Places Slept 2025

 The year started a bit slower but certainly picked up pace at the end. Theres also always a few handfuls of Des Moines overnights I don't count here just because there are so many it kind of takes over. 

2/13-2/14- Minneapolis, MN

3/12- Minneapolis, MN (Disney)

3/13-20- Lake Buena Vista, FL (Disney)

6/25- Minneapolis, MN 

6/26-6/28- Las Vegas, NV

8/15- Minneapolis, MN (NFG/JEW/Offspring)

8/19- Minneapolis, MN (ThreeOhThree/Bowling for Soup/Simple Plan)

9/27- Chicago, IL (Rise Against/Papa Roach)

10/13- plane over Atlantic to Doha

10/14- Doha, Qatar

10/15-10/16- Kathmandu, Nepal

10/17- Phakding, Nepal

10/18- Namche Bazar, Nepal

10/19- Hotel Everest View, Nepal

10/20- Tengbuche, Nepal

10/21-10/22- Dingboche, Nepal

10/23- Lobuche, Nepal

10/24- Gorakshep, Nepal

10/25-10/26- Kathmandu, Nepal

10/27- Doha, Qatar

Places Slept 2024

2/9-2/10- St Louis Park, MN 

3/6- Bloomington, MN

3/7-3/14- Lake Buena Vista, FL

5/18-5/20- New York City, NY

6/29-6/30- Chicago, IL

8/13- Miami, FL 

8/14-18- Havana, Cuba

9/24- Minneapolis, MN 

10/18- Chicago, IL 

11/14- Grand Island, NE

11/15- Denver, CO 

12/11- Minneapolis, MN 

12/12-12/15- Boston, MA

Places Slept 2023

3/8- Bloomington, MN (Disney)

3/9-16- Lake Buena Vista, FL (Disney)

4/28-4/29- Minneapolis, MN (birthday)

6/22-6/23- St Louis Park, MN (birthday)

7/7- McHenry, IL (Savage)

8/16- Denver, CO

8/17-19- Copper Mountain, CO

8/27- Minneapolis, MN (NFG/AllAmerican)

10/19- Minneapolis, MN (Brett Goldstein)

11/9- Minneapolis, MN (Trevor Noah)

11/10- flying from NYC to Buenos Aires

11/11- Ushuaia, Argentina

11/12-20- boat in Antarctica

11/21- Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

11/22- flying to Miami from Buenos Aires

12/10- St Louis Park (Pete Davidson)

Places Slept 2022

2/15- West Des Moines, IA 

3/2- West Des Moines, IA 

3/3-11- Lake Buena Vista, FL (Disney)

4/29-4/30- St Louis Park, MN (Tim bday)

6/8- Des Moines, IA

6/9- Denver, CO (Wild Animal 5k)

6/1- Hudson, CO (Wild Animal 5k)

7/22- McHenry, IL (Savage)

7/28- West Des Moines, IA (Segura)

8/9- West Des Moines, IA (MGK)

8/20- Des Plaines, IL (McHale)

10/14- flying overnight to Peru

10/15- Lima, Peru

10/16-17 Tambopata, outside Port Minaldo in Amazon

10/18-10/19 Cusco, Peru

10/20- Ollantaytambo, Peru

10/21- Aguas Calientes, Peru (Machu Picchu)

10/22- Cusco, Peru

10/23- Lima, Peru

12/1- West Des Moines, IA

12/8-9- Chicago, IL 

Places Slept 2021

Places Slept 2021. Not counting the happy nights at home with the kitties and somewhat frequent visits to the Des Moines kitties.

3/26- St Louis Park, MN 

6/19- Geneva, IL 

7/23- McHenry, IL 

10/26- plane

10/27-28- Selfoss, Iceland

10/29-30- Myvatn, Iceland

10/31- Siglufjordur, Iceland

11/1-2- Husafell, Iceland

11/3-4- Reykjavik, Iceland

12/16- Lake Buena Vista, FL 

12/17-18- Sebring, FL 

12/19- Lake Buena Vista, FL

Places Slept 2020 (Where nearly all the travel happened before March ended...)

1/24- Cedar Rapids, IA

1/25- Fort Lauderdale, FL

1/26- Outside Fort Lauderdale

1/27- Outside Nassau, Bahamas

1/28- At sea

1/29- Outside Cozumel, Mexico

1/30- Outside Costa Maya, Mexico

1/31- At sea

2/1- Outside Fort Lauderdale, FL

2/14-2/15- St Louis Park, MN

3/11- Bloomington, MN

3/12-19 -  Lake Buena Vista, FL

8/7- North Platte, NE 

8/8-12- Copper Mountain, CO

2019 Places Slept.

2019 and the Adventurous (or not so much) Places I Slept.
      -Discounting Cedar Falls home, and the 19 evenings in Des Moines.

