Monster Love

I have a mini weekend every Wednesday. I am becoming quite used to this mid-week break and am not sure if I will be able to work full time after this first job experience. I teach a class at 6am on Monday and Wednesday, then after 7:30am I have the rest of those days off! I know you are probably wondering how getting up so early could be fun, but it's not so bad. Naps help, and for some reason those naps after working out really feel so amazing! I wake up feeling so refreshed, alive, and happy.

Yesterday's weekend Wednesday was probably my favorite since I've moved up here! I had six people in my 6am class, which is a record for numbers! I'm so excited for New Years resolutions to kick in. :) We had a fun class with free weights, body weight, and big yoga balls. After my class I came home and had my normal morning hellos and conversations with my awesome housemates! I found out I sort of act like Matt's alarm clock, when I come home and he hears the door, he knows he should get up! lol I was headed back to bed for a nap and they are just getting up to start their day!   For some reason this little irony makes me quite content.

I was lucky enough to hang out with the Stolz family one more time before Cassie and Lisa go back to school! We meet in Fremont and spent the early afternoon shopping little boutiques and seeing what fun and beautiful treasures we could find. I did not find anything I couldn't live without, but it was fun to explore more of Fremont. We ate at Home Grown and were amused by this sign with recycling instructions on it. Oh how I love Seattle!! You could recycle almost everything!!

The food was AMAZING and the time with friends was priceless. After lunch was a sad good-bye since they were headed downtown and I was planning on going back home. We parted with the sign language sign for "Monster Love". I think this symbolizes a deep level of love between friends that is silly and sincere :)

Since life has a funny way of progressing, I found myself instead of going home to go downtown to meet up with my friend Catie for coffee! We ended up seeing the Stolz family; what a wonderful surprise but it sadly meant we had another round of goodbyes.

Catie and I headed up to Capitol Hill after where we went to an awesome art store of Broadway and Pine and purchased craft supplies which will be utilized in the near future!! We proceeded to wonder down Broadway and tried to learn the dance moves from the plaques along the way! What fun!!

I'm not sure if I'm an expert yet. But luckily I purchased a Groupon for Ballroom dance lessons last week... :)

After a series of buses I made it back home! My housemates Alex, Matt, and myself all cooked dinner at the same time. What a joy to be surrounded by laughter and yummy food. A great friend who is in Texas joined in on the fun via Skype! I experimented cooking with wine! Which is something I have never done before. I made chicken with a white wine, tomato, green onion, and garlic sauce. Matt made brussel sprouts! Our meal turned out amazing and I meant to take a picture of it...but we ate it all. :)

What a wonderful Wednesday! To all my friends, I love and appreciate you!! Monster Love!!

This is me trying to be artistic with the camera.... I might stick to dance & painting. =)