I’ve been doing a lot of bullet-point-type posts lately, haven’t I?

I wonder if that alludes to the random-all-over-the-place nature of my life lately?! Maybe. I’ll try to have some more thought-out posts for ya next week!

One.

I’m sure you’ve all entered a million of these lately, and you can enter one here soon too! I’ll be doing an upcoming giveaway + review for CSN. I was excited when I was contacted by them to do a giveaway and review of a product because they have SO MANY different products to choose from. Need some furniture? No problem. A Dutch Oven? Sure. Any kind of fitness equipment or workout DVDs? Yup!

Watch for that review + giveaway in the next couple of weeks!

Two.

After the urging of many of you in the comments section yesterday I finally hooked up the air conditioner! It takes up a ridiculous amount of room and is a bit of a monstrosity in my teeny-tiny apartment but O M G, so worth it. I can sleep again! And for those of you who asked, the heat has been around 36-37 C here the last couple of days, 97-98 F. Because of the desert that I live in it’s a very dry, hits-you-in-the-face kind of heat.

Three.

My work life has been really, really, really busy these last couple weeks. I went from having a few freelance projects here and there to several in one week and with people on holidays I’m taking on a lot of extra responsibility and projects at my full-time job. I didn’t even get my “day off” this week I was so busy! Thank goodness this weekend is a long weekend! I have to wrap up freelance projects on Saturday but I’m hoping to just relax/recoup on Sunday/Monday.

What are your Three Things Thursday this week?

Lisa’s post yesterday reminded me that it’s been a while since I did my last looking forward post.

Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess) most of the things I was really looking forward to in February have happened now! I went to Europe, I graduated University, I started my career!

I think it’s always good to have something to look forward to, so here’s a new version of what I’m looking forward to

I’m also looking forward to the roses that surround my patio to bloom even more! In the past week they’ve gone from no blooms to all these beautiful roses. I absolutely love it!

In the next day, I am looking forward to doing yoga today at lunch! The start of marathon training has made my legs really tight so it’ll feel good to stretch them out.

In the next week, I am looking forward to going on a trail run with a j-school friend tomorrow and also getting some sunshine this weekend (hopefully). It has been raining on and off in Kamloops for, like, two weeks now and that is SO not typical Kamloops weather. I hate it! Sunshine would be good, especially on the weekend!

In the next month, I am really looking forward to spending the weekend at the lake with two of my highschool girlfriends the weekend after this one. I’m also looking forward to (hopefully) seeing Eric even though we haven’t figured out exact dates yet!

In the next year, I am looking forward to so much! Road-tripping down to Portland, running the marathon, meeting Lisa and Lauren, and a few exciting plans that are in the works for me and Eric

It feels so good to have things to look forward to!!

What are you looking forward to in the next day, week, month and year?

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Alright, lovelies. Here it is – the final(ish) itinerary for our trip!

April 25 – Fly out of Calgary at 6:05 PM. PS: Calgary bloggers, we will be getting there the morning of April 24, so if you’d like to meet-up for coffee, lunch, dinner, a run or whatever, let me know! I already have plans to see the lovely H-Woman again!

April 26 – Arrive in Amsterdam at 11:00 Am

April 28 – Fly from Amsterdam to Paris, arrive in Paris early afternoon.

April 30 - Fly from Paris to Venice, arrive in Venice just after supper-time.

May 1 – May 11 – Take the train through Italy. Plans are to hit up Venice, Florence, Cinque Terre, Rome and the Almalfi Coast!

May 11 – Fly from Rome to Athens, arrive in Athens early afternoon.

May 13 – Fly from Athens to Paris, arrive in Paris late afternoon.

May 13-May 16 - Three more nights in Paris, possibly take a train somewhere outside of the city for a day trip.

May 16 – Fly back home in the morning, arrive in Calgary at 3:30 PM local time!

Eeei, I’m so excited! I can’t believe we leave in only 25 sleeps!!!!!

So, right now, I am looking for advice on stuff to do. What is a must-see, what is “meh”, not-so-worth-it? To be honest, I’m not even sure what we should go see in Amsterdam? Which, by the way, we are apparently going to miss the biggest party of the year in Amsterdam by two days. Darn it! Haha.

Anyways, I’m very excited about the whole thing. Obviously! So fill me in with all your wisdom; what MUST we see (sticking to our basic itinerary – we can’t add anymore places on at this point except maybe in Italy and France – close to Paris)?

In other news, I haven’t really been working out or running since I was sick. I’m trying to use my gym pass to it’s full potential because as of April 14 I’m cancelling it. I won’t get the student discount anymore when I’m done school and even though it’s only an extra $10 a month, it’s just not worth it. Especially since I know I’ll spend most of my time outside running this summer. I might get a punch card to go to the occasional class, though.

I also want to start biking! Even though you can’t escape the hills no matter where you live in Kamloops, my new neighbourhood is a lot more runner and biker friendly then my old one that involved going straight uphill or straight downhill all. the. time! I’ve been scouring Craigslist and Kijiji for used bikes in my price range (under $500) but have had no luck.

Bikers; should I get a mountain bike or a road bike??

OK, I think that’s enough questions for you lovely readers to answer in one post! Answer away