Spontaneous Moment #5: Warrior Dash

Warrior Dash. It's a 5k with obstacles scattered throughout the course and man is it a blast. Some of the obstacle include crawling through a tunnel, climbing up bails of hay, twisting your body through spider web ropes, throw your body over logs while in chest deep water, leaping over fire and crawling through mud. On top of that, some people chose to wear silly costumes. I was one of them.

Pre-race

Post-race

80s workout WARRIOR!

Spontaneous Moment #4: A Little Bit of Summer

 I had leftover watermelon and wanted to try something new. So I threw together this little concoction. It's mixed with goat cheese, oil oil, balsamic vinegar, pepper, and spinach. If I could change anything, I would have put arugula on top, but I just used whatever was in the apartment. IT.WAS.DELICIOUS!

Spontaneous Moment #3: Last Minute Meal

Left: Tomato, Corn and Avocado salad
Right: Peanut sesame noodles with chicken

Spontaneous Moment #2: A Frozen Treat

DC can have a bitter winter, but with that comes a brutal summer. To refresh myself after a hot day outside (and probably losing a pound of sweat), I figured it was time to make a cold one for the tastebuds.

I figured why not make them healthy. I bought some fat free yogurt, stuck them in the freezer and voila! Deliciousness accomplished!

Spontaneous Moment #1: Italian with a Kick of Texas

After a long day at work, all I wanted to do was throw on my sweatpants, turn on The Bachelorette and pull a tasty meal out of my frig. But when I opened that door, the only thing I found was a hodgepodge of empty ingredients. So I did what I do best, go with the flow.

After finding some pasta in my pantry, I spruced it up and decided to create a dish where Texan meets Italian.

Meet my concoction: Ruffles pasta with olive oil, garlic salt and cracked pepper....cilantro, bacon, and cumin.

The Girl Who Lives Life

Live life to it's fullest. That's the motto I try to follow most. Living my life as a journalist on a day to day basis is fun (especially the people and situations I tend to encounter), but my world outside of the journalism industry is just as thrilling and self fulfilling that why not share it with everyone else.

As a journalist, I've met a handful of successful people (such as Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Denise Austin, General McCaffrey, Howard Dean, Admiral Thad Allen, and the list goes on), worked with some of the most dedicated correspondents I know, and witnessed history (including the signing of the health care bill). Sometimes at work I have to step back and realize I have the coolest job at work.

Though I work hard, I play hard too. You'll never find me spending my weekend on the couch watching TV. I'm out camping, on a boat, trying new foods, making up new recipes, attending the impossible and coming close to succeeding.



In the words of Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption, "Get busy living, or get busy dying." So welcome to Journalist by Day, Spontaneous by Night and enjoy seeing what I'll try next.