monday funday

I know you've all been waiting with baited breath, so if you must know, the farmer's market was amazing this week. AND - I converted another roommate to the cult. We had coconut french toast for breakfast and it was all I could have asked for and more. Also, in my weekly game of "what the fuck is this?" where I find a random vegetable I've never tried and buy it - I tried sunchokes. According to the delightful farmer girl I bought them from, they are in the sunflower family, and also known as Jerusalem artichokes. They baked up nicely with a little olive oil and marjoram. Kind of like a crunchy, nutty, potato. Mmmmm....

This weekend was full of successes and failures. I wimped out of going to Barf Class on Friday because I was really tired and thought dragging my ass through ladder sprints and (failed) chin ups might make me cry. So I took J's advice to "train smarter" and took the night off. I also wussed out of Saturday jiu jitsu for the same reason...my muscles were still killing me from Thursday!!! But I did go to hot yoga, and I did show up for some rolling with J on Sunday to help her prep for her competition this coming weekend. According to her, it seems like I'm "back now", which makes me really happy. I feel back to jiu jitsu now. I still suck, and will continue to have no technique for a while, but I do feel like the last couple weeks have put a little more fight back in me.

In other news, I have hit a mental road block in submitting my volunteer application for the John Howard Society because I have to provide 3 references. What is it about asking for references that I hate so much? It's not hard. Academia requires me to do it all the time. But I hate it. every. single. time. It's not like anyone has ever said NO before...I don't know what it is but it seems almost impossible to drum up the energy to ask sometimes.. But now that I've put it out to the internets, I have to do it to avoid shaming...so I will mail my application off this week.

Other than that my weekend wasn't that exciting. Tonight is Barf Class and jiu jitsu.

Huzzah!

-G