Semester end.

School has made it impossible to keep up on my blogging. I'm going to try to keep it together around here.

Right now, the thing that is making me feel the most beautiful is exercise. It's incredibly hard to come by these days. I teach and go to school full time and this is the time of the semester where I realize I haven't seen the gym in about a month and have been cooped up in my school or home office for far too long.

Walks around the lake with the dogs are making up (some) for my missed gym time... And that lake is pretty gorgeous, right?



Of course, if you're going to go do outdoor activities it's absolutely imperative that you wear sunscreen. Our culture places an unnatural amount of pressure on you to look young and sun damage will only age you. More importantly, skin cancer is a real pain in the ass. So when you get out there slather some sunscreen on. Please.
This is my favorite sunscreen for my face. I'm a total Clinique junkie because I have sensitive skin. This sunscreen is magic, though. Not only is it busy protecting your skin from harmful UV rays, but it has these really subtle light diffusers that give you an amazing glow. I kid you not, I've had some really crappy, tired skin days and people have complemented my on how healthy I look. I attribute it all to this stuff.

My advice for myself and my stressed out comrades is that you slick some of this stuff on and get out there. Nothing says beauty like a clean face, exercise and getting back in touch with nature.