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Well this photo is terrible.

Whatever. My @theholidayhustle holiday hustle 5k is done! Great weather, 50°, breezy and perfect. 3.1 miles in 33:25. Not too shabby.

Tonight I’m going to Omaha for a Christmas show with my bff and I’m really not excited about it. I just want to go to bed early. But that won’t be happening.
I really don’t like making plans on Sunday nights! #oldladystatus.

Maybe I’ll take a nap now!

Friday at 1am vs. Friday at 6:30am.
The struggle is very real this morning.

I got home from babysitting at 1am this morning, after I had to stop and get gas. I snapped that selfie because the gas station lights were kind of perfect. See also: my coat-hat-hair combo made me happy. I felt adorable.

I finally fell asleep around 1:45 and my alarm jolted me awake at 6:15. I decided my second day hair was fine and stumbled in to work early.

My co-worker said when he walked in 20 minutes later (I was the first person there) that I was “a sad single person if I really had nothing better to do than to come into work early on a Friday.”

Um, OUCH dude! I explained why and he said he was kidding, but still…that kinda stung a little! Way to hit me where it hurts!

Happy Friday friends! There’s only one more week till Christmas!! Eeeee!

@snapthistiger tagged me to post 6 Selfies from 2015. I went back into the archives to find some that you might not have seen…and some that you have! 

  1. This is from today. I dig my hot pink shirt and black mini skirt. Evidently, so did some dude driving by my house today while I was getting the mail–he felt the need to honk at me!
  2. The black lace dress that made me feel INCREDIBLY sexy. I didn’t buy it, but holy crap, that thing fit like a glove and I felt like a million bucks!
  3. From the wedding in New York–That’s me and Theresa aka T-Money. She’s a 4′11″ ball of fire. AND a New York State Trooper. I LOVE her and we still keep in touch.
  4. One of my besties and I this summer. Candace has been my bff since I was 8.
  5. Do you notice something in the background of that shot? See my friend Rob peeking out from the shower curtain in my old office at my old job? I miss hanging out with him.
  6. I took that one this summer one evening while waiting for my ex-boy-friend to get home from work. Summer, come back to me!

I’m tagging @two-o-nine @amanda-healthyhappywhole and @runningmyownrace to post some selfies from this year. I want to see your pretty faces ladies!

Currently.

I couldn’t sleep last night until well after midnight. The struggle. It’s real.

The man at the coffee shop said I needed a dirty chai (with a shot of espresso) in it. I still taste the coffee. I don’t like coffee so ugh. But I’m so in need of the caffeine that I’m drinking it anyway.

It’s Friday eve friends. We’re so close!

Wednesday afternoon Energy drink date. (What? It’s a thing! Or not. Whatever)

-Have you tried the It Works! Energy drinks? They are delightful. They taste like pear. Very long story short, when I went to New York in August for that wedding with my ex-boy-friend I met a friend of his who is very high up in the It Works! Company. We tried those energy drinks and I LOVED them. Delicious.

-I went to help with a video announcement for my church last night. I was supposed to be the videographer, that’s why I ran before I went there. Of course, they asked me to help be the talent so I put my stocking cap on and made it work. It’s supposed to be Christmasy anyway, so we’ll go with it!

-Perks of working for State Government: When the President gives federal employees another holiday off, we get it too! The Prez signed an order giving us a half day of holiday pay on Christmas Eve so I’m done at 11:30am (since I come in at 7:30!). As I have no vacation time I am super excited about this! See also: I’m excited about having MLK Day, President’s Day, Arbor Day, Columbus Day, and Veteran’s Day off next year!! #blessed

-A friend texted me last week out of the blue asking me to babysit his kids tomorrow night while he and his wife go see “Star Wars” for his birthday. At 9:30pm. On a weeknight. I agreed because I’m too nice, but I’m currently regretting saying yes because WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?! That’s so late! I go to bed at 9 during the week. I love sleep. Sleep is my favorite. Past Melissa is dumb for saying yes.

-Did I mention that I LOVE my new job? I get to do new things each day, but they are the same kinds of things. Kind of like when I was at the TV Station. I get to write again. I’m meeting tons of new people…including a cute boy or two! 😉 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE my co-workers. My boss is awesome and I get to flex my time. If I only take 30 minutes for lunch then I can leave 30 minutes early. I’m a fan!

-I have a bit of Christmas shopping left to do. I buy presents for my mom from dad and I need to finish that up. I also need to get a few other things but then I’m done! I’m hoping to get that finished tonight or tomorrow.

Guys. It’s almost Friday Eve. We’re so close! Have a good one!