abby vanduker, 20, oklahoma

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woke up early, drank a cup of coffee and went back to bed for another couple of hours. 

met up with the lovely aubrey at sunflower market later, wandered around for what had to be at least an hour studying everything and eating all the samples. we had lunch at rePUBlic - i’d never been, but i’m now hooked - and i fell in love with wyders pear cider. i could drink it all day long.
afterwards we went over to whole foods to browse, eat more local samples, and pick up an allegro latte.
i absolutely love allergo coffee in colorado, and am so happy that we now have somewhere in oklahoma that brews it! they absolutely put starbucks - and even caribou coffee - to shame.
i then went to dinner with sarah and my brilliant two-year-old niece. i can’t believe how grown up she is already, and how she understands that hot sauce belongs on everything (even her pancakes).

and i’ve been listening to blood bank by bon iver almost constantly; it soothes my soul this time of year. 

it was really such a wonderful, simple day off…filled with lots of food. and oliver is doing much better, he’s still a bit goofy and not sure how to walk, but should be perfectly fine soon :)

my normal diet has been absolutely smothered this-weekend.

friday:

• lunch: taco bueno, two starbucks caramel brûlée lattes
• dinner: pizza, chocolate, and pumpkin spice cake
• no gym time

saturday:

• breakfast: starbucks skinny soy vanilla latte
• lunch: charleston’s loaded fries, caesar, smashed potatoes and steamed veggies w/vanilla cake
• dinner: el guapo’s veggie wet burrito
• no gym time

sunday:

• breakfast: topéca latte
• lunch: some hole-in-the-wall tex-mex’s spinach enchiladas
• dinner: baked ziti and bread
• no gym time

so much good food and such a perfect weekend, but i can’t wait to get back to the regular tomorrow.

• woke up to the sunrise
• had ben & jerry’s for breakfast
• snuggled with my super cute puppy
• went to flat tire burgers for lunch with mama
• got free hot cocoa and excedrin at target
• purchased injinji socks at red coyote
• picked the sister up from school
• spent some time on the treadmill
• love my nike frees
• my knee hates me
• took an extremely hot bubble bath
• drank tazo joy tea + ate a moro blood orange
• now reading through tumblr + icing my knee

life is good.

I’m currently drinking one of these for the first time- and it’s so incredibly delicious. I must find more.

It also doesn’t hurt that each bottle is super cute, has 175 mg of caffeine (over a can of Redbull times two), 10 grams of protein and no fat. 

So, no more lazy Saturday now that I have some caffeine! Going to dinner with the neighbourhood family in a bit for a light meal for me and then coming home for what I’m expecting to be a painful second run since November.

I’ve already realised I really should start drinking quite a bit more water and, as I’m having to run after the day is done tonight, I need to set aside time specifically for running- I just need this semester to be over with already.
I only got through a little over a mile yesterday without my entire body wanting to shut down, but I did manage to walk another half mile and bike two more afterwards. Right now I just want to get out and do it- distance and speed can take the focus a little later. 

Midnight snack.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to feel like it’s the holidays until next giftmas as Taylor and I basically skipped everything Christmassy and New Years-ish on accident. Sorry.

Today has been:

• Slept in until 10. Bad Abby.
• LAZY BONES.
• Shower
• Taking 365 photos that may or may not get posted. I need to import those…
• Making pasta and cinnamon streusel bread because I have nothing better to do that I actually want to do.
• Washing all the dirty dishes I created by hand.
• Lazy, lazy. This.

I am so in the mood to do absolutely nothing, and I’m perfectly okay with that as I haven’t done that in weeks.

I’m making these Friday for the fam + Richard to munch on. Stoked!

Good morning, earth.

Today is:
laundry / breakfast / get ready
drive to Dallas with Taylor + Parker
lunch / dinner with peoples
BLINK-182. AGAIN. IN THE SAME MONTH.

So stoked.
GO GO GO!