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“a belief is only a thought I keep thinking”
-Abraham Hicks
Happy Friday! Over the past few weeks I have been feeling a little down and unmotivated, but now I have my groove back and am feeling happy and excited again! I am back to dancing around my apartment and jamming to music, feeling excited and motivated to post, happy about personal life situations, and actually wanting to workout. It’s good to be a slump and feel down sometimes, it makes you grateful for the moments when you are happy.
This past week I went to a few events that really cheered me up. The first being one of my favorite weeks in the winter here in New York– the J.P. Morgan Squash Tournament at Grand Central. A few years ago, when I was living back in Ohio, I took squash lessons at the club. I really enjoyed the sport– even though the fast pace of the ball ricocheting off of a wall scared me. Anyway, since upon moving back to the city over 3 years ago I have gone to the tournament to watch a game or two each year. I decided to only go to one game this season, the went to the women’s 3rd round. It was during lunchtime and a nice break in the day. It was a good game!
Tuesday evening I was invited to attend the new off-broadway musical called Emojiland at The Duke on 42nd st. I have to be honest when I say that I went into it thinking I was going to dislike the musical because it was about, well, emoji’s. I couldn’t have been more wrong! I thought it was well-done and hilarious. I laughed so hard through-out the show! Emojiland is about the emoji’s that live inside our phones in a land that is run by The Princess. There is a 5.0 update about to happen that will introduce new emoji’s and may upgrade those that are already in existence. Without giving away too much of the storyline, there are complications that happen and the emoji’s are faced with whether their lives really matter. What I loved most about the storyline is showing how each emoji is not what they seem; the smiley face emoji who is coded to always be happy, she is actually feeling sad inside but can’t express it. Most of the underlying story is about how we may be masking feelings and emotions and questioning if our live matters in the world. Although the story has a much deeper meaning, the show is a lot of fun and a great laugh. The Princess is by far my favorite character– played by broadway alum Lesli Margherita. My favorite song of the evening was sung by The Princess called “Princess Is a Bitch”. Absolutely loved it!
Besides those two fun events, I spent most of the week working and working out. I tried the new Bia Force workout and my goodness I am STILL sore from it. It’s a mixture of cycling, bands, and boxing. You spend 6 minutes doing each, then repeat. During it I thought, ok this is all doable. I went into it thinking I was going to be gasping for air mid-workout, that wasn’t the case. I left thinking–great (hard) workout but not as hard as I thought it was going to be. Well, the joke is on me because I am still so sore 2 days later. I can’t wait to go back– I loved jumping back and forth between cardio and strength. It was definitely no walk in the park and I feel, since they are so new, that the workout is only going to get harder and harder. Definitely go try it– plus their studio is so chic!!
I have nothing on the agenda this weekend and since it is going to be so cold and snowy, I may make this a cozy weekend. I started the Netflix show Cheer and am obsessed with it! It is making me nostalgic for when I was a cheerleader in high school. Although I was not a competitive cheerleader, and we weren’t allowed to do stunts like pyramids, the show still makes me go down memory lane of cheering at games. Although we didn’t do stunts we were allowed to tumble… and I actually got hurt my junior year. It was the summer going into my junior year, I had made the varsity cheerleading squad. We were in summer practice and I went to do a backflip and for some reason, the bones in both of my forearms snapped. I completely broked both bones in my forearm on my left arm (have metal plates and a wicked scare) and a fractured bone in my right forearm. Yep, I broke both of my arms at the same time….. It was awful, the worst summer of my life. My mom had to fed, bathed and clothed me as if I were a baby because I couldn’t move my arms. As a teenager, this was the most humiliating thing to ever happen. And the worst part of it all was since it was summertime, all of my friends were hanging out together and I couldn’t. Yes, they would come to visit me, but I was missing out on parties, going to concerts, etc. Anyway, watching the Navarro Cheerleaders work on their NCA routine and seeing injuries happen is giving me PTSD. Still, I am loving every second of Cheer on Netflix!! Other than binge-watching, I’ll probably be reading, cleaning, and grabbing a drink with a friend.
Have a wonderful weekend xo
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