PeSuit and Tie

it was one of those work weeks that totally drained me. working late, running to meetings, hell i even worked a bit overtime on friday! i was exhausted from that and keeping up with my steps on the leaderboard. saturday totally brought me back to life. one of our friends, arijana, was getting married. sib and i were excited to have our bestie morg do our hair beforehand, and we felt like princesses. new tradition unlocked: no more formal events without besite morg by our side! we had a blast catching up, snacking, and pampering ourselves. if you've never been to a croatian wedding, you're missing out on a whole night extravaganza. it was a blast celebrating the bride and groom and catching up with people, dancing, and naturally, drinking away. this week's looks i admit, i feel like i have a hard time putting in effort for my walking looks. but now that i've been adding more time for my workouts, and i've been biking and walking outside so much more, i am trying to b...

it’s back to school season, and while this life chapter has long ended for me, the nostalgia is there. with the temperatures dropping ever slow slightly from humid and gross 90s to delightful mid-70s and cool evenings, it seems there’s more kids out than all summer long. not only do the temps contribute to this, but it seems like the kids are excited to socialize now that school is back in. i see them walking in packs, preteens running and training in parks, the roads are saturated by the busses and traffic… the small towns seem alive again?!  here in the midwest, in the usa in general - the ‘highs and lows of high school’ are almost ritualistic and sacred. football games, proms, and the emotions of teenagerhood that always seem larger than life. i almost (key word - almost) envy the back-to-school vibe. i loved exchanging summer stories full of adventure. my highlights were usually getting a bunch of clothes from america that no one has seen before - sparkly peace sign embellished...

  what i'm reading... if you read what i'm up to this week already, you won't be surprised by the title anatomy for runners.  this book breaks down the science behind proper training and running to avoid injury. while i think the book has great tips like stretching practices i saved, the language is incredibly sexist! lots of anecdotes judging the teenage girl (what the fuck is f.a.t.s. - female adolescent texting syndrome? ), dogging on how women are pretty much inferior and prone to injury, how skirts deform women's legs... at first i thought i was just looking into it too hard. i complained to sib who stated, "maybe there is some science behind it, like womens' cycles and hormones?". not totally wrong, but the misogynistic tone kept bugging me, i reviewed what others had to say on goodreads, and no, i am not being crazy. others saw it too. i'm trying to take in the knowledge, but this guy, no matter how huge the expert, is now very off-putting.  i a...