Hey! Long time no see!

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Work once again took over my life this week, which probably doesn't surprise most of you. It looks like the craziness is just about over, though. (I should probably be disappointed, but mostly I'm relieved to be getting my life back, lol. I am quite sad that I won't have an excuse to see my Cute Lobbyist Crush for six hours a day anymore. :( Must come up with a plan...) I think I'm mostly caught up on posts, but let me know if I missed anything cool!

I've been working on Galentine's Day gifts, and OMG YOU GUYS I am so excited to post them that I'm not sure how I'll actually wait until Feb. 13th.

Met up with lutamira for lunch on Friday. I am pleased to report that she is delightful and cool, and now I'm sad she's going to Seoul for six months and won't be around. (But I'm sure she'll have an amazing time and we'll get to read all her posts about it!)

(And while we're on the subject of locals, I keep noticing a ton of visits from the DC area in my visitor stats. Clearly there are more of you around than I know about! Don't be shy!)

I started up a new pilates class yesterday, and now EVERYTHING HURTS. YE GODS. I think my abs are broken. I mean, I've done pilates before, but that was INTENSE. One of the other women in the class actually said, "Um, this is the Level I class, right?" I got a really good deal - 10 classes for $50 (normally it's $150) - so here's hoping I stick to it.

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[alexeia_drae]

I started up a new pilates class yesterday, and now EVERYTHING HURTS. YE GODS. I think my abs are broken.

Ouch! I know how much pilates can hurt! The good news is it means it's working! I've only done home videos though.

I'm still going at it with the kettlebell right now. For incentive I tell myself if I work out a certain number of times per month I can buy a DVD or book that I really want. It's a good motivator during the hard parts of the work out, or days I just don't want to do it.

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Yeah, I'd only done home videos, too, but I figured I'd be more prepared than I was, haha. I think one factor is that we used a lot of extra equipment (balls and bands and rings and things) that I wasn't used to.

I'm gonna try to do the class twice a week and see if I can still move afterward. :)

[mcmegan]

Good luck with the pilates! I too have only done Denise austin's pilates DVD. I joined the YMCA, and they have classes, but I'm afraid to go/ they're at times when I can't go. They have Zumba, pilates, and yoga. I'd like to try Zumba, since I've heard a lot of people like it. And Seamus obviously will not do any of those classes. He said he'd try cycling, but I feel that might be too much for my lazy routine.

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Haha, I tried Zumba. I'm... not good at it. :-P Latin dancing is not my forte.

[slaymesoftly]

How did I miss a cute lobbiest crush?

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I haven't mentioned it on the blog. I had pondered doing a friends-only post, but never got around to it.

[lutamira]

Lunch was really fun! I'm glad we had a chance to do that before I left town!

Good luck with Pilates! I feel like nothing in life is more painful than pilates, but other people like it a lot - hopefully you are one of those people! :)

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Heh, it's definitely painful, but in a good way. Much better than my attempts at running or biking with my crap-ass knees (yes that's the medical term). Inherited from my mother, who is already getting knee replacements! #things to look forward to

I'm glad we had a chance to get together, too. Good luck with the move and everything!