Weekend Wrap Up!

GOOD NEWS: I finally figured out how to schedule my blog posts! If I have my post ready the night before, it will be up at 5:00 am. I can't believe it took me over a year of blogging to figure this out. WELCOME TO 2014, MEG GO RUN!!!

Here's what I was up to this weekend...

I shamelessly slept until 10:30 am. I awoke to the fourth day in a row of cloudy, rainy weather. School is out, so I was officially on Summer Vacation Day #2, but it sure did not feel like summer yet.

I balanced my sleeping with a very tiring workout at Planet Fitness. I was afraid it was going to be crowded with annoying high school and college students, but for some reason it was not! Here is what I did:

A few things to note about this workout:

1. I should not have done the HIIT first. It was an "I feel fat" cardio session. I still have those from time to time.

2. I can't do squats with heavy weights and I can't lunge at all, so I am stuck on the leg extension and hamstring curl machines.

I had to take so much time off of lifting lower body after my surgery so even doing the "easy" machines is a challenge for me. But whenever my quads are burning, I think of this picture as inspiration:

That's me. I'm my own fitspiration.

I think of this picture every time my legs are burning but need to power out 5 more reps.

When I got home, one of the things I refueled with were 2 ingredient cookies, a recipe shared with me by my friend Kristen @ Family, Food and Running. Here is the recipe:

Beware, your house is going to smell like banana bread if you make these!

This picture isn't great, but it gives you an idea.

Friday was one of those nights where Paul and I couldn't figure out what to do. The conversation went something like this:

Megan: What do you want to do today?
Paul: I don't know, what do you want to do?
Megan: Want to go mini golfing?
Paul: Sure!
*Starts to rain*
Megan: Eh, I don't want to risk it.
Paul: Movie?
Megan: There's nothing good out. Want to go out to eat?
Paul: We have so much food here.
Megan: My back hurts anyway and I feel cruddy because I got my period today. Let's just stay home.
Paul: Okay.

So we stayed in, played cards, watched Orange is the New Black, and cuddled the kitties.





My workout Saturday was an easy 5 miler around my neighborhood. The weather finally felt summery!

That afternoon, we celebrated Father's Day with my family at my brother's house. This is what we had for dessert:

That's ice cream in between the cookies.

And you can't tell, but that cookie is as big as a coaster!

I got a whole pack of the  "just the cookie" part of the Oreo from a discount grocery store. They are HUGE- not tiny like a normal Oreo.

I have a few ideas of what to do with these. Most involve ice cream...

My niece was entertainment, as usual!

I didn't get any pictures with my dad! But I wrote about him in yesterday's post and there are lots of pictures there!

I had a wonderfully hot, easy run on Sunday. I call it sports bra weather! I am slowly but surely getting my sports bra tan back.

We celebrated Father's Day by grilling on the back porch with Paul's parents. Of course I didn't take any pictures, so you will just have to imagine us eating grilled salmon, roasted cauliflower, and crazy rice.

That night, I went to see my friend Randy in his improv show. He's in a group called the Oxymorons and they perform in the Harrisburg area. They are hilarious, so if you are ever looking to do something different, check them out!

Oxymorons

I saw this on Facebook this weekend and had to share, especially because I got a huge scratch on my belly, courtesy of Christmas.

Christmas and Jelly hope you had a relaxing weekend!

Did you celebrate Father's Day with your dad this weekend?

What would you do with those giant Oreos!!!???
Ever see an improv show?