If we were having coffee right nowโฆ
Weโd probably be at one of the cute cafes near the beach. We have quite a few amazing spots around here -each time I walk around, I see yet another place Iโd like to check out- and itโs totally normal to: a) not be wearing any shoes, and/or b) bring in an enormous standard poodle with you. So, needless to say, it would be pretty casual ๐ Weโd sit out on the patio because the weather has been dreamy this week.
Iโd want to hear about what youโre up to! Whatโs going on this summer? Any fun vacations or travels planned? Howโs life? The job? Kiddos/pets?
Iโd tell you how excited I am for all of our summer company. Kyle and Meg are coming, then our babysitter from Tucson is staying for a while (she takes online courses from a school here and visits often), then my dad, stepmom and little brothers, and finally MIL, SIL and our nephew! Aaaand thereโs a family wedding and my nanaโs birthday bash in there, too. Itโs going to be a great summer. My plan is to keep the guest bedroom and bathroom ready to go at all times because the door is open for friends and family when they get a spare weekend. The distance made it harder for people to visit us in Valdosta, but things are a little different here. The 5 1/2 hour drive helps!
Speaking of driving, I have to tell you how much I LIKE the freeways here. I never thought Iโd see the day, but Iโm a huge fan. In Tucson, you take regular streets to get around which takes longer to get from one side of town to the other. Thereโs no central freeway, so my first time getting on I-10 in my high school driving course I hit a box, got yelled at, and was mildly traumatized. The freeway eventually became my friend when we traveled around Valdosta and I like to think Iโve gotten the hang of it here. So quick and convenient to get around town even though thereโs some gnarly traffic.
Iโd probably tell you about the things of late. In between mom/wife life and the little blog here, Iโve been cranking along with book edits and hustling to get my own classes. While Iโm looking forward to the time when I have my set routine, it is kind of fun to change up my workouts for the week based on the classes I get to sub or shadow. The word โroutineโ seems pretty foreign for now since every day I feel like Iโm flying by the seat of my pants. Iโd probably also try and talk to you into coming to my next Zumba class ๐ It looks like barre and Zumba are going to be my staples here. My personal workouts are runs along the beach, Orangetheory, and yoga (I canโt wait to get back into it!). You might ask me about my upcoming half marathon and how training has been going. Itโs been as good as can be expected with everything else going on. Iโll be picturing the fresh juices dancing for me at the finish line.
At one point or another, Iโd probably tell you HOW STOKED I AM that we have renters for our Tucson house. Paying for two houses for the past few months has not been enjoyable, but we really wanted to keep our Tucson house. The Pilot totally gave me the side eye on this one, but I said I want to sell our Tucson house in a few years and if we move back. After living in this quaint little historic house, Iโd like something similar in Tucson.
Iโd also tell you that we need to try one of the breakfast treats on the counter. Letโs take it to the beach ๐
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Ummm, I can totally get coffee with you lady! Letโs do it one of these days!
Ummm, I can totally get coffee with you lady! Letโs do it one of these days!
yes, finally! let me know what your week is like next week ๐
Yay renters! Thatโs such a huge burden off you guys!
Barre, Zumba and the beachโฆ girl, I am jealous of your life! Haha. So glad things are working out for you in Cali and you will get to see your family a lot this summer. Iโm excited to be traveling to Cape Cod most weekends this summer to see mine!
I love these posts! ๐ I would definitely want to hear all about the house stuff because since the husband and I bought our house Iโm a little real estate obsessed. House Hunters makes my soul happy, even when crazy paint color obsessed people are on it. lol!
Iโd have a chai-esq something or other and talk about getting excited for my upcoming bday and winery tour celebration with friends, starting the process of setting up a yoga class for inmates at a local correctional facilty, and my upcoming California vacation that Iโm dreaming about. I really hope that you are able to set up some weekly classes because I would LOVE to attend them while Iโm in San Diego! Iโd say there is a 75% chance I could convince my husband to go to a Barre class with me and about a 9% chance to a Zumba one. ๐ Cheers!
Haha yes! Those paint obsessed people on House Hunters! Rachel, youโre a girl after my own heart!
Cheers,
Annie
As I sit in my office at work and read your post โ I so wish that I could come and hang with you! I would bring my little maltepoo Scruffy so he could play with Bella ๐ He is very sassy just like your little one. AndโฆI think that I would have a nice iced tea, because the weather just calls for it!
Have a fab day!
I have a question that Iโd ask if we were having coffee. Iโm thinking of a west coast vacation with the fam. The boys are 10 and 8. I believe youโve sited SF and now living in SD- what would you choose? We usually go south to hang at one of the beaches but Iโm looking at other options.
YAY for renters- we paid for two house for over a year! Very stressful.
Enjoy the beach!
