Flipping it upside-down!

After six months of working at Radisson Blu Bodø, I'm doing my first night-shift tomorrow (technically today, but I haven't slept yet). Quite excited about this, even though it's just as training. Will be the one to fill in if one of the usual guys get sick, go on vacation or just want some time off. One would think that, after years of sleeping during the day and staying awake half the night, not to mention a couple of weeks (months) of working nothing but late- and night shifts, I'd have no problem staying up all night. 

I do.

Seriously, I think I might have fallen asleep while I was getting coffee. And yes, at times like this, I drink coffee. Black (with tons of sugar and milk). Had three cups so far. So while my brain is going; "woooowooowoooooo", my body is going; "...this ain't gonna happen". 

Please imagine that that puppys leg is my brain.. woowoowoo!

To top it all of, my wonderful boyfriend is sleeping in the next room. He's got the early shift tomorrow, which means that I have to stay kindofsortof quiet. Been playing Destiny (on really low volume) for a couple of hours now, but it just got to complicated for my brain to comprehend. 

I'm starting to feel really bad for the guy who's training me tomorrow, since this probably will be me around 3am:

I will leave you with this:

"I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake" 

Lewis Black

Inspiration, where did you go?

I'm really searching for inspiration these days, and can't seem to find it anywhere. 

No new ideas for outfits, nothing for writing, food or even the apartment. 

Thrilled that we got the new couch in place, and bought a bunch of roses today, but there's just something missing. Think I might be a tad bit... bored I guess. 

Things seemed easier when I was living in Lillehammer - just because I always had someone to call, something to do. Here it's basically just work, gym, sleep (which doesn't come easy), and yeah. All my friends are working, and whenever they have some time off it seems I have to work. 

And yes, these are trivial things, I can't blame anyone but myself for feeling like this. It just hit me really hard right now - my bf is asleep on the couch, I'm just sitting here doing nothing, and this seems to have become a part of our routine. 

Going through all of pinterest and weheartit right now, searching for inspiration and new ideas. Maybe I'll start baking again, or get new ideas for the apartment. I hope so. 

Over to something that's more uplifting! Things are finally starting to feel finished in our apartment, which makes it a lot easier to actually relax and have fun. It also makes it easier to focus on other things in life such as going to the gym, making food (that's not out of a box), and spending time together. The last part has been kind of neglected the past couple of weeks - even though we've been in the same room it's basically been like a constant weight on my shoulders. Which in turn has turned me into somewhat of a bitch. Been nagging him and we've both been rather grumpy (sorry sweetie). At least that's getting better now! We actually had a proper meal together at the dinner table today.

Oh, and it's my bf's birthday next week! He's turning 25, which gives me about six months to tease him with being older than me. And of course I have to get him a present.. Any good ideas?

After some searching I found some inspo, and now I'll go through my entire wardrobe trying to find something to wear tomorrow! 

 

One last thing - have to recommend this blog for ya'll! It's my cute friend Ingrid, who just moved to the lovely Netherlands (which turns in to neverland every time I think about it). She's awesome, it's in english and you have to read it!!

Fairytales

You're never too old for fairytales.

Fairytales about love, dreams and laughter. About happily ever after. 

The fairytales about how a prince meets a princess and falls in love. 

About clear skies and magic. 

Fairytales that tells you everything is going to work out in the end. 

You're never too old for fairytales, you just might be too old to believe them

And they lived happily ever after...

Fit girls look good naked

Had a great workout yesterday and the day before. 

My knees have decided that it's time to say fuck you and stop working again, so I'll stay away from the treadmill for a couple of days... It makes me a tad bit sad, was starting to like running again. Oh well. 

Put in an effort to destroy my legs on Monday, and my entire upper body yesterday. Think it worked, everything hurts today! 

Just to make one thing clear - I'm not working out to loose weight, I'm building the body that I want.
And this brings me over to this: you've got to work for it! And I'm no expert, I probably don't do half the things I should to get there, but I'm trying.

If you want to loose weight there's a simple recipe: go to the gym, eat healthy and less, drink plenty of water, get enough sleep. And don't give me some bs about having big bones. That's complete bs, and is no excuse. 

If you want to build and get everything tight; do all of the above, but lift heavy, eat more (and healthy) and give your body time to rest. 

And I'd like to recomend a really great app. It's called myfitnesspal, and you just put everything you've eaten through the day in there and it calculates how many callories you've had (and how many you need). And it takes your workouts into the calculation, so you'll get the right amount based on how much you've burned. It's not all about loosing weight, you can choose between gaining, staying the same or loosing. 

A bit of a warning - be carefull, it's so easy to become obsessed with it. Counting every single callorie is not something I'd normally recomend, but I think it's really interesting to see how much I actually need during a day, and how hard it is to not go over/under that number. 

So this became a long rant. I'll be heading for a long walk outside later today, need a change from the gym. But first, let me take another #selfie!

Relax

I've had the most amazing weekend.

The plan was a girls night out, but I cancelled simply because I didn't feel like going out. My body is telling me this was the right decision, and is more than ready to take on the next two weeks of work, school and everything else. 

I'm in a good place. Realxed, but filled with energy. Happy, calm and collected.

My mind is clear, I can take on anything. I never thought one weekend of diconnecting from the world could make this much of a difference. 

This is all I want

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