This week was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! We finally made it back to the gym and it felt amazing. The gym is like our 3rd home. Our first home is our house, our second home is Game Knight, and our third home is the gym. We’ve had a gym routine for MOST of the last 15 years. We took a few breaks (during pregnancy, etc) but always get back to it. We are temporarily complete until COVID screws us over again. She doesn’t want us to live our normal lives. I LOVE the pain of sore muscles the next day. The beautiful ache… It makes me feel alive and like I actually did some work. No pain no gain is my motto for gym life. I’m going, to be honest – Running has been hard lately and boring (check the previous posts for my fitness journey) so the gym reopening was good timing. I decided to take on hiking now that the weather is nice again. After our workout, I go for a hike. Trying to spice up my workout habits and make it more interesting by going on hiking adventures around London and with time I will venture to other spots in London with the fam jam. While I’m writing this post there’s the sound of the music song playing in my head about my favorite things. It wouldn’t be fun If I didn’t share it with you guys.
So since this a post of all my favorite things. On my first day back to the gym I went by myself so that means that I get to listen to music instead of talking to my gym partner the entire session. For that one hour, I only listened to one song. Called drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo. I have an obsessive personality and my family is like that too. We will listen to a song on repeat till the end of time. Abuse the song until we get tired of it. It’s a weird song to listen to at the gym but it does the trick for me and still motivates me. It transported me to a time when I was a teenager and I had imaginary relationships in my head. My obsession days. I do apologize to everyone that I had to suffer from my stories. The funny thing about this song is that my children used to watch a show on Disney with Olivia in it and when I discovered the song my oldest daughter decided that it wasn’t cool anymore. You could be the coolest mother on the planet but children have a way of bringing you back to earth and pressing your insecurity buttons… In return, I take pleasure in all things that embarrass them. I have ruined this song and Tik Tok for her.
Nothing ruins a perfect workout better than some delicious deep-fried food. We discovered a new place here in London called BTRMLK (Buttermilk chicken). On Friday we went on a lunch date to explore a new place – We like to support local businesses in our area, especially people that sell food. I love and love food. This place was packed. Get yourself a best friend that would wait in line for you while it’s cold outside and you are waiting in the car to eat that food. Make sure you show up 30 minutes before they open.
Lastly, my favorite son turned 7 years old – I’m happy he is growing up but I’m losing my baby. Time seems so slow at times but also so fast.
Live your best life.