselves to have that small escape from the stress. I have to remember that to stay sane, I’m going to have to step out of this for a bit and take a minute to digest, whether it be another plate huevos rancheros or just my feelings-or hell, maybe both!