Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
The Powerful Effect of PEOPLE in Your Everyday Life
Sometimes you just need to force yourself to be with other people. When we are feeling down or unmotivated, it's easy to exist in our own little worlds. You shut people out, you neglect activities, or out of fear or discomfort, never form new friendships or...
18 Weeks: Pregnancy Update
*Graphic from here. First of all, if you read my blog and don't care about pregnancy related stuff, sorry! I am not going to do these weekly like some people but figured I would do them from time to time. Today, I am 18 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good. I'm...
Charleston: A Weekend Away
If you've read my blog for awhile, you will notice I end up in Charleston, South Carolina every so often. I actually lived in Charleston for a short time after college and so, it has a special place in my heart! Luckily, one of my best friends still lives there so I...
Gender Reveal: It’s A…!
The Big Announcement Pregnancy Things I Wasn't Expecting We didn't do anything super-exciting for this gender reveal but I guess I gotta tell ya --right?! Okay -- I will spare you having to read to the bottom: It's a Boy! How We Found Out So two Saturday mornings ago,...
Am I the Only Wimp in Yoga?
So...yoga and barre are actually really hard if you do them right. You would think a girl who ran a bunch of marathons and loves crazy, intense heavy CrossFit workouts could handle a few 3-lb weights and some extra long downward dogs. But I'm a wimp. I swear I am the...
Barre Hopping in DC
Now that I've been using ClassPass, I've been skipping all over town trying out different studios. The thing with CP is, you can only go to the same studio three times in one month so you are forced to go to new places. There are a lot of barre classes available and...