I got up at 5:30 AM out of complete and utter love for my parents. The sky was pitch dark and the air frigid cold while I waddled my way over to give my parents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
To see these fine, young, gentlemen…
Play in Cameron Stadium…
Because no other school does it quite like this…
While it’s no Carolina Game, it’s still a Duke Basketball game and we’ll sit closer than the regular ticket holders…in the student section (court side bleachers).
Now, I may not be the biggest fan of our school, but I do love our basketball team. Tickets aren’t just sold to anyone though. Only because it’s parents’ weekend are they selling tickets. I get in for free but each additional ticket (max 2) is $20–A STEAL!!!
What else?
I also got discounted tickets through our school for the NC State Fair that will be going on that same weekend. I’m SO excited for this because despite living here for 3 years, I have yet to attend once!! I love the fair-atmosphere and who better to go with than the ‘rents?
Get ready for a jam-packed weekend, Momma and Poppa!
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After peeling off ALL my jacketSSS, I promptly jumped right back into bed for 2 hours!
Before class I had a yogurt bowl and a bananadilla. I totally forgot I bought this ice cream sundae bowl on clearance from Target!
The Bananadilla contained bananas (duh), pecans, and almond butter.
Nothing too crazy: chia seeds, flax seed, Kashi Puffs, bananas, dried cranberries, TJ’s Euro yogurt and kefir
…little did I know I wouldn’t eat for another 7 hours!!!!
Here’s why:
1) Health Fitness and Wellness class was fine. We did some progressive muscle relaxation with a total yogi that was a monk in Thailand at one point in time.
2) Then I had an interview to be a recruitment counselor for sorority rush in January, which went pretty well. I tried to perk up with some coffee, which I drank during #1 hahaha…oops!
3) I sent off Krista’s BSI prize at the Post Office.
4) Checked my email and found out that my second class was CANCELLED–HALLELUJAH!!!!
(#4 turned my whole day upside down!)
5) I checked the time and it had been 4 hours since I ate breakfast…..the MAGIC amount of time I need to digest before running.
I ran 4 miles! I only intended on running 3 but once I got there it felt too good to stop! I really hope my shins don’t punish me for this.
I ran 0.5 mph faster than the last time I ran on a treadmill a couple weeks ago. I really think a) running outside and b) using the Galloway method has helped with my endurance. l think the incline variation and wind resistance outside has also helped a lot!
Afterwards I did 20 min. on the Arctrainer, some ab work, 15 minutes of yoga, stretched, and walked the 25 min. back to my apartment…while snacking on THIS guy:
….I was on CLOUD 9.…and still am!!!
I think I’m finally back in the running groove again. I was seriously starting to get down in the dumps about it a couple months ago because building my endurance back up was so much harder than I anticipated…especially withy my annoying shinnies!!
…ALLLL because my class got cancelled 
Best day EVER (those are the endorphins talking).
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Dinner
I quickly made a wheat berry salad with:
- butternut squash
- dried cranberries
- chick peas
- avocado
- feta cheese
- onions
- olive oil
On a bed of lettuce…
…with mini-peppers!
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OIKOS GIVEAWAY WINNER!!
Congratulations Lauren!!! Email me with your address so I can forward it on to the Oikos peeps!
Lauren said, ‘Yoga has been so essential for me after I started running. It’s one of the best ways to relax the body and offers excellent recovery streaching after a long run. I love it! It’s so freeing for the mind and body.
What a fantastic giveaway darling. Oikos has changed my life! I am a life fan of this company!
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Quirky Q’s
1) Have you ever been to a state fair? What’s your favorite part….and thing to eat ? I’ve never been to one!! At least I don’t remember!
2) What would you give anything to get tickets for? A Britney Spears concert!!!
Okay now I’m off to find s’more food!
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WOOO HOOO for your run. I ice my knees too. If I don’t they tend to ache, which makes for a no-fun run!
I’m so glad you had such a great run and your class was canceled!! I’ve never been to a state fair but many local ones. When I saw “Lauren” won I was like “Ahhh is that me?!” then I read her quote and realized it wasn’t! hahaha
I really need to try the Galloway method. My shins always hurt after I try to run (I usually do around 3 miles) and it is so annoying. Glad you were able to do 4 miles! That wheat berry salad looks really yummy too
haha i <3 your exercise-induced chattiness! and yay for cancelled classes!
Yayyy for being back in the running groove! It feels sooooooo good when that finally clicks
Bossy breakfast bowl AND a zbar!! Girl you are eating in style.
Loving the dried cran and avocado combination.
What a nice daughter! And I love your salad with the little peppers. So pretty! I actually was at TJ’s tonight and saw the little peppers because I keep seeing them on your blog and they look so cute!
I was at the state fair last year! We picked a terrible night to go, though. It was rainy SO HARD and I came back soooooooo cold and soaked through my socks. hahaha. The good thing was that the rides had no lines and we practically had the entire fairgrounds to ourselves ;p
here are some pics!
