Music, Books, Miles and Looks of April

Wow.  April. What an incredible month.  I celebrated my one-year anniversary in Charlotte (OK, celebrate is not the right word.  I breathed a sigh of relief that I had survived), I interviewed for two different opportunities, was offered and accepted a job that I am very excited about, resigned from a company where I have worked for ~10 years, found an apartment, and started to coordinate my cross-country move.  Phew - I fit a lot in April but it was definitely the BEST month I have had in well over a year!  Hooray!

And?  I leave for Asheville today for a 4 day weekend there!  I'm so excited to do some hiking and check out the garden/grounds of the Biltmore!

Music:

 
















This is How We Roll by Florida Georgia Line - OK, I am not a big country person, but I really like this song.  One of the spin instructors that I really like will occasionally play it during class and it's a fun song to bike to.



Over You by Ingrid Michaleson featuring A Great Big World - Oh how I adore Ingrid Michaelson.  I've got to find a way to see her live this year.  This song is hauntingly beautiful.  It's about a person telling them self they are over someone when it's obvious that is far from the truth.

Books:

It was a quieter reading month for me mostly because there were times when I had no ability to focus on reading due to stress about interviews/the offer process/resigning.  So in total I read 6 books, which is less than I thought I'd read given I didn't work the last part of the month.  My favorites were The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and The Almond Tree.

The Department of Lost and Found by Allison Winn Scotch - 3 stars
The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti - 4 stars
The Gods of Heavenly Punishment by Jennifer Cody Epstein - 5 stars
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen - 3 stars
The Baker's Daughter by Sarah McCoy - 3 stars
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 3 stars

Miles:

April was a great month for me in terms of workouts.  I ran 55 miles, which is less than the 60 miles I ran in March but I am OK with this as I did a lot of other workouts.  I am more proud of the fact that I worked out 32 times.  Granted, not working for part of the month made it easy to achieve my 30 workouts in 30 days goal but even before I resigned I was on track to make this goal!  Plus some of those workouts almost should count for 2 workouts - like when I hiked for 3.5 hours straight!  I am really loving the variety of my workouts these days and I especially enjoy the strength training classes I've been taking.  Instead of tracking my weight this month, I measured myself and was happy to see I lost an inch in my waist and half an inch in my things and hips.


Looks:

April was a better outfit month for me.  The temps warmed up so I got to pull out some springy looks!

Up first - this is a very basic, simple outfit (which is totally my style) but I like the clean look of this outfit.  And yea!  I can wear cropped pants again which are my favorite pants to wear!

Next up is a new outfit that I purchased when I had a 50% off 5 items coupon from Banana Republic.  What can I say, I heart stripes!

OK, I hate business suits, but this look has to make the list for the month because this was my interview outfit that I wore for my first set of interviews - which resulted in a job offer so this is my lucky suit!

Lastly, not a full outfit, but a photo of a fun pair of shoes I bought this month.  I LOVE red shoes.  I tend to be a really plain dresser, so I like bright shoes as they are a fun way to add some color to my looks.