What Can I Say? Life Is Awesome

After a cloudy rainy day yesterday, which turned out to be fun despite the weather, the sky is finally blue here.  Too bad we are leaving Lake Taupo today.  But the vacation continues as we hit up Rotorua.  Yeaaaaah!!  That is happening in a few hours, but I wanted to blog really quickly since I forgot yesterday.

A couple things first: I added my life list to this blog.  I don’t know why I didn’t do that before, but yeah. I’ve been writing a lot more about doing awesome things and living life to the fullest, as well as weight loss, so I figured I might as well incorporate that too.  So it’s up and ever changing as I learn of new things I want to try.  Feel free to suggest cool ideas I might not have thought of.

Thank you for all the comments on my post about bungy jumping. It was a crazy, scary, exhilarating experience. It’s the best thing I’ve done since I’ve been on this vacation and probably will keep that spot on my list even though we are going to do a lot of other great things.

And we have done some other cool things.  Like kayaking!!

And going see a nearby mountain (this picture is taken in there “desert” hehe):

And eating a lot of good food. I’ve been making good choices – in the fact that all my food is delicious.  Has any of it been healthy?  Has any of it been good “weight loss” food?  No.  Not even close.  But it has been sooo yummy. I’ve even ordered desserts a few times – shared with Kepa – which is something I haven’t done in a long time.  My sweety sweet tooth is overly satisfied right now.  And considering the amount of pasta and cheese I’ve consumed… well, I won’t say I’m worried about weighing in at the end of this trip, but I’m not expecting super great numbers.

But what are vacations for, right?  A little fun, a little indulgence.  It’s all good for a week of enjoyment.  I’m going to start walk/running again when we get back to Auckland, and I even have a super cool related project to that.  So stay tuned for those details because it will be very exciting.  I might also need a little encouragement (or nagging) regarding the chug-a-long running that will be happening then, because even though I’m excited I know I have a tendency to start then stop the running adventures.  But this healthy living train isn’t derailing or crashing, it just took a little detour to vacation land, where food abounds and, of course, every night ends with a gorgeous sunset… even when it’s cloudy.

All in all I’m having a great time.  It feels almost like this is unreal and most definitely like I don’t deserve any of it.  I’m incredibly lucky to have such an opportunity and to be spending it with such a special person. Life is pretty awesome.

1. Why “A Merry Life”
2. Weekly Weigh In: Let The Awesome Begin

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