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I AM GOING THIS SATURDAY AGAIN!!!!!!!!! HOPEFULLY BETTER WEATHER THIS YEAR. It’s a lot of fun
They have fried cheesecake, which is pretty delicious.
I love college basketball and I think it’s wonderful that you got the tickets for your family!
I have tickets to see your team play my Longhorns. I’m pretty dang excited.
Of course, living in Texas, I have been to the state fair. I love it! I have a feeling you will too : )
Oh it’s ON for basketball season! Sarah (ghost world) informs me that the Maryland-Duke rivalry isn’t quite what we think it is…and while I recognize that Duke-UNC is much bigger, we will still fight it out for basketball season!! Woo!!
For the short time that I was in a sorority, I really wanted to be a Rho Gam (what I guess was our equivalent of the “recruitment counselor”…help girls out during rush!), but alas, I didn’t survive long enough in the sorority.
Good luck to you, however!
So glad you had a good day!
You are such a nice daughter for waiting in the cold for the tix–I went with my parents last year, so I figured once was enough;)
That yogi was pretty effective–I fell asleep fast!
I went to the state fair my freshman year, and it was cool to see all the random fried food and ride a few rides.
Those mini peppers are too stinkin cute! I love college basketball games and I bet that one will be so fun for you and your parents.
I’ve never been to our Texas State Fair but I’ve been to the Arkansas State Fair. I went when I was 7 and saw the headless woman who scared me half to death! But I do not remember the food.
I would give anything for tickets to Bonnarroo Music Festival. I just want to go once!
I’m really happy for you that you’re in the ‘running groove’ again! Must be a nice feeling:) And great that you got the tickets!
xxx Julia (Taste of Living)
What a great daughter you are! Your parents are going to have such a fun filled weekend with you! Yay for classes being canceled! That’s awesome your getting back into your running groove and the shins are being a b!tch that much anymore. Good eats, I love how you plate your food so fancy! I’ve never been to a state fair before… since I am Canadian haha but honestly there aren’t many fairs where I live. I would give anything to have season tickets for the Canucks (my hockey team… could I sound like a more stereotypical Canadian right now?).
love going to games @ cameron!
also, i think i am headed to the state fair this weekend! or next. WOOHOO!
What a nice daughter you are to rise so early for your parents : )
That wheat berry salad looks delicious!!
Congrats on the run girl, that is awesome! I am so proud of you.
AHHH I can’t beleive I won this awesome giveaway! I am soooooo pumped.
Have a great day love.
so glad that you had such a great run and the class was cancelled. indeed a fabulous day!
I’m too old for that.
I’ve never been in a state fair and I am not a fan to any celebrity
Yay for the State Fair! What day are you going??? I am going Sunday–what if I see you there! I will be taking my pie to the Pillsbury Pie Bake off.
Things you must do when you go to the State Fair:
1) Eat something “fair-ish”–I have eaten everything from deep fried snickers bars to corn on the cob…but my favorite thing is these things called Apple Fries–yum, try them!
2) Go to a fun house and feel like a crazy person. It is so much fun though!
3) Talk to a “carny”–they have some great stories.
YAY! I have missed you!
Yay for great runs!!! I’m so excited for you girlie! You keep running on!
It really makes me laugh that you go to Duke because I went to UConn – and when I was a junior and we won the men’s (ahem, and women’s) national championships we HATED Duke. Even though we beat them. It was such a weird rivalry because we never played you guys outside of post season but I think it started from the 90’s quarter finals game with Christian Laettner made “the shot.” Even though I hated to say it, you all definitely know how to get down with the fan-dom.
Clearly I am a basketball fan – and I have camped out/slept outside for basketball tickets in my day!!
Duke basketball games are like no other games I’ve been to. Yay that you got tix for your parenta! And I can’t believe you ran outside yesterday – it was faareezing and rainy! I’m happy that you had a good run!
awwww! You and your parents are going to have such a blast that weekend- what a treat! I was a recruitment counselor my senior year and LOVED it. So much fun- hope you get it. GREAT looking din din and sweet work on the run
YAY! So glad your back into the running groove–I bet it feels amazing! Ugh I just don’t know why it’s so hard for me to run, it seems like such a high when you run a great distance!
I would give ANYTHING for tickets to the musical HAIR! I’m completely obsessed and dying to go see it in NY!
Delicious looking salad!! I LOVE wheatberries. So colorful, too!!
What a fun weekend for your mom and dad.. hope this weather holds out! I have never been to the NC fair, but we have only lived here a little over a year. I went to the Festival for the Eno though twice and fell in love.. SO FUN!
Enjoy
Great run and I love that wheat berry salad!
You’re so sweet my dear to get up so early for the tickets! I’m so looking forward to watching the game in person…and the state fair and some golf at the Hallandale Golf Club if the weather holds up. Love, mom
Put a towel under that ice pack! Didn’t I tell you about the chemical burns I’ve witnessed?!? Have fun with the rents this weekend! Miss ya … this cold weather is NOT cool, I think I’m getting beach fever.