Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
-Dag Hammarskjold


sometimes i feel like i just stretch myself too thin. i know i'm supposed to just be focusing on my test, but there's SO much stuff going on at the same time. hehe well, i'm not gonna count the times i sit on the couch and watch my trash tv (y'know..fist pump & t-shiiiirt time?=P). that is some much needed veg out time! hehe. but really..things are so busy lately. if i'm not studying i'm in the kitchen cooking or trying out some new baking recipe. or i'm working on stuff for the invitation biz. or i'm playing with my etsy site. or i'm working with hubby on house stuff. or there's some family stuff going on. or i'm trying to get a workout in..with the little time that's available. or we're out celebrating something for someone. don't get me wrong, i love doing all of this. it just gets tiring. i miss having a free weekend just to do absolutely NOTHING! there's only so many free hours to try and fit all this stuff in. *sigh* breathe in...breathe out...

anyways..enough complaining. i am truly blessed with all that we have and the people in our lives, i must always remember that. so, moving on..

hmm in the past 2 weeks i've only gotten 1 workout in! just one measly swim workout=(. though it actually felt really good swimming last week. oh yeah log:

2/23 - 450m swim, 22 mins. bilateral breathing still sucks=/.

buuuuuut, at least i was able to focus on the studying. the past 2 weekends were back to back study time, like 6-7 hrs each day. my brain was fried, hahah i was so tired sat/sun. and then during the week i was able to log in about 1-2 hrs/day. not too bad, could be better! so slowly getting there. at least i'm spending more time actually understanding the concepts and not trying to just memorize them. don't think you can do that with this part of the exam.

so hmm..lou and i got to celebrate our vday/engagement day last week. he got me these really pretty chocolates..haha like little pieces of art. all filled with funky flavors. well, i guess the most crazy one was the mango wasabi. the flavors were so subtle. but still, so so good. then we went out to one of our favorite japanese restaurants for some omakase action! mmm i love it there. totally authentic and the sushi chef's are super nice. next time i'm gonna take some sake shots w/ chef yuji! man, i wanna go back already...their sushi is freaking yum! hahah geez..i'm such a fatty..always about food with me=P.

yay, yesterday we got our new couches delivered! so fun getting to buy pieces for our home and decorate. lou and i are fighting for that perfect spot on the couch. hahah before we customized it, he already knew i'd like sleeping on the chaise portion. so it was assumed to be my spot. but once he sat there yesterday, he didn't wanna leave! so it's on now! muahahha. the company we bought our sofa with had this promo going on to take a pic w/ your couch. if you get the most votes (on fb of course) then you win a cash prize. hehe so the hams we are, we planned out our photo and submitted our picture yesterday. i think it should be posted on their site tomorrow...to which i get to share with my fb friends. ahhhh so embarrassing! hahah but it really was fun getting creative to plan out a picture that we were proud of. stay tuned!!!

so over the holiday weekend husby and i tried to catch up with the newer disney movies. we watched the princess and the frog & tangled. p&f was okay...though some parts i could see as scaring a little kid! reminded me of the days when i used to be so scared of pinocchio when he turned into a donkey - traumatizing!!! but i really really liked tangled! such a cute movie. and i love how the lead voices (mandy moore & zachary levi) also sang their own songs. i wanna rewatch it=P. i think it can be one of those re-watchable movies for me like little mermaid, aladdin, & beauty and the beast. just waiting for another lazy weekend....