Weekend Wrap Up

Yesterday, I got up bright and early to catch a bit of the Olympic marathon before heading out for a 14 mile run of my own. I hadn't had a run like that in months and I basically spent the rest of the day vegging out on the couch trying to recover.

The rest of the weekend was pretty good though! Friday morning, I made my way to the airport to head to DC and then ended up not going after I found out the meeting I was going to was postponed...about 10 minutes before my flight boarded, thank goodness! So I made my way home, went for a run, ran some errands and spent the afternoon baking a blueberry-peach cobbler for a party the next day.

Mmmm blueberry-peach cobbler

Saturday morning, I headed out for an easy 3 miles before going to a yoga class at the new studio I joined. The one thing I love about this studio is that every class is different and since I rarely check the schedule of what type of yoga I'm going to, I'm always in for a surprise. 

Saturday's yoga was yoga nidra which means yogic sleep. I had been hoping for a bit more of an active class to really stretch out my muscles since they've been a bit tighter than normal this week and I was quite surprised to find that there is actually a type of yoga where you lay in savasana the entire time. 

via This is what we did...eye pillows, bolsters and all.

I enjoyed the class for the first 20 minutes...and then my mind went all Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray Love and I started thinking about what to wear to the party later and where I was going to run the 14 miles I was supposed to run the next day and so on and so on and so forth. I'd definitely try it again but maybe after a long run when I need to kind of zone out. 

After yoga, I went home and got ready for The Pilot's sister's birthday/engagement party. She was in town from Atlanta and it was great to see her and her fiancee! The party was a low key but lots of fun and I got a chance to try on a few different bridesmaids dresses that his sister had picked out since I'm in the wedding!

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The Bride and 3 (of 5) bridesmaids

After everyone left, we all vegged out and watched "License to Wed" (a must for anyone getting married...especially if you're Catholic!) before tuning into the Olympics and calling it a night. 

Later today, I'm off to Atlantic City with my mom for some R&R! I can't wait to sit poolside, run on the boardwalk and shop the outlets!

How was your weekend? Have you tried yoga nidra? Any weddings coming up in your future?