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Exhausted.

Erika — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:56:23 +0000

I’ve been doing crossfit since February but started getting really serious about it in July. You will NOT find anything like Crossfit elsewhere — it’s varying workouts of functional movements at high intensity. You have a different workout everyday and sometimes you will repeat them (which is great so you can see if you’ve improved in speed/endurance or strength). One of my most challenging workouts was 12 rounds of 10 pullups and 15 pushups for TIME. I finished in 27 minutes flat. So tough.

Anyway, last year I was really into running (and I still am) but it didn’t really do anything for me. I need to be pushed to my limits and I need someone to do it for me, haha. This is why crossfit works for me. You work out in a group setting with a coach and he/she tells you how you should be scaling down your workout, if necessary. And the community is the best part. You’d think in a group setting you’d be competing against others, right? Nope. You’re competing against yourself and you have all these peers who are helping to push you forward. I LOVE cheering on my peers while I’m working out. Encouragement is important! People need to hear they’re kicking ass!

I get up at 5 am 3x a week to get seriously WORKED to the point of sickness but in the end, it’s all worth it.

Some Crossfit members after a BRUTAL workout at Central Park

Brooklyn?

Erika — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:30:31 +0000

I think I’m going to try to live in Williamsburg for a year. For those of you that don’t know, Williamsburg is about a 4 minute subway ride into the city and also one of most famous hipster meccas of the world. It’s also home to some amazing bars and restaurants (that don’t cost a pretty penny like in Manhattan).

So.. why Brooklyn? Honestly? If I’m going to live in a borough besides Manhattan, I might as well do it now while I’m young. I have two weeks to decide if I want to stay in my current apartment (which I love but you know.. I want something new. Why is the grass always greener?!???)

This brings to mind all the other apartments in which I’ve lived. I’ve moved EVERY YEAR! My first year in NY, I lived in THREE DIFFERENT APARTMENTS! Maybe that’s why I don’t think it’s such a big deal to move. I’ve been allllllllllll over. The village, Gramercy, Financial District, Upper West Side.. my dream would be to live in Tribeca (or West Village) but those are obviously way too expensive. Besides that, I don’t think I’d live elsewhere. It’s time to experience Brooklyn.

NYSE tour

Erika — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:18:42 +0000

My boss has a friend who works for the New York Stock Exchange so we were given a private tour of the trading floor! After 9/11, NYSE stopped with the public tours so my team and I were incredibly excited. The tour was half an hour long @ 3:30 so we were able to watch the trading floor in action AND watch the market close. We spoke with a Barclays Capital trader and he explained his job to us. The trading floor isn’t as loud and crazy as I thought it’d be (like in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) because everything is automated now. Oh, and we were probably on various finance news channels, lurking in the background. The tour was really, really cool!

Erika — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:32:12 +0000

It’s over with A. He called me today and said we probably shouldn’t see each other anymore. Whatever! Plenty of fish in the sea. Not going to lie, my ego is a bit bruised but I can’t really do anything about it, so.. just need to accept it and move on, right? Anyway, I say this while I’m waiting for one of my girflfriends to finish painting her nails so we can go meet our other girlfriend at a club. Ohhhhhhhhhh New York. You are good for us single girls.

PRs (personal records)

Erika — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:59:26 +0000

I had a 4 mi race on Saturday and I beat my personal record! I ran it in 37:06 – that’s an average pace of 9:17/mile. I’m so proud of myself!!! I paced myself with a few runners during the race and yes, I got tired around the 3rd mile but I kept on pushing!

I’ve been doing crossfit since February and I really think it’s been paying off. I took a break for about 4-5 weeks in the spring because I was injured so I’m slowly starting to get back into it and I feel GREAT! Anyway, I need to get ready for work. Have a good Monday, everyone!

Happy 4th of July!

Erika — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:30:28 +0000

What I simultaneously love and hate about NYC is that you are never alone. I’ve been a witness to a lot of private moments and I’m sure I’ve had my own share of such moments. I mean, there’ve been so many times in which I’d pass by some girl BAWLING into her phone. And it’s amazing how people talk about such personal things in public. I totes do it too but it still amazes me that, as strangers, we’re all privy to EVERYTHING. Nothing is private anymore — someone else is sharing your experience with you, whether or not they’re directly involved.

Anyway. I’m going to walk Peanut and then go for a run. Have a great 4th of July everyone!

My nosy dog

Some pictures from PR and Miami

Erika — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:03:53 +0000

Incredibly delayed.

Aw

Erika — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:53:24 +0000

It’s been 4 dates with A now — pretty sure that entitles me to say we’re dating. Right? I don’t know the rules actually.. but whatever, we’re kind of seeing each other. I don’t really know what to say?

Anywho, I took him out for an AMAZING DINNER last night. I highly recommend the cevicheria Desnuda in East Village. AMAZING. Expensive but worth it. We had raw oysters, tuna ceviche and LOBSTER ceviche. Oh and coconut rice. DELICIOUS. Everything was so flavorful and the fish was so delicate.. and we had a bottle of wine as well. Dude, it was an expensive dinner. After I saw the bill, I told A that he was paying for all my drinks thereafter. hahaha.

Everything’s been going swimmingly I think.. except for the fact that he said he doesn’t really know anything about me. He actually asked me what I do on weekends. This makes me wonder if I’m actually not as open as I thought I was? This was something that an ex had actually said about me — he said he tells me everything but he feels like I didn’t tell him anything. I guess I need to work on that. I feel very open with all my friends though?

At the risk of sounding excited and girly and completely honest — I really like this guy. I hope it goes somewhere special.

ooo!

Erika — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:03:24 +0000

I dropped Gosling a few weeks ago, as well as any other potential gentleman callers. I think it’s safe to say that I’m seeing someone new! The funny thing is — he’s very private (and obvi I’m not since I’m sharing my dating ups and downs on this very public blog). We had dinner last night (our third date, btw) and we have mutual friends (that’s how we met) aaaaaaaaand he said he’d appreciate it if none of our friends knew anything. I said I’ll respect that. HOWEVER I don’t think any of our mutual friends read my blog, so.. haha.

I’ll get into more details later because I need to walk Peanut and get to work but I really like this guy! And I need to slow it down because I feel I’m rushing to get to the relationship phase and he’s taking his time getting to know me (which I appreciate and I’m ENJOYING).

Anyway, FYI — I won an award at work. I received global recognition for my work. AWESOME, right?

PS – I need to cancel match.com. I got a message from a guy last night asking me if I was at crossfit the other day.. oh brother.

Just got back from Puerto Rico!

Erika — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:00:59 +0000

Photos will come soon. More importantly, I have to share this conversation I had with my mom when I got back to NY –

Mother: Did you meet anyone? Any Puerto Rico boys?
Me: No, they’re not my type.
Mother: *she laughs* That’s so funny. Don’t worry, match.com is taking care of your type.

OHHHHHHHHH Mother!