Weekend Funsies

I know it’s only Thursday but I’m excited for the weekend

  • Tonight I’m having a roommate night with my roommate since we haven’t hung out outside of the house yet!
  • Tomorrow night I’m going to the annual Drag Show on campus that features students and professional performing
  • Saturday (day) I’m headed to Baltimore for a Big Event service event with my alumni chapter
  • Saturday (night) I’m drinking and painting with some lovely DC tumblrs – ROLL CALL
  • Sunday (am) I get to go to church for the first time in like a month
  • Sunday (midday) I’m getting a post-race brunch with one of my friends who is in town for the Cherry Blossom 10 miler

Not ready to post my HIMYM thoughts yet, but I will this week. Instead I’ll share pics from the finale watch party I threw that had over 50 DC area fans come out – two ladies even drove in from Baltimore! I had about 10 friends there, but most people said they googled it or heard through the grapevine – it was fun to meet so many fans. A few suited up, wore HIMYM related shirts, or ducky ties. I was even asked to be a ‘shot bet commissioner.”

My favorite line of the night was the bar manager telling me this was the quietest he’s ever heard his bar with this many people in it and it was freaking him out. It was really cool to be with so many fans for it!

Also check out the HIMYM blog I write for: http://beawesomeinstead.com/

WIW

Today: 189.4

Last Week: 189.6

I’ll talk a small change – had a retreat this weekend with students that made eating junk easy, but I’m still holding strong on the Insanity train and feeling good about it.

Also I’m still trying to process the HIMYM series finale – lots of big gross tears have been had the past 36 hours

AM Workout

For the first time in, I don’t even remember when, I woke up early to get a workout in before work.

I did hit snooze this morning, but I did get up and do day 5 of Insanity. I have plans after work today and due to a work event this week I won’t be able to work out tomorrow (which will be my planned rest day from the program). I felt good about getting up and doing it. Even today at work I feel “skinnier” because I worked out.

We’ll see if I do more AM workouts during these 9 weeks of insanity. One factor that may increase the chances of that happening is my new roommate. She is a morning person AND has to be at work early which means she goes to bed early and is usually out of the house by 6am. This may lead to me going to bed early as opposed to being up late with my old night owl roommate (who I love and miss, but some of her bad sleeping, eating, drinking habits did rub off on me). Plus since my new roommate is out the door early that means I won’t feel guilty about working out in the living room in the morning or have to “compete” with her for shower time.

I’ll be curious how my habits change as my new roommate influences me. So far so good with her.

There she is…Miss America. 

Tumblr meet Mallory. 

Mallory was Miss America 2013 and formerly Miss NYC 2012. And even before then she was Miss Alabama Outstanding Teen. 

I don’t “know” Mallory personally, but she grew up in the next town over from where I lived in Alabama. I used to do improv at her mom’s dance studio, I’m facebook friends with her aunt, and I used to supervise her cousin/bestie. I also have a obscure past with the Miss Alabama pageant system (for curious minds, I used to help prep contestants for Miss Auburn University and then help prep our reigning Miss Auburn University for the Miss Alabama pageant for the interview portion of competition. I got to ask them tough questions and then critique their responses. I even attended a Miss Alabama pageant).

ANYWAY. I casually kept up with Mallory when she was Miss NYC and then in the lead up to Miss America and her journey since. Mallory is very active on social media. One thing Mallory has been very open about is her struggles with her weight/body image. You also may have famously heard that Miss America 2014 (who also used to be plus size mind you) allegedly called Mallory “fat as fuck”

In the 6 months since she’s given up her crown she’s found herself lost and unhealthy. She just started a new blog about a 60 day cleanse (paleo, no alcohol, learning french, and doing some soul searching) she is doing. 

I encourage you to follow her blog: http://themalloryhagan.wordpress.com/

You can also find her on Instagram or twitter