25 | August | 2015 | Daily Moves and Grooves

Time passes these days like:

I was never even a Harry Potter fan (sorry), but somehow this gif makes me feel like I should be emotional.

Speaking of emotions, I have a whole cocktail of those happening inside me right now.

Disappointment that summer is over
Contentment with how much I’ve learned this summer
Excitement for going back to my beloved Boston
Nervousness for how things will unfold this school year
Sadness that I’ll have to say goodbye to my family (…and the kitchen)
Gratitude for everything

I made a summer bucket list back in May, and it is now time ~~for tasting and judgement~~ to see how well I did! Before I take a look, I’m going to say that I think I got at least 50% of the items done. Fingers crossed.

1) Go ~~to the beach~~ (with Colby hopefully!)

not with Colby unfortunately, but with friends at BU!

2) Get ~~a decent spot at a Tori Kelly concert~~

almost got stuck behind a 6’5″ dude, but Tori was incredible

3) ~~Go on an easy hike with friends~~

I’m counting the one in Portland…with family

4) ~~Watch a movie in the theater~~

5) Watch The Parent Trap ➔ {sadly, I never found the opportunity to find and watch this classic}

6) ~~Meet up with Arman in New York City~~

wish I had time to meet up with him again!

7) ~~Improve my handstand and other yoga arm balances~~

still working on it! trying to get proper alignment first and foremost

8) ~~Come up with at least three new recipes~~ ➔ {got at least four!…even though I almost never measured the recipe exactly}

energy balls

mango banana chia seed pudding

best roasted sweet potatoes ever

strawberries ‘n’ cream smoothie

9) ~~Get my full splits back (semi-comfortably)~~ ➔ {you’ll just have to believe me on this one}

10) Re-read The Story of a Soul ➔ {nope…but I did start Unbroken!}

11) ~~Eat a Dairy Queen Blizzard~~

12) Learn most of the muscles in the body (there is a diagram on the wall at my PT internship, and I’ve been studying it every day when I have free time) ➔ {wrote them down but didn’t LEARN them}

13) Go to a farmers’ market ➔ {I feel like I did, but I don’t think I actually did…}

14) ~~Find an occasion to which I could wear a maxi dress, and wear a maxi dress for said occasion~~ ➔ {wore a maxi skirt to the wedding rehearsal dinner in Seattle, which is good enough}

15) ~~Watch the sunrise~~ ➔ {I’m counting my watching the sunrise while driving to Toronto}

16) ~~Hold an L-sit for 10-15 seconds~~ ➔ {I think I may have underestimated myself, because I think accomplished this the day after I posted my bucket list}

17) ~~Do another vlog with Daliza~~

Questions Nobody Asks

18) Have a picnic with a friend ➔ {I wish!}

19) ~~Gain weight (for real)~~ ➔ {update on that whole shebang coming soon}

20) ~~FaceTime with bloggers~~ ➔ {FaceTimed Julia from Lord Still Loves Me!}

I completed 15/20!! I’ll take 75%.

I can’t forget about the food bucket list either! I completed…six. I made peach blueberry cobbler a la mode, chili, peanut butter cookies and fish cakes, and I ate Bareburger (twice) and a meatball sub at Festa Italiana. But I also cooked up a lot of new things this summer that were not on the list, so I’m happy!

Liv’s sweet potato lentil chili!

I also accomplished a lot this summer that I did not originally set out to accomplish!

chopped off my hair
used the slow cooker for the first (and second, third…seventh) time ever
bought lemonade and cookies from a stand
completed the Barefoot Mile
finished at least three huge jars of peanut butter… 🙂
wrote letters to several friends
held a one arm handstand
ate my first Shake Shack burger
ate at Blue Star Donuts in Seattle + at a food truck “pod” in Portland (and went to those cities for the first time ever!)
attended a wedding
learned how to throw knives
bouldered for the first time
ate at Chick-Fil-A for the first time
tried toasted ravioli in St. Louis
witnessed my baby cousin’s Baptism
had jury duty
completed over 250 hours of physical therapy interning
LOTS of blogging!