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Pure Michigan

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Hello there from Michigan!

Coming back to visit my friends and family in the Mitten gets a little more strange and a little more complicated every time. Even more so this time because I’m at one of the biggest transitional moments in my life: finally putting on the big-girl pants to go out into the real world of big-girl jobs and big-girl paychecks and big-girl decisions. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t having a major internal panic attack at any given moment of the day, however I’m keeping it together the best I can. Which is not at all actually, I just keep faking it. But ignorance is bliss after all.

So I’m not going to update you all on my whereabouts and shenanigans, that would be too much, but I will show you my journey through Instagram. Yes I realize I do posts like these all too often but, admit it, you like it just a little bit.

Oh, and on a related side-note: along with the transitions in my life, I think the blog is going to undergo some changes as well in the month of August. When I started this blog last year, it was pretty much an anything-goes, healthy-living free-for-all kind of blog. Now I’m feeling the need for a bit more consistency and professionalism. What that entails I’m not quite sure just yet (self-hosting, to start), but I’d love to hear what YOU like to see when it comes to blogs.

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Winter Not-So-Wonderland

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So remember how I live in a tropical climate now?

And remember how I traveled home for the holidays to Michigan? One of the coldest damn states in the US?

Yeah, I’m struggling here.

snowwww

My hands are dry, my toes numb and I thought the snow was pretty for all of 20 seconds until the wind started whipping my poor cheeks. My dad even turned up the thermostat just for me.

I’m such a baby.

We have been getting hit with so much snow since I’ve been in town. The funny thing is, I grew up in this. I used to think winter was my favorite season, loved being out in the snow.. and I was even on ski team in high school!

But I digress, I’m surviving with the help of boots, scarves and blankets.

In addition, I’ve been chugging water and using coconut oil all over my body in hopes of not shriveling up like a prune.

Aside from freezing my butt off (ok ok, I’ll stop bitching), I’ve been spending a lot of time with my parents.. cooking, shopping, drinking champagne. I even convinced my mom to do P90X yoga with me one morning, and I made her a believer in the X! Tony Horton now owns her soul.

No but seriously, I’m so glad I was able to come home for such a long time this Christmas. Last year I was only around for a few days. I spent the first week on the east-side at my parents new place, but tomorrow morning I’m headed over to my old stomping grounds… Grand Rapids!

Fun Fact: If you make your hand into the shape of Michigan (it’s not hard, just put your fingers together), GR is on the outside of your palm, and I’ve been at the base of the thumb. You know you’re from Michigan when…

Andrew and the pup have been in Grand Rapids at his parents house, and that’s where I’ll be staying. A lot of our friends are around for the holidays so I’m really excited to see everyone and have a fun New Years Eve!

 

PS… My favorite Christmas gift? FOAM ROLLER.. you haven’t lived until you foam roll your hamstrings

 

How do you handle cold weather?

Do you have a ridiculously-awesome, absolutely-necessary, totally-worth-investing-in foam roller?