Beach 2015

Spring is here again. This week is the first week I am wearing thin skin-colored stockings under my skirt.
Again I realize that prepping for “beach 2015” did not really happen. This year I have been lazier than ever. Or rather; worked too much and spent too many nights drinking a glass of wine with friends over a delicious dinner. It’s quality time, but apparently it doesn't get you fit.

The fitness centers know this. It’s their business. They know how to take advantage of that guilty feeling.
Today they were visiting the office. And yes, I went right into their trap.  Of course I did sign up. For a year. Cost a fortune. And of course I am convinced that now it will happen. I will work out as never before. I will be super-fit once June is here. Maybe I should sign up for that Marathon after all?

Yeah. Or I’ll wait and see how the first months go.

Anyone else recognize yourself?  :) If not – maybe you want to tell me your secret?
/Victoria

My favorite moment

Have you ever had a moment in your life, when you feel that nothing is impossible and everything just feels great? I have one of those moments from my time in the USA, that I remember as it was yesterday.

This was during a vacation I went to with my host family in 2010, we went to Oceans City, Maryland. It was a great vacation, where we both had time for mini golf and also a beautiful wedding and many days at the beach. We actually lived in a beach house, so we played every day at the beach, doing cartwheels and building forts of sand.

We were there for two weeks, and almost every morning, around 7 AM, I woke up and went for a run, before anyone else woke up. I ran down the beach all the way next to the boardwalk to the pier with all the carousels. And then I ran back. Only this feeling was great, watching the quiet fishermen standing barefoot in the low waves. One of those days though was to become my favorite moment.

I sat down, after my run, to catch my breath, looking out the ocean, thinking about nothing. There and then there came 7 dolphins jumping out the water, only a couple of meters out. I watched them and, remember thinking; this is so beautiful, I am so happy, nothing is impossible and I love my life.

I will forever remember this moment, and now, so will you.

/Jenny