Author: marathonmelissa

@r-in-the-real-world tagged me for a selfie. And the in the spirit of R’s and Annie’s selfie, I give you me and Reggie. He’s not feeling so good tonight, and even though he’s my roomies dog he seems to love snuggling me a lot!

Thanks for the tag! I’m tagging @breatherunlive and @becky-balances show me those pretty faces ladies!

So I’m doing a thing

I’ve seen all your success with @clevcrew and after much hesitation and delaying on my part, I FINALLY signed up last week. I started my meal plan on Monday and so far, so good. I’m not hungry. If anything, it almost seems like too much food! It’s very filling with so many more veggies than I’m used to eating at one meal. I’ve eaten some stinky food this week; salmon with Brussel sprouts! Sorry guys! I’m also drinking so much water I feel like I’m going to float away. I know that this will all be worth it!

Breakfast is a struggle for me…as I need to wake up first before I want to eat very much. So, I solved the problem: I eat a little bit at home then take my oatmeal to work and eat it there after about an hour. It works. The one thing I miss? CHOCOLATE!!! My co-worker brought in this tray of candy and put it next to my office so every time I leave my desk I go by it. I’m remaining strong. I will NOT have any of them. I’m not going to cheat myself. I have about 15 pounds I want to lose and I know that with Sabrina’s help I will make it happen!

I also started lifting weights last week. The Firefighter has been on my case for weeks not to “just run” and I’m finally listening to him. He found me a plan and I’ve been following it. I’m hoping that Sab’s plan for me will be more tailored to what I want to accomplish than this one is, but the fact is, I’m FINALLY lifting weights again.

So…dating….

As you’ve guessed I’m still seeing the Firefighter. He made me dinner last week. It was fun. He’s a great cook! But I know he’s seeing other girls and I’m seeing other guys. So that feels a little odd sometimes. But I’m just seeing what’s out there. I’ve also made plans to have dates with a couple of other guys as well. This dating around thing is kinda exhausting!!

This past weekend it was 76 degrees here. It was pretty perfect. I was a fan! Today it is 29 degrees. Tomorrow? The 60’s! This is why I love Nebraska. If you don’t like the weather, wait 20 minutes, it will change.

Fun fact: I’m the voice of the DHHS Nursing Helpline. If you call in with any problems, you will be greeted by my voice and that script. I LOVE that stuff! In fact, I could put that number here…if you guys want to call it and hear what I sound like?!?!?

Brooke @two-o-nine and I were facetimeing last night and somehow got on the topic of S Club 7. Do you remember them? They had this great song “Never had a dream come true” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvTzpJDZfc I LOVED that song!

Have a great week cats!

FUCK DRUNK DRIVING

rosesconemily:

jesssbedazzle:

lspoon:

@esofine​ was in a horrible car accident on Friday bc of drunk driving and it makes me so angry I cannot handle it.

Someone set up a GoFundMe to try and provide some relief for the future, she told me that she’ll initially use some of the fund to hire a dog walker for her beloved Jacks, since she’ll be unable to do so for a while.

https://www.gofundme.com/erinsorensen

Like Miriam said, fuck drunk driving. The GoFundMe page has a link to the article about the accident. Beer cans flew out of the truck as it rolled over and the drunk driver wasn’t injured.

@esofine, I am amazed at your strength. May you enjoy all the burritos instead of hospital fare

Reblogging because who doesn’t love Erin?

Erin is such a great girl. Despite only living 45 miles apart and having crazy amounts of mutual friends I’ve only met her once. Signal boost to help our friend out! Prayers for a swift recovery!

Today is an ephemeral ghost….

A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time it does not “exist.”

In mundane terms, it marks a “leap” in time, when the calendar is adjusted to make up for extra seconds accumulated over the preceding three years due to the rotation of the earth. A day of temporal tune up!

But this day holds another secret—it contains one of those truly rare moments of delightful transience and light uncertainty that only exist on the razor edge of things, along a buzzing plane of quantum probability…

A day of unlocked potential.

Will you or won’t you? Should you or shouldn’t you?

Use this day to do something daring, extraordinary and unlike yourself.

Vera Nazarian

YOU GUYS.

My tumblr secret Valentine came and was it ever worth waiting for!!

@melanietris I already adored you for many reasons, but this is just awesome! Thank you so much!! I LOVE it and you! It fits perfectly!! My life has been full of ups and downs, but you know something? I AM fierce, aren’t I?!

The card she sent me with it made me tear up a little you guys! Knowing that I have friends like that across the country that care so much about me without ever even meeting me? That’s pretty awesome!

Thank you Melanie!! I love the chocolate too!
@yoursecretvalentine thanks for organizing this!