Thrown For A Loop

So, the whole holiday on a Tuesday thing is really throwing me off today...as is the fact that I'm back at work today but only today for the week (two free vacation days to use before the end of the year starting yesterday...since next Friday is my last day here, it seemed smart to use them while I can and while the boy is home...extra time together #win). My alarm going off at 5 this morning definitely resulted in some howling more from habit than anything else. I was pretty awake since someone asked if we could go to bed at 8:45 last night. Guess what, friends? It WASN'T me! And yes, I did, in fact, stare at the boy in shock and wonderment when he asked because I couldn't believe my ears (for those of you who don't know, normally I'm the one falling asleep by 8, which someone constantly teases me for, so this was a big deal). It had me raring to go for my run this morning, and I pounded out 7.5 miles before 6:30...pretty productive if I do say so myself.

Our New Years Day was incredibly chill (read: wonderful) and involved me in comfy clothes for the entire thing. We had gone to a friend's house for a small party on NYE, which was a lot of fun, and called for the making of oodles of cookies. Ok, it didn't call for a hugeeeeeeeee amount (since there were 10 of us total), but I used it as an excuse to make two batches I've had my eyes on for a while: Hayley's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever and Sally's Death By Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. 

Both were phenomenal, so you should probably make them stat. They look pretty, too!

Being the party animals that we are, the boy and I were home by 12:45 and in bed and fast asleep by 1:00. Wild night for sure ;) I managed to sleep until 8:30, which has become my standard wake up time on vacation (crazy I know) and then stretched out with some yoga....level 1 of Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown and Detox Yoga Level 1 from Yoga Download. Both are favorites and just what my body needed after some hard running days. After that, the boy and I did a whole lot of nothing besides watching Jersey Shore (we finished all available seasons on Hulu yesterday, and yes, we are very proud of this fact), taking a mini break from that awesomeness to watch Abduction (filmed in Pittsburgh, which ended up being its only redeeming quality...gave us some great ideas for how to make Pirates games more entertaining though), and working on a puzzle. We got the entire outline put together before we gave up for the day (someone insisted on getting the 1000 piece puzzle, while someone else [read: me] thought 500 would be sufficient...someone asked if someone else wasn't up for the challenge, so obviously we then had to get the 1000 piece....someone [read: me] is now wondering if this puzzle is going to be completed before the end of the year). We did end up leaving my apartment for twenty minutes to walk and get someone's car from the night before...

First picture of 2013! Walk of shaming it (kind of anyway...we knew ahead of time that we wouldn't be driving home from our friend's house, who conveniently live a 15 minute walk away) and proud of it. We also ate things like this...

Boy's famous Vegas chili with my homemade cornbread...only took him 2 years to make it for me...

And this...

Homemade cookies from this girl...clearly we had to try one of each...all were delicious.

I didn't take a picture of dinner (wooops), but we had grilled cheese, tomato soup, and leftover fried pickles from our NYE dinner. Hit the spot perfectly. I actually didn't have a single vegetable yesterday (besides the tomatoes and peppers in the chili and the tomatoes and spinach on my grilled cheese...I suppose pickles are technically a vegetable, too, but I feel like the whole fried thing negates that), and I was quite proud of the fact. I was also proud of the fact that I got a chance to sit down before bed and make this...

My "Things I Want to do in 2013" list. This is not something that I'm strictly adhering to in any way, shape, or form. It's just a rough outline of some things I would like to try out at some point in 2013. If I get to all of them, great. If I get to none of them, also great. My biggest focus for the year is just to stay in the moment, and let go of everything else. And yesterday got that off to a great start...here's hoping I can keep it up :)

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

How was your first day of 2013? Are you back to work today? Did you eat any vegetables yesterday?