May Goals

Please just ignore the fact that we're already one week into May (how did that happen?) while I belatedly make some new goals for the month. Since we're leaving the country in a matter of days (!) I'm only planning on completing a couple of goals in May:

• Visit at least three new countries
• Take a lot of photos
• Read another book from my list (long plane trips mean lots of reading time)

And progress on my April goals was a little lacking this month, oh well!

• Go on another date night (yes! We went to the Hunger Games movie)
• Finish my travel photo book (not even close...)
• Go to the gym at least twelve times (yes!)
• Try another two new recipes (not that I remember)
• Meditate for at least ten minutes three days each week (nope)

Current Obsession: Hunger Games

I finally got my hands on a copy of the Hunger Games trilogy (thanks Katie!) and spent pretty much the whole weekend reading obsessively. I read the first book in one sitting and didn't finish til 3am, and then immediately started the second book... I had to force myself to stop and get some sleep, but the next morning I couldn't resist and got so caught up I forgot to eat until the afternoon! I started the final book last night and have a feeling it won't take me long to devour that either.

Now that I've read the first book I'm really looking forward to going to the movie, I'm planning a date night with Owen this week sometime. Though of course Donald Sutherland has to be in it - he's given me the heebie-jeebies ever since watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers (creepy, right?) and seems to make an appearance in just about everything!

Oh, I've also had to add another excuse to my not-going-to-the-gym list: reading a really good book!

A New Resolution

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I'm starting to realise that I'm an all or nothing type of person - I'm not really that good at moderation! This is especially true when it comes to trying to make healthier decisions. I find it easier to completely stop eating something (like no sugar for a month) than to try and just eat less of it.

This insight has meant that I've set myself a new fitness goal. You may have noticed that one of my April goals is to go to the gym at least twelve times, but I've decided that I can do better. A lot better.

My new goal is to go to the gym first thing every day. When I was only aiming for three times a week it was too easy to come up with excuses and I'd keep putting it off. Now that I'm committed to going every day there's no way I can talk myself out of a visit to the gym. I am now only accepting two excuses:

1. Serious injury
2. Serious illness

This strategy has been working well so far (eight days in a row as of today!) and I plan to keep it up for three more weeks (until we leave the country and I won't have access to a gym for a month) and then I'll have to get back into it when we return!

Pizza Roulette

In the weekend Owen and I went round to Kristan's house for dinner. We ordered pizza and were feeling brave so decided to try pizza roulette. This means that hot sauce is added to only one piece of pizza, and nobody has any idea which one.

And when I say hot sauce, I mean the hottest hot sauce you can imagine - the type that keeps getting worse even when you've stopped eating, the type that makes your eyes water and your nose run, the type that makes your lips burn and your mouth go a bit numb, the type that is made worse by drinking water (but you try doing it anyway).

How do I know? I lost!

My Favourite Husband

A couple of days ago Owen surprised me with the new Black Keys album on vinyl. I've been talking about buying it for the last few weeks, so I was very excited! Much dancing has been happening around the house this weekend.

Owen went to a lot of effort to keep it quiet, including using some of his overtime money and buying the album through one of his workmates so I wouldn't know about it. He's definitely my favourite husband!