Weekend Recap!

Happy summer! I'm sooo happy these days because my golf tournament for work is OVER! Out of the events I have to plan the tournament is by far the most fussy. There are so many moving parts and the stress of potential bad weather probably left me with a few gray hairs. I didn't take many photos at the tournament but here's a few fun ones:

Congratulatory flowers! :)

This weekend was great because I had lots of time to relax and recover from a crazy few weeks. Friday was spent hanging out with some friends and then hitting the hay early. On Saturday Tom and I went out to Ipswich to go strawberry picking!! For such a fruit lover I can't believe I've never gone berry picking before. It was so fun!! We went to Marini Farm in Ipswich and came back with tons of beautiful, red berries.

We also left with a few dozen farm fresh eggs and a big watermelon!

Since we were near the coast we couldn't help but look for some good seafood to eat. After a little yelping we discovered the Clam Box was just a short drive away. I ordered the clam strips and Tom got a lobster roll:

We spent the rest of the day lounging around until it was dinner time! I am very intimidated by Boston's Chinatown, and although I love all types of Asian food I tend to avoid it. Well, enough was enough and I decided Tom and I were going into Chinatown for dinner! We ended up at Taiwan Cafe and ordered a bunch of dishes to split:

After dinner it was off to bed early for me because I had a race in the morning.

Yep, you heard right! I ran my first race of 2013 and first race in just under a year on Sunday morning....in the 90 degree heat. For such a small race it was really well run. The course had a couple of rolling hills but went through a cute neighborhood. Number pickup was a breeze and the after party was awesome! There were 3 beer vendors and a cider vendor giving out unlimited drinks -- so crazy!!

I'm happy to say I once again got that giddy feeling you can only get when a race starts. There's just this sense of community and excitement and non-judgement that I've only found at these fun runs. I love it! This race definitely gave me the motivation to hit my goal of 5 races for the year. I think I can do it!!

At the start!

After the race I spent a few hours cooling off and eating those eggs and fruit we got at the farm!

Yum.

After relaxing for a few hours we headed to the garden to do some watering. I am SO excited to say that we had our first vegetables!!! 3 little green beans!! Go us.

We also planted a few more bean plants so I expect lots of those this summer.

I'm feeling motivated from the race yesterday to get back on a health kick. I went food shopping last night and did lots of prep. I am forcing a few salads into my lunches this week! Starting with this one...

Paired with some AMAZING strawberries. Thank you Marini Farm!