Why I Wake Up

Is it sad that the taste of coffee lures me to rise from my bed?  Days where I don't have to get up early...I peek one eye open and look at the clock... 

and then begins my internal debate.... Should I "force" myself to go back to sleep for another hour?  Should I rise and get coffee cuz the taste is so smooth warm and yummy?  Quick - I Should get it now before the coffee maker gets turned off & I have to drink reheated microwave coffee (Never, ever as good, even if it is just a 20 second nuke).

OR if I'm up early for work, let me paint you a different scenerio: 

Days where my alarm clock goes off by 6:15 am. and I think "Oh my gosh - why didn't I go to bed earlier last night?  Ugh!" or "Oh my gosh, what a long day..." as I pray to God to give my body & mind the strength to pull it off... and THEN ................ I get semi excited.  Oh!  Coffee!  Yay!!!  Warmth, comfort, goodness.

I kid you not.  Other coffee drinkers HAVE to know what I mean?  It's like our cool club, where the tea-drinkers or non-caffiene luvahs say "Ew I don't drink coffee... I don't want to be addicted... yada yada yada."  But let me tell you, that one/two cups in the morning is just... one of my favorite parts of the day!

I look forward to going to sleep sometimes and waking up for that nice morning drink.  

SADLY:

There are exceptions.

Coffee in the hot hot summer (mornings included) is not always the yummiest.  Sometimes it just makes my body overheat and I feel sick.  Drink goes down the drain.

Othertimes whenever I feel nauseous, that is something that will send me over the edge: I despise it.  Crazy right?

Andddd other times (afternoon and evening coffee), just... Isn't. as. good.  I don't know why.  I'm really only a true morning drinker.  

I am also PICKY about the coffee mugs I like.

The big, heavy mugs are my favorite.  It makes the coffee taste better.  The skinny light mugs?  No thanks.  There is one I drink everytime I'm home.  It's actually an Edible Arranagements mug, probably filled with some sort of fruit at one time or another, yet it is the heaviest cozyiest mug around.  My mom and I battle over it (of course we won't admit it!) ;-) but we both love it.

the last question you may wonder... what do I PUT in my coffee?

Well, I used to be a milk n sugar gal.

Then I went through a Coffee mate Fat Free French Vanilla phase.

Now, I love TRUVIA and a packet of Diet Hot Chocolate mixed in with a lil bit of water.

I know, the combination sounds odd, but trust me - coffee+hot choc = smooth extreme goodness.

And for right now - I wouldn't want it any other way....

Thank you God for coffee.

Now, I'm off to sip mine from my fine yellow mug.

Enjoy your day!

Triple Tangent Tuesday

Really the only thing keeping me back from writing everyday (like one of my fav new bloggers ev-ver, Sam), is that I really don't have anything interesting that someone would wanna read too many things to write.  So, today, in order to keep up with Sam (and my attempts to keep up my "Oh, I'm gonna blog everyday!" empty promises), I will start with Triple Tangent Tuesday.  

Tangent #1:  When I'm not training/teaching/in workout mode, I am extremely physically lazy.

No really.  It's true.  When I worked at the office (yes, I used to have a desk job), and I would rarely get up from my chair to do a task.  Even if it involved as little as walking across the room, I'd roll on over in my spinny chair (but hey, isn't that what they're for?).  Or a paper down the hall that needed to be taken from the copier?  I'd ask a walking-by coworker to grab it for me.  Seriously. Lazy.  Now at least I have an excuse.... "But I taught 2 classes this morning... I'm ti-ired..."  Eh. well. Not really. 

"What? I gotta get up?  You're not gonna get it for me?  But you're right there.  Seriously... Ok, well you're not right there.  But you're closer.  Okay, you're not closer, but you're standing..." ;-)

Tangent #2:  I can eat my bodyweight in produce.

Yes, it's true.  I can eat an entire watermelon, cantaloupe, or a family sized Sam's Club bag of lettuce in 1 day.  My stomach is a bottomless pit when it comes to fresh, "light", watery-filled foods.  Of course that gives me Veggie Belly.  Veggie Belly is what I call it after you eat too much produce and your belly looks 5 months preggo and you're peeing every 10 minutes when you haven't drank all day.  Please tell me someone understands?  No?

So creepy... but seriously so funny... But no, really, so creepy.

Tangent #3:  I never ever ever have my toenails NOT painted.  EVER. 

So random, but I hate unpainted toenails on a female.  Well, when I see other women without their toenails painted, It's not like I look at them with disdain or anything... It's just for me?  I need 'em painted.  I'm not picky on the color either... Fun, bold, sparkles (yes, even though I look like a Barbie-lovin 5 year old) or the "mature" colors (I dunno, that means paler/muted colors to me?)

Anyway- Naked toenails?  You'll never see it on me.

What are your 3 Tangents?

What are you doing today?  I am going into work at 2pm.  No morning clients for me today = Sleeping in = LOVE.  I got 10 hours last night.  That is amazzzzing for me.  That makes me happy.  Seriously, seriously HapPy.

Movin On Up... or Over

Apparently I find blogging on this side of the blogosphere (as opposed to a Wordpress I had started) is the place to be.  Shoutout to Sam for telling me this was where the cool-kids hung. 

 So I decided to pick up my virtual bags (aka: a few of my lame posts) and move on over here... at 11:07 p.m.  




Why do I find it so alluring to start projects at the most inopportune times?  Seriously?  A half hour before leaving to meet my friends on a trip to NYC a few weeks ago I began cleaning out my closet.  Why?  When I need to be up at 6:30 a.m I decide to start creating a blog.  Why?  I think its the thrill of procrastination.  Or hey, maybe its cuz I'm so busy, days are spent outside or at work, and when I finally do get a time to veg it is well after 9 pm.  NOT that I'm complaining.  Of course not.  I do have an awesome job that I love... and was reminded even moreso when I recently celebrated my 25th birthday.  So much love poured out from my clients!  Gift cards for coffee (ah, the way to my heart!), a day spa, shopping stores, american express, candles, and even chocolate covered strawberries!  Seriously, amazing.  Anyway - just sayin - I'm not complaining. ;-)


But hey, on that note, I have an early wake-up and 3 fun clients! One is even teaching me some Nigerian.  Ka-du!  (that means Hello)... Of course I forget how to say bye... so as we say it where I'm from.... See ya!