Melissa
Love this post! I would tell you how content you are sounding right now and how nice it is to hear ๐ and that my life is kind of limbo land right now with a month left in Argentina before moving home to the UK full of excitement and fears all at oneโฆ and that I have some struggles too but the moments when you sit down with friends and just laugh about nothing take it all away for a few glorious hours ๐
A coffe chat sounds perfect right now!
love these kinda posts! this summer I will beโฆ traveling to Greece, being an aunt in JULY!, gardening, beach trips, and lots and lots of family time<3
Iโm so glad you found renters!! Zumba and barre are my favorite workouts. How exciting to be establishing new classes and routines!
What a cute post! It was like we were really having coffee together:-) I have really been enjoying your posts about adapting to life in San Diego. My husband and I have thrown around the idea of moving to Cali since weโve been together, and now itโs looking like it might happen in the near future. Thanks for helping me mentally prepare!
Aww, I really enjoyed reading more about your normal life :). You do such a great job of keepinโ it real on here, itโs refreshing! So great that your family is fairly close, what a blessing, and YAY for renters!
I am sitting in my office cubicle thinking of ways to enjoy this summer and not letting it slip by too fast- Saturdays on the lake with friends, dog park visits, lots of reading by the pool/on the porch.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that my motivation and productivity is through the roof this week. I have been focusing on quality over quantity and it is paying off. I love sitting in the moment and being present โ a cup of coffee in hand of course.
I am in. I would LOVE to grab coffee with you! What a beautiful post โ you so eloquently share your dreams, what you care about day to day, and how much you care for others. ๐ Really very lovely.
After having been on a long trip (7 weeks) away from home in some wonderful and challenging conditions, I feel so grateful for my husband and Iโs life, my work split between a non-profit I adore and teaching Pilates, and Colorado warming up for summertime. Weโre visiting my brother in law over the weekend, have some fun concert plans sprinkled throughout the coming months, and will be seeing my family at the beach in the fall. But itโs really the every day things right now that make me feel like Iโm glowing inside. Thereโs my โcheesinessโ for the day. ๐
Hope you enjoy your day, congrats again on your work integrating into the fitness community in SD! xoxo
sounds like you have a wonderful summer ahead, too ๐
it makes my heart happy to hear that everything is going so well for you!
enjoy the rest of your night <3
I wish I lived near a beach! I would be there all the time! Iโm going to Maui next month for my friendโs wedding and Iโm so excited to lay out on the beach!
It sounds so amazing there! Iโd tell you we are moving next week and the panic is starting to finally hit! Though, I am looking forward to taking advantage of our last few days here with the friends weโve met.
good luck to you with the move!
Love that youโre enjoying everything SD has to offer! Iโd tell you that I have 4 weddings to go to this summer, a couple of camping trips planned and Iโm stoked.
4 weddings!! so fun ๐
I agree with you โ your SD home is super cute (from what weโve seen) and I love something smaller and historic too!
These posts, among others, are why I continue reading your blog. I feel like so many blogs lose this personal touch as they grow, but you have actively maintained it and I really, really, REALLY appreciate that voice.
If we were having coffee, Iโd talk about how having three months off from school/work is exciting and scary. When you have the privilege of a lot of free time, thereโs also a lot of responsibility around how to spend it. And how in three months, Iโm moving away from the state Iโve lived in my whole life, to start graduate school in a field that is lightyears away from my undergraduate degree (undergrad: English, graduate: nutrition). Iโd talk about how thatโs scary and exciting too. Iโd talk about how Iโm meditating more and doing yoga regularly to cope with all these changes, plus a healthy dose of chocolate. ๐
thank you so much, liz! i really appreciate it <3
sounds like you have exciting changes ahead of you. yoga always helps me with transitional periods, too ๐
lots of love to you <3
Your SD home looks like it has so much characterโsometimes I wonder if my husband and I should have bought an older home with more character instead of a new one in the suburbs. Iโm sure weโll move again at some point, so thatโll be something to think about.
If we had coffee together, Iโd tell you that I am in dire need of a tropical vacation, far far away from work, lol. Iโd also tell you how Iโve had fresh kale smoothies (with kale from our garden!) every day for the past 2 weeks. So nothing too exciting, but thatโs not always a bad thing ๐
It sounds like you have a lot to look forward to this summer! Enjoy!
I want to move to San Diego so badly. I suppose I should go read up on the cost of living/housing there so I feel cured of it for a bit! That usually does it, for a while. ; )
haha that always halts the urge.. for a little while ๐
xoxo
I love having coffee with you ๐ I wish I really was at the beach though! So true what you said about the dogs in coffeehouses (and everywhere). Thatโs one of the things I noticed the last time I was in SD.. dogs in and outside all over the place and totally normal. Love it!! Itโs definitely not like that here in Kansas city!
You have such a FUN summer ahead! Lots to look forward to for sure. Iโll be chasing my kids around to football and cross country practices, the pool and such. I love summer SO much! It goes by too quickly.
i totally agree! wish it would stick around a little longer ๐
and yes on the dog thing! tucson is kind of dog friendly, but itโs a different level here
hope youโre having a great week <3
Yay KC! I wish we had more dog friendly places hereโฆ.
