Pizza...and Other Thoughts

Here is a random compilations of thoughts...in case you have nothing better to do with your time ;)

I want to eat pizza. Like all the time. I feel like I have an around the clock pizza craving and when I see pictures of pizza (vegan or not) on IG or FB the craving gets like a million times worse. That being said- I went to Mellow Mushroom on Sunday and didn’t order pizza (I order the tempeh hoagie) so that tells you about the weirdness happening in my body-mind food disconnect. I think it is because I had the world’s best pizza when I was out in Austin and now anything else I try will pale in comparison and make me sad.

BEST PIZZA EVER!!!

This recipe looks pretty legit though. I need to test it out some time:

Vegan Margherita Pizza

I want another dog. This is the ongoing battle of me wanting ALL the animals and Erick being a normal human that thinks we don’t need a full-on farm on our 0.10 acre of land. But in all seriousness, yes I do one day hope to have enough land so I can take in some farm animals and/or shelter animals that need love. But that day is not today. Not until we move out of the HOA and possibly not until we retire. But I do want a second dog, this was never a secret. I think dogs need friends. Plus I think each human should have their own dog. Gordie is Erick’s dog. They are best friends. And I am all alone. No, I’m not bitter that Gordie was supposed to be me dog but chose Erick instead. 

Ok, maybe I am a little bit.

Gordie needs a brother or sister, don't you think? 

I can’t believe our honeymoon is so soon! We decided to take our honeymoon during the time the university is closed so we can completely disconnect for a few weeks. I mean, yeah it is only early November and we aren’t leaving for another 38 days (who’s counting) but still. With everything going on between work, school, holidays and life events that time will fly by and in the blink of an eye we will be in Cabo J I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!

I dressed up as Princess Leia for Halloween and it scared the crap out of me. This year Erick and I finally decided to dress up for Halloween and we settled on Han Solo and Princess Leia. I went with the not very authentic (I would call her the quasi-slutty looking) Leia costume because someone preferred that over the more traditional, robe like Leia costume. Not pointing any fingers but I will tell you his name rhythms with Shmerick. ;)

Anywho, it took every ounce of courage and confidence to wear that costume. It was skin tight and sheer (double whammy) and I swear you could see every freckle and mark on my body but aside from that I knew that no matter where we went people would look/stare at me. And I am just not used to that. It made me feel really nervous and at times I just wanted to hide behind something or someone. Thankfully, we ended up just at a bar watching football so I was able to relax and not let my anxiety get the worst of me. Next year I want to wear a funny costume like the Spartan cheerleaders or Wayne & Garth – which were my first choices.

We are spending Thanksgiving camping. Well, not the day itself but the weekend after. We are spending Thanksgiving with Erick’s mom but then the next day we will be leaving to go camping for the weekend. I am so super looking forward to this. I grew up going camping and just think it is just the perfect way to relax and recharge. Erick has never camped. Like ever. Which is crazy to me. So I am excited that we will be able to experience this together. We used some Amazon gift cards we got as wedding gifts plus some of the cash and bought a tent. We splurged on one that is compatible with our Honda Element in the hopes that we will make camping a regular event in our lives. (S/N- up until this point I had no idea that there was such a thing as a tent for an SUV, did you? Sure seems like it will be useful though). We are bringing Gordie too and plan on doing lots of hiking and lots of marshmallow roasting.

Other than that (and yes, I still want pizza) there isn’t much else going on. Just the normal life stuff.

How are you? What's new in your world?

Love and hugs,

Dacia

xoxoxoxo

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

If you come by my house tonight this is what you'll get ;)

 

So much has been going on over here in my little world but at the same time it is kind of life as usual. I guess that's a good thing???

Tomorrow wraps up week 9 of half marathon training and I am now just 9 days out from running my fourth half marathon….18 months after my last one. Eek! Exciting and nerve-racking all at the same time. Training has been going very well and last Saturday I logged my first half marathon training run of this program and guess what? My pace was actually faster than any of my three previous half marathons. Sooooo….I would totally be lying if I wasn’t hopeful to PR next Sunday. But we shall see. My main goals (as always) are to finish and to run the entire distance so I would be perfectly happy with achieving those. Anything above that- icing on the cake.

E and I spent an amazing celebratory weekend beachside last week. It was still warm enough to swim in the gulf and I spent hours just walking and collecting shells. It was super relaxing just being on the water. E planned this whole weekend getaway for us and it included some amazing dinners out, a massage, a hockey game, and to wrap it all up…a puppy!

Yes, after a really hard loss with Charlie we ended up getting a cream colored Golden Retriever that we named Gordie after Mr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe. He is just about 10 weeks now and we are ripping our hair out adapting to life as puppy parents. Thankfully he is pretty smart and is picking up on the potty training part pretty well. He sleeps really well and just needs one or two walks during the night so that is good for us. We are just so in love with this little guy and I cannot wait for him to grow up so he can be my running buddy. I even made up a Facebook page for him….because who doesn’t love cute puppy pictures?

 

School is going well. I managed to pull off two 100%s on my midterms- woo hoo! I feel like even though it is just turning November that the semester is almost over. Maybe that’s just because I have so much due next month. I think they need to scale it back with the homework. I think doctorates should be earned just by showing up. Maybe I need to send my professors pictures of Gordie and then they will just give me As. Sounds reasonable to me ;)

But in all seriousness, I am so super excited for November. We have a lot of great things on the horizon. Of course, there is the half marathon and I am starting a new job next week but also there is the Pensacola Craft Beer Festival, we have tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld and Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, hockey is back in full swing, and Thanksgiving with MY PARENTS! My parents are coming to Pensacola and staying with E and I and we will be spending the holiday together- me and my parents and E and his family. I am so excited. My parents have met E and I have met his family but this will be the first time we get to introduce the families. And knowing how similar our moms are I think it will be a really great visit.

Another exciting thing…I had my first skype interview for a podcast. It was so much fun! The questions were great and I honestly could have spent hours talking. I hope one day I get to do it again. It should be available in December some time and I will be sure to share the link then.

Oh wait, did I ever share with you that I am in a book? A few weeks ago the book “Down Size” by Ted Spiker came out and I am one of the (many) stories in the book. I think mine blurb is about 3 pages long. I read it, and even though we had to tweak/edit it a few times, I thought Ted did a great job telling my story from his perspective. It’s weird having only had done one phone interview with him and a few emails back and forth that he was able to do such a good job taking one of the stories that resonated with him and applying it to his book. I think it’s pretty cool. My name and story in a book. Crazy.

Anyway, I think that about wraps it up for today. I hope you have an amazing weekend!

Love and hugs,

Dacia

xoxoxox