Café Con Monica

On Mondays…

Oh boy…what an exhausting weekend! I wish I was able to say it was so exciting and I took lots of photos but that was not the case! I started working at the bakery again last week for the summer and I  also moved into a new apartment on Saturday…in the rain…all day.

oooh and did I mention its my birthday week?? Because it is. 

I have to do a little shout out to my friend Colleen for the awesome job she did for my nephews 6th birthday cake!

How awesome is that??? 
He had a birthday party at Brunswick Zone and it was super cute! My cousin and I tried our hand at making him pokemon themed cupcakes so he was a happy kid! 

And since I didn’t take any photos all weekend…a pic of my mom, cousin and me! 
and of course I want to wish my very very awesome dad a Happy Happy Birthday! I am a lucky girl to share my birthday week with him 🙂 
 
 
 

Oh Monday…

I am finally back to this here blog of mine, I admit I actually did miss posting this past week. Its been a bit of a mess and busy in my life the past week. I’m back to living in the suburbs for now, for those of you who have been following along you might know what that means as far as my relationship. I am not ready to fully talk about it but I will, because this blog helps me get things out and get my mind right when I really need it.

So that being said…I figured I would share some photos from the past week/weekend.

I attended a seminar downtown on Thursday. I am actually really glad that I went, I learned a lot and one of the sessions on business writing is definitely going to come in handy as I start writing a proposal. 

Turns out I am either having some kind of allergic reaction to something new I introduced into my diet with these eating changes or my body is freaking the hell out because I am not giving it sugar/bad carbs anymore. Either way…its ugly and itches like a mother. 
Friday night we had a “staff outing” and it was fun to just relax with my coworkers and enjoy an hour or so of just chit chat. 
Saturday the meetup group that I started(and will soon be leaving) did a tour of Koval Distillery so I had my first cheat day and enjoyed some whiskey tasting and a fun dinner afterwards. The tours are only $10 and the staff is super friendly so I suggest if you are in Chicago you get your ass there! 

And since I got up at 5:00 this morning to get here to work on time it only compounds on this….
Exactly how I am feeling. 

On Mondays…

There were so many much more fun things I could have been doing this weekend…but I did none of them. The Boy and I have run into some major snags in our relationship over the past few months and we hit a boiling point this past week so it was a lot of taking some time and talking things over..which never ever is a fun way to spend your weekend.

On the plus side though here are some things I did do this past week/weekend….

– I made it to 7 whole days of clean eating…that means not one processed anything for 7 damn days.

– I made it to the gym 4 times this past week…hated every second and that’s ok.

– I cooked myself and The Boy breakfast, lunch & dinner for the entire week

– I tried 4 new recipes last week

– I dropped 9 pounds since I started taking better care of myself. Yes, 9 and this bitch did a happy dance all over the damn bathroom when I weighed myself.

So there has been some good somewhere in there and I think the best thing I can do is hold on the positive like a damn flotation device!! 

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