Actively Dating

Jacek and I have made a commitment to ourselves to get moving again and take advantage of all the fun this city has to offer. Over the past couple of years our activity levels have dropped and we've gotten in a bit of a rut with our social choices - it seemed our priorities changed and by the time we were done with our weekend errands and cleaning it was time for whatever evening get together (read: sitting around) was underway. We shifted our priorities back where they need to be - activity first. There's too much fun to be had in this city if you just get moving.

We kicked off our new adventure on our Friday date night. We started at the bike shop where I got a new seat, lock and handlebar extension to comfy up my ride. Jacek brought out the magic tools, got everything in place and off we went. We biked about 6-7 miles to our new Whole Foods - they have wine tasting Fridays at 5, plenty of dinner choices and live music. One the way home we stopped at our favorite ice cream shop and enjoyed a cool treat and biked on home. It was the perfect evening and it felt great to move.

Today we got up early and took Tuesday to the dog beach - as usual she had a blast with the other dogs and had a nice swim. One the way home we had a light lunch at a place with dog-friendly outdoor seating then hit a nearby street festival - Tuesday's first. She loved the attention and met a couple new dog pals. It felt good to be out in an urban social environment again.

It's really important to us to be good role models for our future child and that includes a healthy, active lifestyle. We talk all the time about how we can't wait to do this or that with our child and finally realized we don't have to wait - we can be doing those things now. And we still got the house clean this weekend...