Back and Ready for More

Hey Guys! I hope you are enjoying your Sunday and if the Easter Bunny is making his (or her) way towards your lovely casa, you got lots of chocolately and sparkly things.  If he or she missed your house like mine, then hopefully you are enjoying some fabulous weather!

As I mentioned earlier, I've been off at Vegas and the Grand Canyon for a bit of a Spring Break.  I just finished another quarter in grad school (bleh) and I needed to recharge a little bit with my favorite guy and our friend who is visiting from Australia.  Vegas was Vegas- drinkies, a little gambling, lots of walking, and smoke-filled casinos.  Not to be a party pooper, but two days was plenty for me!  We did enjoy some dancing and drinks at a couple of fabulous clubs that put San Francisco to shame!

Drinks- which leads to Zoolander faces.

 Then we drove out to the Hoover Dam (awesome) and the Grand Canyon after a few days.  We took all the dang pictures we could when we got to the Dam:

Our first day at the Grand Canyon involved a lot of oohs and aaahs!  It was absolutely breathtaking in more ways than one.  One minor detail in my planning is that I didn't realize we would be at 7,000 feet in elevation.  Yours truly lives at sea level- right outside San Francisco.  Add that to descending halfway down the Canyon and then back up made for some HEAVY breathing, but we did it!  I mentioned it before, but being outdoors and being in the gym are two different things.  Doing walking lunges for 2 hours straight? Yeeeooooch!  Here are some views from our hikes:

We did it!

We didn't ride any mules, but I LOVE them so much I was excited when we found some just hanging out!

We also fed some cute squirrels.  I know, that's bad but they were cute!  I was scared when the little bugger ate from my hands!

We also spent some time surrounded by SNOW.  I don't do snow, but poor planning and a total lack of US geography knowledge led to this:

Apparently it snows in Arizona and the warmest clothes we brought were sweatshirts.  Oops!

It was an awesome trip and a great time to recharge my batteries for 6 more months of work and school until our next trip!  As always, I'm ready to be back and to eat my own food, rock my own gym, and sleep in my own bed!  One of the best things about vacations are reviving my goals and jump-starting my healthy lifestyle at home.  I better wash my now red running shoes (thanks Arizona) and get going so I can fill up my fridge with some good Cali eats!

I promise I'll get back to your blogs and comments now!  I appreciate each and every one of you and I hope you'll be around for my next set of boring every day shenanigans!  Till then- see you soon!