2/5-2/6- New York City, NY
3/13- Bloomington, MN
3/14-21-Lake Buena Vista, FL
5/24-5/25- St Louis Park, MN
7/11- Fort Morgan, CO
7/12- Colorado Springs, CO
7/13- North Platte, NE
7/26- Antioch, IL
10/5- Peoria, IL
10/19-10/22 Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
10/23-10/24 Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia
10/25- Sinur, Bali, Indonesia
11/1- St Louis, MO
11/15-11/16- Chicago, IL

Places Slept 2018

It's been a year. Not too much travel this year. Here's hoping 2019 brings a longer list.

2/17- Denver, CO
2/18- Edwards, CO
2/19- Kearney, NE
3/7- Bloomington, MN
3/8-3/14- Lake Buena Vista, FL
3/19-3/20- Lone Tree, CO
5/12-Leawood, KS
5/18- Rockford, IL
7/6-7/7- Kansas City, KS
7/28- McHenry, MN
8/8-8/10- New York City, NY
8/11- South Londonderry, VT
8/12-8/15- Boston, MA
8/16- Avon, OH
12/6-8- Chicago, IL

Places Slept 2017.

Live: Cedar Falls, IA
Might as well live in, with 32 overnights: West Des Moines, IA

2/10-2/11- Chicago, IL
3/9- Bloomington, MN
3/10-3/17- Lake Buena Vista, FL
5/6- St Louis Park, MN
5/26-28- Denver, CO
6/16-6/17 Chicago, IL
7/13-7/14- St Louis Park, MN
7/28-McHenry, IL
7/29-Alsip, IL
9/29-9/30- St Louis Park, MN
10/27-10/30-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
10/31-11/1-Phnom Penh, Cambodia
11/2-11/4-Siem Reap, Cambodia
11/5-11/6-Bangkok, Thailand
11/7-Rafthouse Kanchanaburi, Thailand
11/8-Kanchanaburi, Thailand
11/9-Ayutthaya, Thailand
11/10-Overnight train to Chiang Mai
11/11-Chiang Mai, Thailand
11/12-11/14-Phuket, Thailand
12/15-16-Chicago, IL

Places Slept 2016

Not counting the random countless nights in West Des Moines.

Living in: Cedar Falls, IA
3/10: Bloomington, MN (spring break)
3/11-3/18: Lake Buena Vista, FL (spring break)
4/14-4/17: New York City, NY (spartan)
4/29: Topeka, KS (battlefrog/warrior dash)
5/20: Hudson, WI (battlefrog)
6/24: Red Wing, MN (spartan)
7/15: West Des Moines, IA (CTG)
7/21: West Des Moines, IA (Andrew McMahon)
7/29: Spring Grove, IL (Savage)
8/6: Denver, CO
8/7-10: Copper Mountain, CO
8/20: Edina, MN (Ninjas United)
8/31: Joliet, IL (Rugged Maniac)
9/3: Chicago, IL (concert)
9/16: Oregonia, OH (MGG)
10/13-10/15: Blue Mountains, ON, CA (OCRWC)
10/16-10/17: Toronto, ON, CA (OCRWC)
11/10-11/13: NYC, New York

Places Slept 2015

It's been a long time since I posted here. Not once in the year 2015. Not even the Places Slept in 2014. I feel like it's just past its prime. Sorry blogger. But yet some part of me is nostalgic. So I'll at least post my Places Slept in 2015.

