I was absolutely exhausted after work yesterday. I’m thinking the crappy night of sleep from the night before and the 4:45 AM wake-up call to bike to the track is what did me in. All I wanted to do when I got home was lay on the couch and veg. I actually hate nights like that because it makes me feel kind of icky and unproductive, but I know they’re necessary from time-to-time.

We made an easy dinner of pasta with tomato sauce and grilled asparagus and then I whipped up some dough balls for dessert. I think I maybe ‘wung it’ a little too much with the brown sugar in these though as they are really, really, really sweet! I suppose measurements are there for a reason

We spent the rest of our night crashed on the couch watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (my favourite of all the HP movies – yes, even the most recent one!)

Oh, and because my night last night was soo interesting, I thought I’d share a cute Webster picture since I haven’t shared one in awhile

He snuck up on Eric’s back last night when Eric was eating yogurt. He lays on Eric’s back all the time but he was all nonchalant about it like it was no big deal and then he slowwwllyyyy scooted himself forward until his chin was on Eric’s shoulder, right in perfect eyesight of the yogurt.

I kind of want to photoshop this and put a thought bubble over Webster’s head that says “please share your yogurt with me!?”

And that, my friends, was my Wednesday night.

Thrilling. I know.

How was your Wednesday night? What did you do?

I spent the last two days laid up on the couch after catching a nasty stomach flu somewhere. I woke up with a stomachache/no appetite on Monday morning which progressed to a fever that lasted all day Monday and Tuesday. It actually hurt to lift my head and I got dizzy walking up and down our stairs.

I spent a lot of time on the couch cuddling with Webster and watching old Friends episodes yesterday.

To say I’m less than psyched to be sick this week would be an understatement. I have a lot of stuff going on at work right now, my mom is visiting and I have a half-marathon this Sunday. Not really an ideal time to be sick, but is it ever?

I’m hoping I can make it through a full work day today and I plan on going for an easy run tomorrow at lunch if I feel up to it. I know I need to take it easy but I always have trouble “taking it easy”.

On the bright side, it has been almost a year since the last time I was really sick. The summer after I graduated high school I got sick almost bi-weekly it seemed – I’ve alway had kind of a crappy immune system! So I guess getting sick once a year or so isn’t too bad.

How often do you get sick?

It’s no secret on the blog that I have a little bit of trouble with “doing nothing“.

I am just one of those people that is constantly go-go-going and I kind of like it that way. We spent all day Saturday snowboarding so I was super exhausted and went to bed at 8:30 Saturday night (baller, I know). This resulted in me waking up, completely naturally and well-rested, at 6:15 on Sunday morning.

By 1:30 PM yesterday I’d already made waffles, wrote a guest blog post, wrote a freelance article, vacuumed, washed the dishes and went to a 60-minute yoga class.

As I walked back into our apartment after my yoga class I felt kind of anxious about having nothing to spend my afternoon doing. I figured there must be something I should do!

This guy clearly has NO trouble relaxing. I guess I need to take a few tips from him!

I actually ended up doing pretty much nothing. I spent the majority of the afternoon laying in bed and napping. It was kind of lovely and wonderful. But, at the same time, by about 5:00 PM I was feeling a bit antsy after being unproductive for so long. I debated going out to run some errands (that I didn’t REALLY have to run) and finally settled myself down and had another nap until dinnertime.

It was actually a really, really nice day. I think those are important to have every once in awhile but I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to do. Once I get settled in to my “relaxation mode” I’m good and enjoy it, but actually getting to that mode is the hard part.

The next month worth of weekends is going to be a flurry of shopping for house stuff, painting the new house, moving and settling in, so in hindsight I’m really glad yesterday was such an easygoing, relaxing day. I won’t have one of those for awhile so I’m glad I kind of savoured it.

Do you have trouble relaxing? What’s your favourite way to relax?

PS: Happy 18th Birthday to my “little” brother!