Congrats on getting some renters for your Tucson house! I bet that is a huge relief! It sounds like you have a great summer planned and Iโm so glad youโll get to spend a lot of time with your family! I just landed in Las Vegas this morning so itโs nice to have a few days off work to see my family that lives out here and enjoy some time shopping and eating out! Not to mention some time at the pool! ๐
have so much fun in vegas! love those vegas pools ๐
You have one exciting summer! Our plans are to keep making changes to our house to make it more โoursโ landscaping is the big one. We just got back from Vegas, but Iโm hoping for one more getaway this summer โฆ. maybe a beach since your pictures are so beautiful.
sounds like a plan!!
good luck with the landscaping adventures, too ๐
i so wish i was having coffee with you!!!!!!!! xo
get over here! ๐
If we had coffee together I would tell you that since the last time we chatted, Iโve completed my thesis and successfully defended it. I would tell you that it ended up consisting of directing a show, creating an original script and performing it as a one-woman show. I would tell you that this year has been one of the most difficult & that what Iโve learned most is that the only people that deserve time in your life are the ones who show up. I would also tell you that I canโt believe I now have an M.A. in a field I hadnโt taken a single course in 4 years ago.
I would tell you that tending to responsibilities and obligations has made me put my health on the back-burner and I am most definitely feeling it. Also, that reading your blog inspires me to make small changes, little by little, and to be kind to myself. I would thank you.And then I would mention that when I was walking around World Market yesterday I found myself in front of a jar of pickled eggs and curiosity got the best of me. I would tell you TO NOT EVER let curiosity get the best of you when it concerns pickled eggs from a store. Unless you like rubbery white vinegar all up in the crevices of your mouth reminding you every 5 minutes that you made a BAD decision. Adventurous, but bad.
And then Iโd say โโฆ. but Iโd still try sriracha pickled eggs. You in?โ
NO. WAY. you are amazing!! congratulations on everything youโve accomplished.
and the eggsโฆ they sound horrifying. but yes, i would join you in some sriracha pickled eggs ๐
Iโd tell you I JUST GOT A JOB AT WHOLE FOODS! and I am stoaaaaaked!
also, i will be paying more attention to the blog now, i hope ๐
DUUUUUUUUDE! congrats!
thank youuuu ๐ yay summer!
Love the note about picturing juices at the finish. I spend half my races usually dreaming about what I will consume after the finish ๐
haha seriously! suja is sponsoring it, so iโm thinking there will be lots of lovely juices and snacks at the finish line
I wish I was having coffee with you after one of your Zumba classes!
me too!!
Nice post! Glad you found renters. Itโs my dream to live by the beach though. ๐
My husband and I will be in CA in July. Weโre going to Palm Springs but also want to go to San Dieg o for a day. I would LOVE any recommendations you have about what to do / where to eat! It will be my first time ever in CA, so I am SO excited!! ๐
true food at fashion valley, cafe by the bay (peanut butter acai bowls), hiking at torrey pines and see the sea lions, walk around la jolla, drinks at tower 23 in pacific beach, breakfast at the cottage in la jolla ๐
Thank you!!! ๐
Sounds fun!
coffee in san diego โ the things my dreams are made of haha. Making a trip asap.
Iโd tell you that Iโm SO glad to be settled in our new house, even though doing everything in 2 weeks just about killed me. Having a bunch of boxes sitting around a non-toddler-friendly house would have killed me faster though, so thereโs that. Iโd tell you I canโt wait to go to bed at 8pm all next week after this epic keg party is over and I have NOTHING on my calendar or to do listโฆuntil my โvirgo in major nesting modeโ status kicks into overdrive in about a week. I canโt wait to just relax on the beach with my little boy for a short 8ish weeks until Miss Ryleigh decides its time to come out! It has been a CRAZY month to say the least.
Have so much fun this weekend!
This was a very cute post!! I like the more personal Gina posts!!
Love these posts! SO fun!
If we were having cofee I would ask you for motivation- I juuuuust got back into the gym and Les Mills BodyPump SLAYED me today! I would commiserate with how hard it can be to fit in a work out when you are busy! I would want to hear allll the deets about your book!
xo
<3!!
did you do the next release?? it KILLS
Hi GIna โ If we were having coffee right now Iโd tell you about how much youโve inspired me to expand my fitness horizons. I started taking Spin classes a few months ago and Iโve lost a few inches everywhere. I also took a Les Mills Body Flow class which I LOVED and canโt wait to go again.
I would tell you that Iโm really happy that your transition to California seems to have inspired you in many ways. I see it in your blog posts!
Iโd also tell you that youโre one awesome mom to Liv & the pups!
Your blog friend Gina from Mass
thank you so much, name twin ๐
iโm so glad you loved blog flow, too! i still havenโt tried that one but they offer it at the gym. need to check it out!
hope you have a wonderful weekend <3
I love โif we were having coffeeโฆโ posts! I am so envious of your southern cali weather and surroundings. I feel like you have so many cool fitness options all around you. It sounds like such an interesting place to be!