Semper Stylish [fitness edition]

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  Today, I'm talking about style in the gym! Personally, I don't think that the gym is the place to show off how cute you are. I think it's a place to get down and dirty. You sweat, you work hard, and you grow.  But I'd be lying if I said that I don't do a lil' hair and make up check pre gym.

I like to go there looking...appropriate. So this is my gym-style!

These are my favorite pants to wear to the gym. They are comfy, tight and they have a splash of orange down the side (that's my favorite color!) I don't like to have anything bouncing around on me while I'm running on the treadmill, so yoga pants or running pants or whatever you want to call these are perfect. And I'm not gonna lie, they make my butt look fantastic.

I bought these shoes a few months ago and I'm so in love with them. Not only are they adorable, but they're light weight, they breathe, and they make me feel like I'm running on a cloud. That is something I greatly appreciate when I'm on mile number two...

Puma socks...I cannot stop buying more and more puma socks. I have a bunch of different kinds but these ones are my favorite. They are the athletic kind with the arch support band dealy. It is...heavenly.

So, I go to the gym looking...well I wouldn't say glamorous, but I always try my best to keep my boobs in my shirt and my head held high, which is a lot more than I can say for most women at the gym...

Speaking of most women at the gym, why the hell do so many of them work out with their hair down? If you are breaking a sweat at all it feels gross to have your hair all sticking to you. Or it gets in your arm pits. You can't jump, run, bounce...without it being annoying. I don't understand it and I never will. 

I also hate it when they wear just sports bras or like fitness tops that are like sports bras...whatever they are...and all they do is look at themselves in the mirror AND yesterday, I saw a girl taking pictures. Like ten of  them in the mirror...Serious, you have a hot bod, so obviously, you did something to get it, but it must have been steroids because you waste you time at the gym...

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Go home...ya'll don't deserve to take up space in this crowded place.

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Frustration...

This is so very frustrating.
I get in this awesome mood where I feel like nothing can touch me. I look good, I feel good, and all the bad things in my life seem to fade into the background. It almost seems as if they aren't there at all. Then all of a sudden something small happens.  It's something completely insignificant that should not bother me, but it does. Then I'm a complete mess again.

I don't understand.

Right when things start to be okay and I don't want to jump off of a bridge anymore, something pops up that hurts me again...It isn't fair. I'm working really hard to be positive even though it feel like I haven't got a single reason to be. Why can't things just be okay and stay okay? At least for a while. I'm sick of losing sleep over matter that will never be resolved. :(

Yeah, I'm going to just pretend that post didn't happen. Instead, I'm going to talk about my favorite TV as of late. It's  How I Met Your Mother.  That show is pretty much the thing right now. Everyone knows about it, everyone loves it and it's constantly talked about. Maybe it isn't everywhere, but around here and among my Facebook Friends, it's all the rage.

I posted something on my persoanl facebook page that said something to the affect of "How I Met Your Mother gives me hope for my life. I feel like if Ted Mosby can figure things out after life gets stupid over and over again, I can to" It may have even said exactly that...

Now I'm aware that it's just a TV show, and for the most part, there's not gigantic life lessons to take from it like it's an episode of Full House or Sabrina the Teenage Witch or something.  I do however, think that there's plenty of good things to learn from it.

Yeah, I'm one of those people that digs for the moral of every story, but it tends to pay off, so I continue to do it.

What I learn form most episodes of this beautiful show, is that when everthing falls apart and seems like it's beyond repair, something comes along and makes it better. It doesn't have to be a permanant fix and it doesn't have to the end all be all of fixes, but things get better. Despite the fact that I have been down in the dumps for over a month now, I know that eventually, there will be something that will make this pain subside and things are going to be alright...

Thank goodness for How I Met Your Mother...It really puts things into perspective.

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Ranty...

Have I ever said that being 19 is hard? Okay, I have probably said it 100 times. But it's just true.

Right now, I'm in a really good place. Things seem to actually be going my way. I've made a lot of decisions all by myself and I'm working really hard to be happy by myself and with my man. The first one is a lot harder than the second...that is for sure.

All that stuff makes it exponentially easier to be 19 than it was only a few moths ago. But it can still be really difficult. I feel like everyone is constantly watching my every move just waiting for me to make a wrong move so that they can say "I told you so." I get all this constant advice that is very commonly invalid (I'm not saying I don't like getting advice from those who have experienced more living than I have. I'm aware that these people are older and wiser, but they haven't been in my situation...and they need to let me make my own mistakes and quit telling me "You should...")  and doesn't apply to me or my situation.

I just get tired of being...judged? I don't know if that's the right word. I feel like my relationship isn't taken seriously. It's like...our engagement doesn't mean as much as any other person. It's true that it is very different. We can't set a wedding date, we don't get to see each other, we have a relationship through text messages and phone calls...It's different. But It shouldn't be discounted.

I also shouldn't have to explain wanting to get married. I've had to do that a lot too. I know people who got engaged after us who are getting married in September and no one asks them "what's the rush?" But I get asked that all the time. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Uh..becuase I want to be married to the love of my life. Just like all the other engaged people in the world...

jeez.