A Day in the Life

Hi friends! I had my first Micro test Monday night, so studying for that pretty much consumed my life for the past 2 weeks.  Thankfully, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.  Hopefully my grade reflects my confidence!

Since it’s been a while and I don’t have any content lined up for this week, I thought I’d do a “Day in the Life” post.  I don’t know what it is, but I love reading other people’s WIAW and Day in the Life posts.  I love finding new recipes/snack ideas through WIAW and I always enjoy reading about different people/family’s day-to-day living.

I also get a lot of questions from family, friends, and random people about what I do at work.  Some people think I fold towels all day, some people think I work out all day (my grandma thought that’s what I did!), and with being a somewhat newer blogger, I figured this may help you get to know me a little better too.  This was my day yesterday:

6:10am– Alarm goes off. Wake up with a splitting headache so I hit snooze until about 6:45.

6:45am– Turn my alarm off.  Try and wake up by checking emails, scrolling through Instagram, Facebook, and SnapChat.  Still feeling like I was hit in the head with a hammer..not fun.

6:50am– I went to bed with an idea of what I wanted to do in my morning class, but I lay in bed as I type it up on my phone.  I also lay in bed a little longer…

7:05am– Get up. Feed Winston while I brew a cup of coffee, then I get dressed and brush my teeth.  Hair is still in a tightly wrapped bun, so I roll with it.

7:16am– Let Winston out real quick!

7:24am– Get in the car with my cup of coffee and head to teach my Cardio Sculpt class.

7:31am– Arrive and one of the class participants has set up our equipment.  The workout class is in a classroom in a church’s school, and we keep our equipment in a little cabinet, and whoever is there first usually sets it up for everyone.

7:35am– Everyone has finished trickling in and class begins!  It’s a pretty laid-back environment…the class only has 8 people (if everyone comes)

8:30am– Class ends and we all chat as we walk out to our cars.  I love this group!

(old photo- and not everyone is in it!)

8:42am– Arrive back at home.  I text my friend Jennifer if she wants to go on a walk with me and Winston.  We go on a walk for about 30 minutes.  It was freezing!

9:20am– Head to the bank to deposit a check.  Thankfully, headache has disappeared!

9:30am–  Bank is conveniently located across the street from Whole Foods, so I mosey on over there for an almond milk cappuccino.

Saw this jar of almond butter while browsing and was SHOCKED!  Obviously, I just had to Snap it.

10:05am– Happen to leave WF with not just a cappuccino, but also kombucha, eggs, black bean hummus, sugar-less sunflower seed butter, and other things I can’t even remember.  Way to go, Sara.

10:18am– Get home and unload my bags.  I realize I still haven’t eaten breakfast, so I whip up 2 fried eggs in coconut oil, topped with salsa  and sautéed plantain slices.

10:25am– Clean out some stuff out of the fridge, and begin to prep my lunch for the day.  Decide to go with a mushroom/green bean stir-fry, rice, and a salmon burger from TJs.  Make enough for lunch today and lunch tomorrow.  I then clean the kitchen: unload+load the dishwasher, wipe down counter and stove, and Swiffer the kitchen and living room floors.

11:10am– Turn on my computer real quick to check out some potential apartments.  I am moving in May!  I also check my Bloglovin’ feed and soon sadly realize that I don’t have much time to read any posts.

11:35am– Pack my lunch up, changes clothes, and love on Winston before I leave for work.

11:50am– SO LATE FOR WORK.

12:06am– Arrive at work.  Chat with co-workers and members.  Teach my boss how to use the Snapchat filters.  Do some admin work.

1:45am– Prep for an afternoon of meetings.  We are doing a weight loss challenge, so I prep the forms/waivers, grab the Tanita scale, make a cup of black mango tea, and head to the conference room to meet with my team.

2:00pm– First appointment shows up.  I have 9 more appointments between 2:00 and 4:30.  Realize I have no time to eat lunch, so I snack on Roots black bean hummus and carrots when I have a free second between meetings.

4:45pm– Teach Pilates Sculpt.  It was a slow day, and I only had one person show up.

5:30pm– Class is over and I snack on a banana with almond butter.  Dying of hunger at this point, but somehow tough it out.  I work on some email drafts to clients, work on membership, and other admin stuff for the program.  Chat with members as they come in and out!

6:30pm– Ready to teach my Cardio Pump class and no one shows up!  I work at a financial company, so with it being the start of tax season, people are slowly starting to fall off the wagon.  I continue to work on my admin stuff, catch up on a few blog posts, and chat with members until I am done.

8:00pm– Done with work for the day!  I call my mom on the way home.

8:20pm– Arrive home and immediately walk Winston.  My roommate let him out of the crate but he still needed to go for a walk.

8:35pm– Come back from the walk, pour myself a glass of wine, and reheat the food I made earlier in the day.  Since I didn’t get to eat it for lunch yesterday, I left that container at work so my lunch is already there for me today.

8:40pm– I chat with my roommate and our friend who lives upstairs.  I play with Winston once I am finished eating.

8:55pm– I hop in the shower and do some random stuff around my room.

9:25pm– Get in bed and start this blog post.  I flip through some light reading:

10:15pm- Read more of my Bloglovin’ feed and brainstorm my class for Wednesday morning.

10:32pm- Go to bed.

 

Questions-

What does a typical day look like for you?  Is it usually the same or does it vary?

What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a nut butter?

How do you make time for yourself during the work week?