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ashleyd / February 11, 2014

The Cutest Instagram Account

This post is going to be a random one so sit back, relax and enjoy!

Puppies

First of all, if you are on Instagram I highly recommend following Daily Puppy. Your days will be filled with so much joy as it is not possible to be sad when you look at pictures like this.

So now that your life is filled with warm fuzzies and fluffy puppies, feel free to try what may be my new favorite treadmill workout which Gia prescribed for today’s workout. The speed distance was long enough to make me work but short enough that I felt I could really push myself. I hope it becomes a regular workout on my training plan because I would love to strive for faster repeats each week.

1 K Repeats

10 minute warm-up

1000m at 10k pace, repeat 5 times with a 3 minute jog recovery in between each interval

10 minute cool down

7 months

This week I’m hosting an old friend from Savannah who has never been to Europe. Spending an hour over cheese fondue listening to his adventures made me so happy. I am so glad that he made the decision to backpack across Europe, just going where his heart desires. He provided me with some city inspiration for our upcoming trips to Vienna, Prague and Munich while I loved giving him some suggestions for the rest of his trip. Tonight also made me realize just how much Geneve has become home. It was so nice to know exactly where I wanted to take him tonight for a local, Swiss dinner experience while also being able to order dinner in French and confidently navigate our way home.

Birthdays Make Me Homesick

On the other hand, today was one of those days when I really wish I was home in New York. Some days I miss my family and friends in Georgia and other days I miss my second family, our amazing group of friends in New York City. I’ve found that during the 7 months I am homesick most often on someone’s birthday. In proper fashion, I missed my girl Theodora today in a huge way. Still to this day, more than 4 years later, she remains Theodora Blogger in my phone. The past three years, Theodora and I have celebrated our birthdays together. Some years there have been epic trips or parties while other years it was as simple as a morning workout together followed by dinner. When I texted her this morning, wishing her a happy birthday, there was no doubt in my mind what she was doing. I knew she was at Uplift enjoying a morning sweat fest and getting endorphin drunk before work. While I am so thankful for this incredible opportunity we have to live in Europe, there are days like today that just make me plain old fashion home sick. So, since I can’t be there in person, here’s a HUGE happy 31st birthday to my girl Theodora. Spending the day away from you just doesn’t seem right.

Over the years we’ve had some pretty incredible memories together whether perfecting our jumping skills, drinking champagne, posing with Dunkin Donuts like fools during Reach the Beach, sharing a chocolate filled romantic helicopter ride together, making snow angels in Vermont, or sporting our best tacky holiday attire I know I’m blessed to have this girl on my even though now our conversations contain more emoticons than spoken words.

I highly recommend taking time today to go through Facebook and look at some old pictures. I spent 30 minutes tonight laughing at the memories I found.

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ashleyd / February 5, 2014

Debate: My Company Doesn’t Pay for Hotel Gyms

Greetings from Rome!!

If you follow me on social media you may have seen pictures of the sights I visited last night with a gracious co-worker.

She not only guided us to the Trevi Fountain but also a delicious dinner spot which will receive a dedicated post because it was amazing and a local spot! Win, win in my book.

Today during lunch with some colleagues and media partners we started talking about travel routines. I mentioned that I do my best to keep a similar workout routine when traveling which sometimes includes running outside in new cities, hotel gyms or if a else fails, hotel room workouts.

Two women stated that they didn’t want to workout at the hotel gym as it’s 25 euros and their company won’t cover the cost. As our hotel isn’t situated in a well lit or pedestrian friendly area running or walking outside is also difficult. I couldn’t help but challenge their company’s policy to not cover gym costs during travel.

Now, I know that I am blessed to work for an incredible company which often puts the employees first. But, when merely looking at the economics of this policy I believe that we as people who do not want to sacrifice health during business travel have a strong debate or point to make. Why can’t we choose how to spend our travel budget allocation?

When entertaining clients or at a company dinner, would your company pay for you to have a few cocktails or appetizer with dinner? Would your company pay for internet in order for you to do work in your hotel room? Would they pay the baggage few to check a bag?

If the answers to any of the above are yes, then shouldn’t they be willing to pay for you to use a hotel gym if they choose a hotel or conference facility which charges? Aren’t you more focused during the day if you feel good? Aren’t you more energized after a workout?

I’m not trying to be controversial here or make people question their company. I’m just opening the floor up for debate and input because I’m genuinely curious.

I’d love your input or thoughts based on your experience with your company or others!