summer in the suburbs

ah yes, I have now been home for a week in the lovely suburbs where I grew up.

the big question everyone has been asking me (and all my mama’s friends have been asker her) is aren’t you bored?

the answer? nah.
while yes, my hometown doesn’t have much to offer I have found myself ridiculously busy every day and making the most of my month off before work starts. My life has basically been working out, going to yoga and being with friends from camp.

some thoughts and random tid bits about life here:

— a huge part of my social life how been going to the gym with my amazingly motivating friend Annica

she’s the one in the stripes. I’m the super short one. Together we have gone to the gym every day for a sweaty group exercise class of sort– lots of zumba, step and making friends with all the little old ladies at water aerobics. It is wonderful to have a good friend to work out with and motivate me to wake up early during the summer

— I feel like such a newbie in the classes at this gym. I got very used to how things work at crunch, what classes I took every week and knew what was gonna happen in all the them. Taking Step? a whole new animal. It is like learning a new language— a very sweaty, quickly changing language. It is nice to switch it up and try new classes

— speaking of the gym, my gym here is ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong I love love love crunch, the fact that it is less than 5 minutes from my apartment and the fact that they offer great classes, but my gym here is like a mega complex. I swear it was more crowded yesterday than the nearby mall. you could easily spend hours there taking classes, making friends with the staff, eating at the cafe, swimming, relaxing in the hot tub… I could go on. Some how Annica and I always end up spending a good 4 hours there, most of it not even exercising….

–I FOUND MY SUBURBAN YOGA HOME! Liberation Yoga, a lovely and tiny studio in the nearby town of Mahopac. At first I was apprehensive to try it, but realized it is close to my gym and summer job so why not. I’ve only been there a few days and already I know it is an amazing community and offers the exact type of classes I was craving– physical demanding but also nourishing for the mind and gets you really thinking about yourself. The yoga room even overlooks a lake– you can’t get that in the city! The two owners are also incredibly welcoming people, I’ve taken class with both of them this week and leave each one thinking “wow, that was AMAZING”.

I’m so happy to have found this place!

— I’ve been trying to motivate myself to start choreographing dances for my summer job as a camp specialist. I average choreographing upwards of 30 dances every summer— that’s alotta dances. I’m absolutely obsessed with Pitbull’s new song “Back in Time” (it references the best scene in Dirty Dancing!) and Nicki Minaj’s Starships. what are your favorite new summer songs? I need a bunch of fun, high energy, contemporary songs to use with the kiddies.

— I got to see the Big Apple Circus! 

oh my god is was AMAZING! I’ve seen a lotta trapeze, and a lotta goooood trapeze from my teachers who have worked for professional circuses, but this trapeze act was LEGIT. those tricks were no joke. Before I was born my dad worked for a circus (no he’s not a lion tamer… he worked in marketing) and every summer when my dad’s old circus came to town we went as a family. I still love going to the circus and find it just as magical years later.

— it is weird, the more years I’ve lived in the city, the more out of place I feel when I come back home. While I am enjoying my time here, I also know it is my last long stretch of time living in this town and quite possibly living in the suburbs.

while this is the town where I am from and lived for the first 18 years of my life, I feel like a visitor from Manhattan who is out of place

— we finally have some beautiful blue skies and sunshine! Time for me to get outta the house and enjoy it. The boy and I are gonna attempt to make some homemade dinner tonight