Hi there, what’s up, what’s going on, how are you?
Things are settling in nicely in the new studio space. Laura and I have had some overlap with sessions, which has been fun and the 4-week trial with group classes went well. I’ve added two more classes to the schedule, the hubs did a great job hanging the barre and at some point I will get around to painting the back wall. Adding a main door has proven to be bit more involved than originally thought. Not only are the walls offset from each other by about 1.5”, the entryway is also wider at the top than the bottom by about 1.5”.
In super fun news, with our family vacation to St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks last week, I completed my 50 state challenge!
This was a goal set when I was 15 years old and tagged along on a trip to Hawaii with my aunt. At the time, I had only been outside of Colorado to buy fireworks in Wyoming or visit my Grandma’s people at the pueblos in New Mexico. I had never seen the ocean, never been on a plane and had never gone on a vacation that wasn’t dispersed camping with the fam. My parents didn’t have send-a-kid-to-Hawaii money, so I got a work permit and spent a year working the 6am Sat/Sun drive-through-window shifts at Burger King, mowing lawns, picking up dog poo, babysitting and saving every penny. Despite spending my weekends with hair smelling like French fries and calling it an early night every weekend, being able to take a 10-day trip to Oahu was so worth it. I’m so grateful to my Aunt for changing my entire life with that experience.
While it would have been easy to bag all 50 states in a two week road trip, I wanted to really experience each place, so it took me 25 years.
My rules for a state counting were that I had to eat or do an activity in each state, not just drive through. This led to a lot of awesome meals, a lot of camping and a lot of exploring of hidden gems around the country.
My bff asked what’s next for travels and I think the next big adventures will be the Grand Canyon, visiting the Redwoods and taking trips to Belize and Costa Rica. Hopefully I can teach some Pilates in one of those locations!