Honest to Blog

Do I even blog anymore? Why is this blog even here? I don't know, except that I like it and I wish I updated it more and maybe it's annoying to hear someone apologize for something they probably won't change but here I am.

Things have been mighty busy in these parts but mighty good.

To begin with Jordan and I watched my parents dog, Gus, in hopes of seeing if he and Pete would get along so we could keep him for a month in January when my parents go away. No luck. They are mortal enemies...or should I say: Gus is Pete's mortal enemy.

Gus would be sitting on his bed wagging his tail like a dope and Pete would be skulking around in the background planning his attack. It provided a lot of entertainment for Jord and I but when Gus got too comfortable and starting chasing Peter around and making him go all "Halloween Cat" we started to get worried for Gus' well being- mostly for the eyes I'm sure my mom would hate for Pete to claw out. Also, Jordan and I went to go for a run at 7am on a Saturday (I know- the mere fact that we had the strength to do so was a huge feat) and Gus began howling while we were closing the door - kind of sealed his fate. Our downstairs tenants do not need that and we are come and go type people who can't be expected not to leave our house whenever we want to so, sorry Gus, guess it's a dog sitter for you!

A really happy thing that's happened is that I've been jogging again!

I've never played a sport or been on any type of team but since high school I have always called myself a runner. When we got our house I stopped running because we were too busy and when we joined a run club last year I quit running altogether. Being forced to run twice a week at a pace that wasn't my own really stressed my mind and body out and I haven't wanted to run again- until now.

I've been lacing up my sneakers for a couple weeks now, going at my own pace and I'm finally feeling that runner's high that I used to before. I am loving running because I want to again and it's making me get out there more than I have in years. Hooray for finding my groove again!

Equally special and happy happenings: Jordan and I have been going on lots of dates lately.

We've started a weekly date night where we have to plan a date for each other every other week. The first week Jordan took us out for Korean BBQ (thanking the heavens we didn't give ourselves salmonella seeing as we had to grill own meat!) The second week I took us to see Weird Science (best 80s movie ever!) at the Apollo. Last week Jordan took us out for a Paint Nite and I mean, I think I won the contest for who's a better artist. I take serious pride in my tree skills here. My next date night I'm taking us to a workout class at the trampoline gym. When I told Jordan it went like this:

Me: I have our next date night planned!
Jordan: What is it?!
Me: A workout class
Jordan : *pure dissapointment face*
Me: At Skyzone!
Jordan: *pure joy face*

Besides that I've been studying a lot for my mutual fund course (ugh, so boring).

It will definitely help me at work since I work with mutual funds 99.9% of the time but geeze, I sure do hate studying.

I've also been taking a lot of time for relaxation after a crazy year of going to Hawaii (omg, favourite place on the planet) and then taking a last minute trip to China (how does that even happen!?) We're pretty tuckered out by all the amazing things that have happened so far this year so I'm trying to keep all my weeknights free (and even my weekends if I can) to just be at home. I am ready for a slow season of life, please.

I hope you enjoyed this little life update. I miss writing. I'll try my best to come back and keep checking in. Maybe I'll even share some pictures from our trips this year- stay tuned!

From the desk of:

Taylor Brown
Check-in Champion