Cedar Falls, IA

12/30-1/2: West Des Moines, IA

1/14: West Des Moines, IA

1/31: New Brighton, MN

2/13- West Des Moines, IA

2/14- Minneapolis, MN

3/12- Bloomington, MN

3/13-3/20- Lake Buena Vista

4/25-4/26- Creve Coeur, MO

5/7- West Des Moines, IA

5/8- Burnett, TX 

5/9- Austin, TX 

5/10- West Des Moines, IA

5/24- Minneapolis, MN 

5/28- Champaigne, IL 

5/29- Zanesville, OH 

5/30- Hammond, IN 

6/11- Kearney, NE 

6/12- Breckinridge, CO 

6/13- Oogalala, NE 

6/26- Red Wing, MN 

7/7- West Des Moines, IA

7/8-7/11- New York City, NY

7/12- West Des Moines, IA

8/14- Peru, IL 

8/15- Chicago, IL

8/23-24- West Des Moines, IA 

8/28-29- West Des Moines, IA 

9/26- West Des Moines, IA

9/29-30- West Des Moines, IA 

10/2-West Des Moines, IA

10/10- Minneapolis, MN 

10/26- West Des Moines, IA

10/30-10/31-  West Des Moines, IA

11/5- West Des Moines, IA

11/6-11/8- Boston, MA 

11/9-11/12- Las Vegas, NV

11/13-  West Des Moines, IA

11/27-  West Des Moines, IA

12/23-  West Des Moines, IA

12/31-  West Des Moines, IA

Escape from Winter 2014: Disney Happiness Style.

Valentines Day Partner Yoga at Balance!!!

500RYT Yoga Teacher Training!

Handstand.

I DID IT!!! AND HELD IT SUSPENDED!! NO WALL. It just hit that weightless moment. I've never even had that moment assisted. Freaking awesome.

It took me a solid 20 kicks up to even graze the wall. I threw in a few shoulder stands so I could let me body feel where the wall was, popped into those no problem. Finally got against the wall for a split second. Next kick up, perfect balance for at least 3 seconds. 

I'd say 2/3 of the rest of my attempts got against the wall. Only one more suspended, but that was coming off the wall first. And then I stopped while I was ahead. Already had done an hour of bis and tris. While it's not super dead shoulders, still no need to break myself while I'm that pumped. 

Total fluke I'm sure. But a fluke that makes me want to practice every day. I'm pretty sure I fell after three seconds just out of sheer shock. I kept waiting for my feet to hit the wall and by the time I realized I was totally stopped and not touching anything, my focus was already out the door.

But after this long. I still did it. 

Places Slept 2013

Kind of a slow year. Not that that's a bad thing. Just different than normal.

Cedar Falls, IA
2/8-2/9-West Des Moines, IA
3/14-Bedford Park, IL
3/15-3/22- Buena Vista, FL
5/18-Chesterfield, MO
5/24-5/25-Edina, MN
6/15-West Des Moines, IA
7/2-Ogallala, NE
7/3- 7/6 Copper Mountain, CO
7/7- North Platte, NE
8/2-8/16- West Des Moines, IA
9/13- St. Louis, MO
10/5-10/6- Bloomington, MN
10/25-West Des Moines, IA
10/26-Mount Washington, MA
10/27-10/28 Montreal, Canada
10/29- NYC, NY
11/15-West Des Moines, IA
12/20-West Des Moines, IA

Yoga Workshops: Taught by Me!!

It's been a crazy couple months of yoga teaching. I thought I had a teaching opportunity that eventually turned shady, but the stress relief and pure contentness I felt just in thinking I could leave the studio I was at, was too much to ignore. So I left. And the owner of the studio turned that into a sour experience even. I went into a lack of yoga phase, teaching nights only twice a week, to a clientele that didn't seem to want to be there. But that group is picking up, I'm adding morning classes at the same gym not hot, I'm starting at a brand spanking new gorgeous studio for a few classes a week, even though she'd love for me to pick up even more, AND starting Saturday classes at NLXF (first class was last weekend and it went awesome!)

But that's not even the point of the post!

This fall, my yoga partner in crime and I hosted our first ever foam rolling workshop. It was one of those things, getting it promoted and getting people to sign up was like pulling teeth (with the opposite of help from the studio owner). And the morning of was a nervous nightmare, but we ended up with about 7 attendees and they loved it.

I was a total wreck and I thought I would forget all the points that i wanted to say and that people would be skeptical and disinterested, but at the very beginning a woman piped up about how foam rolling changed her life. And from there on it was smooth sailing. First third was talking about the history and benefits and anatomical points, and then the foam rolling began, working through the body. There was moaning and groaning and giggles. Perfect. 

And then we did it again at his home studio just recently. Set up was a disaster as we had some drama with another instructor (who happened to be in our teacher training group, *gag*) and then the current training class was hogging our space until right before. So much for getting the heat down. 

BUT. Bigger turn out. Even more chatter. And people stuck around after to keep going, ask questions, and just shower the compliments. So I really can't complain, can i? And we've been asked back to teach the same at their second location. Soooo. I think it went well. 

DPP 13: Mmmmm mango!

DPP 12: KABOOM!!

Apparently -6 degrees was a little too cold for the 7up to handle…KA-BOOM

DPP 11: But I don't shed mommy!

Stronger than Earth’s gravitational pull, black cat to white towel….