March Madness

Oops! I definitely meant to update my blog in March because I told myself "Ok, you need to update at least once a month." Fail! I'm close though, right? March was insanely busy, but fun, so I really didn't have the time!

First off we had an awesome day on March 7th! We started off at Alero in DC, having margs for happy hour and a few other delicious drinks. Then we went to The Brixton and drank on the roof top bar for a little bit, but it was so cold so we eventually went inside. After that we went to see Jim Bruer at the 930 club!! It was soooo funny, I've never laughed so hard in my life! What an awesome day!

2 days later we went to the Caps vs. Penguins game! I'm not a huuuuge hockey fan, but I did enjoy it. And afterwards we had some drinks at Clyde's:-) I wasn't up for too much drinking considering the day before was the St. Patty's Day Parade in Annapolis and I drank entirely too much. The surprising part was that I didn't eat the entire time I was drinking until last minute at around 11pm! That probably wasn't the wisest decision and I definitely felt it! But hey, I suppose it's better than the drunk pig outs I usually have!

On St. Patty's Day I went to the Irish Channel and hung out for a bit, but I had overtime that night and worked the next day, so I couldn't really party hard.

Then, the day finally came, my birthday! 26... yay... I really didn't want to get older, but it's inevitable, so I tried my best to enjoy it. We went to Atlantic City and had a great time. Spent the day at the pool bar getting way too drunk before dinner! It was so fun. The margaritas were STRONG and awesome!

After taking a power nap we got ready for dinner at Amada. It was in Revel hotel so we took a quick cab ride over there and headed in. WOW. SO amazing! It's a Spanish tapas restaurant and it was so awesome. We decided to do the Chef's Tasting Menu where they pick the plates for you! It was really exciting and a fun surprise every time they came to the table, which was a lot! The food was delicious and so unique. I loved every bite, especially the dessert! Not to mention our server was the best one I've ever had. He was absolutely great!

On March 28th I FINALLY took the plunge and bought a BRAND NEW 2014 Ford Fusion! I needed it so bad! My blazer was falling apart and sounded like it was going to break down at any minute. So I ventured out and purchased this beauty. I am in love with it!

At first I was going to get the basic version, but of course I ended up seeing the one with the appearance package and I couldn't resist! It has so many sweet options! Every time I sit here and think about it, I'm like "Is that car really mine?!" I've never, ever had something so nice in my life before. It's just so surreal!:-)

The following day was my Mom's birthday! I love that our birthdays are so close together. Not just because it makes it easy to remember, but because it makes me feel closer to her. I am her first baby girl anyways, so it's only fitting:-) Of course for both of our birthdays this year the weather did not cooperate! It was freezing on mine and raining on hers. All of this snow we've had can go screw itself. I've never been so fed up with the winter before! It's insane!

It's crazy that my mom is only 52 yet she has a 32 year old kid and an 18 year old kid! If I was my mom I would have had 3 kids by now! What the heck?? I don't have any and I can't imagine having even one right now! Life is way too fun right now and I couldn't give it up to devote all my time to someone else :-O

I give my mom a lot of credit for giving up so much of her life for us. We were her life. She spent every single day taking care of us, teaching us and helping us become who we are today. I dunno about all my siblings, but I'm happy with how I turned out. In some ways I feel like I'm kind of like my parents, in others I feel like I ended up trying to be opposite of them.

Regardless, we had a good time going out for her birthday. We got Pho and it was pretty delish. Afterwards we went back to the house and had some gluten free chocolate brownies and flan! All made by my sister, Roch. It was so delicious, I had to really hold myself back.

Speaking of holding myself back, I've been struggling a little bit lately. I was on a roll for awhile there. I got down to 154 which is pretty good for me. But after celebrating my birthday for practically a week, then celebrating a new car, and going out for my moms birthday... it caught up with me! So frustrating but I won't let it hold me back from going strong! If I give into these bad days, they turn into bad weeks and so on! That's the issue most people have; they let the downward spiral get to them. I refuse!

And finally, the last day of March we spent in Great Falls, VA. My friend Allison suggested that we go there and I had never been, so we ventured out there and it was great! We went on a day that was actually pretty warm and sunny out. The views were beautiful and so peaceful. Of course we didn't stay on the designated paths. It was way more fun to climb on rocks and be little billy goats!

Matt and I went exploring down this one cliff, it was really steep with lots of difficult rocks to get over, but once we got to the bottom it opened up to this really scenic view of the falls and that lead into a little stream that we had to jump over! It was so cute and quaint! While we were down there we just happened to run into this guy taking pictures with a fancy little camera. Of course Matt being the social person he is, went over there and started up a conversation with the guy.

He showed us some of the pictures he was taking and they were really good. Before we climbed back up our mountain, Matt asked him if he would take our picture, and he did! I gave him my email and he emailed them to me today! The quality is great! I love how they turned out. It was so nice of him to do that for us:-)

Soooo... that concludes my March! It was super busy but very productive! I may not have made any huge achievements weight loss wise, but I know I have definitely gained some muscle. I've been working really hard on getting more toned arms and abs. I definitely see a change in my arms and it just motivates me to try harder. I know if I can get my diet under control then my abs will eventually shine through!

Now that it is FINALLY starting to get nice out, I should be getting my run on way more often. I so look forward to long runs in the nice spring weather. And I really can't wait for my first race of the year! I just hope my knee cooperates with me! It's been acting up a little bit lately from too many squats, so I need to give it a little break:-/

I'm trying to leave the drama and emoness out of this blog! So I hope it wasn't too boring. I know people tend to like the drama, but I'll save it for now. I have been brewing up a real in depth blog in my head though. It's coming soon, when I feel like really letting it all out.

That's it for now! Happy April!

Anna