Cute Day in LA

Curious to see what I wore for the Pollstar Awards while I was in LA? Head over to Have a Cute Day and check it out!

Post Secret

I know I owe you all a huge update about my LA trip, but that will have to wait for later. Instead here is a quick update: It was FABULOUS! My panel went well and I did some serious networking.

Postsecret is one of my FAVORITE websites. While I never sent a secret in, I have definitely thought about what I would write on one if I did. Whoever wrote this secret can read my mind.



I am working on getting over that fear though. I am working on really loving myself. In Bob Harper's book "Are You Ready?" he talks at great length about loving yourself. He has you pick one thing that you love or admire about yourself. I picked my smile. Despite my dental work in progress, I have a great smile and I truly do love to smile. In LA two people came up to me and told me I had a great smile. It felt amazing.

What do you love or admire about yourself?

Exercise and Eating While Traveling

No matter what I do, I just can not get the pieces of a healthy diet and exercise to fit together while I am traveling. This is an area of concern considering I would eventually like to work on a tour. If I can't handle it when I am traveling with my own plans, how would I handle it while on a tour?

So for dinner Tuesday night it was In N Out. Lunch on Wednesday was relatively healthy at the, but my sandwich was twice a normal size sandwich I would eat and I ate the whole damn thing. Oh and there was that huge piece of pumpkin pie I ate with fresh whipped cream. Tuesday night was the cocktail reception or my liquid dinner. I sort of forgot to eat and ended up drinking a little too much.

Thursday no breakfast, but lots of water. Buffet lunch with not so many healthy options, but I managed to keep my portions small. Oh and I had a massive piece of cheesecake for dessert. Dinner at a favorite place of mine and it wasn't too bad, but I did have spinach dip and a beer. singular. At least it wasn't multiple.

Friday I slept in. I had a lunch of chicken salad (with lots of mayo and so good!) and a piece of this banana bread cake thing with a cream cheese frosting. It was ok. It looked much better than it tasted and I didn't eat it all. Dinner was just sort of weird because of the schedule. I had 6 beers total over the course of 6 hours or so and again the food was appetizer fare which is just awkward to eat at this type of event. I had 2 potato things with chicken. When I got back to the hotel had about 1/3 of a cheese burger, some fries and 2 rolls with butter. Um yeah. Fruits and Veggies I miss you. A lot.

I am telling myself my one saving grace is that the host hotel was booked and I had to walk about 2 blocks to the hotel and back each day. The only form of exercise I got my entire trip. So much for the workout clothes I packed and the fitness center on the second floor of my hotel. There is always next time.

Plans, Trips, and Concerts

Things I am looking forward to:

January:
LA in a few hours!
Disneyland

February:
Staying in Nashville the entire month
TBD :)

March:
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
New Kids on the Block!!!
South by Southwest (my first trip ever to Austin, TX!)

April:
Easter in Olympia/Seattle!!!!

May:
Death Cab for Cutie at the Ryman!
STEEPLECHASE
My baby brother graduates from HIGH SCHOOL!!! (trip home to the Dub V)