Music, Books, Miles and Looks of May

Wow, it's June.  May was a blur, but a good month for me as it included moving home, starting a new job, and moving into my apartment.  My first week at work went well - more on that later this week!

Music:



Alive by Krewella - My favorite spin instructor would play this song towards the end of class.  It has a good beat and I'd always get a second wind when she played it.  It's probably teeny bopper pop music but I don't care.  I really like it.



Sing by Ed Sheeran - I adore Ed Sheeran.  His new song has a different feel than the music on his last album but I really like it!

Books:

You know how I said I didn't read as much as I thought I would last month?  I guess I made up for that this month because I read A LOT.  I read 9 books (one was an audio book we listened to on the drive but I am counting it).  It's tough to pick a favorite because I read so many excellent books.  And There wasn't anything I didn't really like!

From Here to Paris by Cris Hammond -  5 stars
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian - 3 stars
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen - 4 stars
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - 5 stars
The Beach House by Georgia Bockoven - 3 stars
Return to the Beach House by Georgia Bockoven - 3 stars
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer - 4 stars
Paris by Edward Rutherfurd - 4 stars
Vintage by Susan Gloss - 4 stars

Miles:

May was a strong month for me in terms of workouts.  It helped that I did not work for most of the month.  Moving, settling in and starting a new job definitely threw a wrench in my workout schedule, but I managed to run 57 miles, hike 29, and I did 31 workouts in 31 days (although the last 2 days I counted 'moving tasks' as workouts which might be cheating but I also counted things like hiking 8.4 miles over 5.5 hours as one workout so I think it all balances out).  I'd like my running mileage to be higher but I don't think that will happen until July as I am doing a 4-week Summer Shred that starts today which will be more focused on strength training.  I'm excited to try this Shred, though, especially since Amber is doing it as well!


Looks:

Oh boy.  This was not a month for new looks.  I pretty much lived in work out clothes.  The only outfit I took a picture of is the outfit I wore on my 2nd day of work which is really not very interesting but is a typical "Lisa look" - i.e. Banana Republic, simple colors.