Monday Musings

Around these parts, today is your standard run-of-the-mill Monday. Nothing too exciting and/or extraordinary is worth mentioning. We're just truckin' along so I thought I'd just share some random thoughts. Some "musings," if you will as per the title.

1) I'm so in love with my new page-a-day calendar. 

Not only is there something so satisfying about ripping off a new page each day, these pages happen to be visually stimulating and intellectually educating. Today's quote:

2) A new desk makes such a big difference.

We started working on the baby's bedroom, so everything in it got shifted down into the basement. Our basement bedroom now does double-duty as our home office, complete with a new desk from IKEA. It's much more spacious than our previous desk, and it makes all the difference in the world in terms of productivity. I have no idea why, really. Same computer, same chair...same reference materials. And yet, it's awesome and I love being down here. Except for this creeper behind me:

3) I'm going to Italy tonight with a virtual ride in Spinning class.

I didn't teach my 6:00AM Circuit Sculpt class this morning because I'm subbing the 6:00PM Spinning class. Hence, the no-makeup/no-shower look that I'm rocking. (The day would have been too long for this preggo had I done both.) We have a video system in our studio and a few different rides to choose from, and tonight, I'm taking my class to Italy—because Italy is the hardest ride (and I've never been to Italy so I like to live vicariously through the video). Here's a glimpse of what it's like:

4) I'm on a kale smoothie kick right now.
I'm still making mass effort to snack smartly, and ever since I broke out the blender for that kale and fruit smoothie the other day, it's all I've been craving around 3:00PM. Don't you love it when you crave healthy things? Because let's be honest, it's much easier to crave cookies. But anyway, this just happened:

Kale, banana, strawberry, peach, yogurt and milk smoothie. Go make it.

Question: Tell me something random about your Monday. Seriously, it can be anything! I love getting to know people through the random things they do, say, love, think or whatever!