Post wedding run round 1

Tonight was my first night back...to running. OMG. It hurt so bad. I think of everything now as pre-wedding and post-wedding. 5 weeks pre-wedding I didn't run . I didn't do anything; however, I was so stressed I could eat whatever I wanted and lose weight. It was fantastic. I want to plan weddings forever now :) Now post wedding I continue to eat whatever I want but now I have a "bit" of a belly. It hangs over the jeans - yuck. Not so good. Plus, I have just been craving a run. I wanted it so bad and I finally managed to come out of my post wedding funk and change into running clothes and run. It wasn't pretty and it didn't last long ;) but I ran and well it didn't feel good. My knees hurt, everything jiggled but I am motivated to keep with it and get back to where I was pre-wedding. Next is to find my next race because I need some motivation.

Bula (hello in Fiji)

Bula!!! Hey all! I'm back from Fiji. Well I was back a couple days ago but I am still not acclimated to the time change! So exhausted during the days and wide awake at midnight! 17 hour time change can be a mess! Such long travel days there and back and next time I will so get a flight straight from LA to Fiji but Oh my goodness I wish I could have had 2 more days or maybe just never have returned. It was AMAZING. So incredibly relaxing. We didn't see a ton of regular Fiji unfortunately it was a lot of touristy Fiji. Honestly, I don't care. My whole point was to relax and be chill for this first time in nearly 2 years. And I have to say mission accomplished. I loved Fiji!!! I have to say their mixed drinks sucked so I have total beer bloat. We drank a lot of Fijian beer (I love Fiji Gold) and Australian/New Zealand red wine. There were nearly no Americans and I saw 3 of the 330 Fijian islands but my goal is to return in the next 5-10 years. I am not a morning person but was up by 7am everyday and in bed before 10pm. Hahaha. It was great! I am so sad work starts again on Monday. I am thinking of going rogue and returning to be an island bum. oh the life! We has some delicious curry and who knew I even loved curry - It was fabulous! I just can't say enough, the people are wonderful and it is so beautiful. Go if you have the change and don't question the cost! It is so worth it :)

Instead of attaching all the incredible pics I'll take you to the link. We took over 100 pics if you want to check them out ;) It's the same link as some of my wedding pics (still no professional pictures) but just go to the Fiji set.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieandjacob

Back to Reality

Today was my first day back to working out. My poor running shoes haven't been laced up for several weeks. They were laced up today but only to get on the elliptical...baby steps. That machine kicked my butt after 20 minutes. Then again I can't expect much since I lost nearly 7 pounds in 5 days just from stress and late nights. I am still so exhausted from the whole wedding, emotionally and physically so even 5 minutes is exhausting. I can't wait to get back to my physical level pre-wedding stress. Although it would be nice to keep the weight off :)

I don't have professional pictures yet but some friends pictures have been uploaded to flickr - yay! I love pictures.

my beautiful bridal party!

Dad and I sharing a laugh

my "adopted" family since the 8th grade

If you want to check out more - www.flickr.com/photos/jamieandjacob Hopefully more will be added soon!

MARRIED!

I wasn't able to have my outdoor wedding as planned thanks to the thunderstorm that started as I stepped off the trolley but everything else turned out great! There were a couple bumps that no one noticed but me. Overall a beautiful, fun day that went be all too fast. Now I'm sporting some new hardware on the left hand and can now go back to my regularly scheduled life. Honestly as crazy as planning a wedding was I loved it! I can't wait to share pictures (once I get some!) Next stop FIJI!

MIA

Where have I been for the last 22 days since the last post?

A) I had the craziest bachelorette party known and as a result I just returned from my drunken partying haze.
B) The wedding and work stress have resoluted in me losing my mind and forgetting everything about my former life, including my name and blog address.
C) I haven't been running so I feel a bit like a fraud posting a running site.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
F) A and C
G) B and C

Seriously didn't you hate when your teacher would do that to you on multiple choice. Yeah, one of my friends turned into THAT teacher too. Anyways, sorry I have been MIA. Not sure how many actually may have missed me :) But just checking in to say that my job sucks, planning a wedding on your own while traveling is hard, and I had the most kickass bachelorette party. My girls rock! Maybe this weekend I can actually post some of the tame pictures from the party 3 weeks ago. Then again I may be up to my eyeballs in wedding projects since the boy is out of town. Things are absolutely crazy. I am currently interviewing for a new job while doing all this too. The stress may send me to a white padded room soon. 24 days and the wedding is here and in 31 days I'll be laying my ass on a beach in Fiji. I. can't. wait. Until then my postings will be sparse. As I have not run and it doesn't seem fair to continue to post about wedding crap on a running blog ;) But I'll continue to keep up with all of you even if I can't seem to find a moment to actually comment. Alright off to send e-mails to the 50 people who chose to ignore the "FAVOR of REPLY is REQUESTED" note on my RSVPs. What a waste of stamps I tell you.

Waiting for My Jet Plane

I've been MIA I know. Probably because I don't have much to discuss or find myself with much time to blog. But I have time now as I am stranded in the exciting and bustling Birmingham, AL airport. What started as a 10 minute delay has turned into a 3 1/2 hour delay. I just want to leave and at this point not really caring what time as long as I don't end up stranded here (which is looking more likely as each hour passes). Now I should be writing a report as it is due tomorrow and I have yet another day trip scheduled but I thought I would procrastinate a bit longer.

With all my day trips and general wedding stuff I don't find myself running much (or having time to read about all you running!) The lack of running is increasing my stress levels as I have no outlet now. I really want to get out there. I have often found myself wishing I had the schedule I had last summer filled with humid long runs and new speed workouts but that just is not the case. Luckily I was able to run (in addition to consuming copious amounts of beer and bomb pop martinis) over the long weekend. Also was able to squeeze in a short run in the drizzle with no garmy before catching my flight yesterday.

On the wedding front - 47 days and counting with 98876554234 items on my list to complete. There are good things to do though - a tasting this Thursday, bachelorette party this weekend (the girls are surprising me so this should be fun!), and I think I found a fantastic new and reasonable affordable florist. The last one found it inconvenient to return calls/emails or find any time to meet with me.

Now send your positive thoughts that I get home tonight and am able to spend a few hours of much needed sleep in my bed before heading out for another day visit!

Shower Success!

So Saturday was a success! I am still so tired. It was a long weekend and I drove to work in Toledo two hours there yesterday then 4 1/2 hours back home = long day. My sister and friends put on a fabulous and fun shower. There were lots of laughs and of course a few margaritas and corona's to be had. Definitely had a few too many. I can't believe it is over and July 1st. August 23rd is going to be here before I know it or am ready for it to be! Here's a few pics from Saturday.

My sister decked out one table with a fiesta cake, margarita shaped cookies for the favors, and margarita framed pictures. Yeah and she hand punched all the confetti she put all over the tables. It looked awesome!

My sister made this awesome floral arrangement with 2 1/2 bags of limes!


me with my first margarita of the day :)

me with my beautiful bridesmaids

me and the party planning sister!