On Sunday we went to the Auckland Lantern Festival… our second time attending!

Our friends Darren & Tai took us to the festival but it ended up being so crowded we couldn’t move. I started to feel claustrophobic in the area with the food stalls because I kept getting bumped from every direction. We ended up leaving and they took us to Hulucat Tea House in Auckland.

I’ve never had milk tea before so it was an interesting experience. I tried chocolate milk tea with chocolate milk pudding in it… such a strange texture experience! You are drinking and then all the sudden you are eating… strange! Have you ever had it before? Can someone explain to me what “grass jelly” was on the menu?!?!?

Even better, the place is full of silly cat photos. Look at that one in the background of the photo. Hilarious!

Things are so much better living in New Zealand this time. Friends, festivals, drinks, fun! I’d just like to acknowledge that I’m really glad it’s better than last time when I was really struggling. Life isn’t perfect but it’s definitely better. :)

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The festival was fun and all but I didn’t work out at all over the weekend which felt strange. I seem to have gotten used to the 6 day a week workout schedule and taking time off was hard mentally. But the rest was a smart idea.

My neck & hip issues are feeling much better today. Rest + stretching really was what I needed.

Since I’m repeating week 6 of LiveFit Trainer this week I also decided to drop the amount of weight I’m lifting and work more on form. Today’s workout was legs so I dropped the weight (squats with 88lbs instead of 154 lbs for example) and actually did much better. It was way easier so I had excellent form while going below parallel in squats.

Surprisingly even the lighter weights still felt like a great workout. I guess taking a couple days off can do that. ;)

Today was great but obviously these are things I’m going to have to keep working on.

The healthy living quest never ends!

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