Babies, Fitness & Grits

It's Monday.

Last week was crazy busy so let's do a recap and remember why we love each other and keep this relationship going.

My good friend from college was in town with her new baby, Nate. We met. He drooled. I played with his hair. I feel like the whole meeting went extremely well. I admire Shelby and her continued wisdom she bestows upon me. One day I hope to have a new baby that can journey with me to Houston to meet her and her family. 

Y'all, I got the baby fever. My body has taken over my brain and all rationale because I want a baby and I don't care about anything else. I always laughed when women would bring up having baby fever and how ridiculous the whole concept was to my robot heart. It's not ridiculous. It's real. And it got me good. That is, until an "evil" child ruins it for all of the other adorable, quiet babies.

I've been using most of my free time to workout. I have Class Pass and tried out a couple new gyms last week so be looking for those reviews later this month. It was Tax Free Weekend in Texas this past weekend so I got some new running shoes. I'm supposed to be training for the Disney Land Half Marathon I'm running over Labor Day but I keep just going to cross training classes instead. My bad. I have high hopes of running this week even if it's on the treadmill instead of outside. It's just too hot. The high over the weekend was 106F and that's just disgusting. It's not even satisfying to go cool off in a pool because the pools are like bath tubs this time of year.

My parents have been getting out of their comfort zone on the weekends and trying new neighborhood's hotspots. On Saturday, I joined them for lunch at Hattie's in the Bishop Arts District. Hattie's is southern-style comfort food. I had the fried chicken. My mom had shrimp and grits because she can't resist grits and my dad had pulled port and grits. I tried everything. Everything was delicious. It's a fancy southern place so I recommend it for special occasions. I was slightly disappointed that they do not serve brunch on Saturdays because brunch is my favorite. Guess I'll have to come back on a Sunday.

I'm in the process of packing up my apartment because I'm moving in September. As I'm packing, I'm trying to purge. I want to live with less and join up in the minimalist trend. I like things. I like clothes. I like shoes. I like make-up. Purging pretty things is difficult for me. So far, I've taken an old computer to the electronics recycle. I have also donated 30 pairs of shoes to Salvation Army. Let's see if I can keep this pace up. This week I have every intention of purging old sweaters and other winter weather clothing. I'll let you know how it goes.

How was your week? Ready for school to start back up? Or maybe your commute to be worse since school is starting back up? I know I'm not.

xoxo,

Liz