Today was AWESOME! My husband and I decided a few weeks ago that we needed to burn a personal mental health day soon, so we planned to take today off. We knew we wanted to go somewhere on a day trip, but we were stuck between a few options. After a ton of deliberation, we finally decided to head down to Baltimore and we loved every minute of it. It was a relatively short drive from Harrisburg, and super easy to navigate.
We spent the morning at the National Aquarium and it was so amazing. It was incredible to see so many different fish, birds, turtles, sharks, dolphins, and everything in between and know that they all were beautifully designed by an almighty Maker. He shaped them each for their own purpose, and their ability to astound us humans just by being alive is phenomenal. My personal favorite moment was when a young boy was checking out a tank in front of us and was SO excited that he saw an eel, so he screamed (and I mean complete outside-voice screamed) to his family “YOU GUYS!!!! I FOUND AN EEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!” It was beautiful to see a child so excited about a unique part of God’s creation and so happy to see a piece of nature that not many people get to see outside of a controlled environment.
After we saw everything at the aquarium, we went to Philip’s Seafood at Inner Harbor and had a delicious meal. I actually enjoyed an oyster for the first time (although I’ve tried them before – just didn’t enjoy them) and made a healthy choice for my meal instead of going with my gluttonous desires (more about that later…). After that, we wanted to kill some time before a local brewery opened up. I had heard about a cool taproom in the Fell’s Church neighborhood so we went and checked out Max’s Taproom. It was AWESOME. They had so many unique brews on tap, so we indulged a little on some Belgians that we know we will probably never get our hands on again. Totally didn’t stick to my diet with that one, but it was a special trip and so worth it. After that, we drove a little bit out of town to go to Heavy Seas Brewing. It was a lot smaller than we had expected, but they had some solid stuff on tap. We split a flight and called it a day and came back home.
Today was one of those days where it was absolutely necessary to take some time to get away and slow down. Work has been so busy for both of us lately, and we were so glad that we were able to take some time to enjoy each other’s company in a city that was fairly new to both of us. We are already planning our return trip, and we are even more anxiously awaiting June when we can take another full week off of work together to enjoy God’s creation up in the Adirondacks. Quality time with my husband is absolutely priceless, and I was so grateful for every minute of it today.
Eat: Better than last week, and a little better than yesterday! Shakeology for breakfast always kicks my day off great. At lunch, instead of going with the absolutely delicious sounding crab cake reuben sandwich with fries, I went with a crab cake salad with artichokes, tomatoes, and corn. It was SO yummy and even though the crab cake may not have been the best thing – I had to get some kind of seafood in Maryland. Dinner was a flatbread sandwich and salad. YUM!
Pray: I had some quiet time to sit with God tonight and it was so relaxing and rounded out this busy day. I need to make my time more intentional and start working it into my mornings. My day needs to start off in a more balanced fashion.
Write: Done 🙂 No grading today though!
Run: No run today because it was freezing and I was not driving into work to hit the treadmill. I was so so so tempted to skip my 21 Day Fix workout today because it was 8:30 at night and I just wanted to head to bed with my hubby. BUT, I didn’t skip it, and I went hard at my pilates fix and my abs totally feel it already. I am so glad that I did it though. I feel ready to slip into a nice cozy bed and cuddle up with my love until my early morning workout tomorrow!
Eat, Pray, Write, Run 