Overheard in the Channel 8 Newsroom

Crazy Man On The Phone: “Is {redacted} there? I talked to her before about a UFO I saw. I saw another. It looks like a triangle. Will you have her call me?”

Me: “Sure.” (gets name and number and hangs up phone).
       "Yeah, right, crazy dude. I’ll have her call you right back about that UFO!“

Boss: (overhears from office and perks up): "What? I’ll talk to him! Does he have pictures?”

Me: “No. He wants to talk to {redacted}." 

Boss: "Oh. Bummer.”

I can’t make this stuff up. 

Friday morning Chai Tea Latte Date! Alternately titled: I’m feeling good about my body today!

  • I went to the gym again last night! 2 days in a row! I didn’t need to lift, just run 3 miles. And even though I can run those miles at my house on my treadmill, my friend said we HAD to go to the gym to do it. So I went. It was good. My treadmill at home has fans built into it–when I get a new one some day when this one dies, that is a MUST HAVE. The gym treadmill does not have fans. I was a hot, sweaty, dripping mess. Felt good.
  • At the gym last night in my line of sight CONSTANTLY was the guy who said “She’s very tall.” Ugh. Seriously?! Thanks for that.
  • That first picture I’m strategically holding the mug to hide a zit on my chin. Like that? Me too!
  • I’ve felt kind of gross and squishy the past few weeks. Today? I’m feelin’ fabulous! It’s amazing what consecutive days of exercise and eating well will do for you! 🙂
  • I don’t think I told you guys, but my 2 best friends bought me a Nook Glowlight for Christmas. This was not something I wanted. I love reading “real” books. The smell, the feel, the act of turning a page? Love it all! So I struggled with wanting to keep it/use it. After much discussion, I opened it last night and will start using it this weekend. Ex Man Friend and I discussed it a lot. He suggested I keep it-ease of use, its light, I can take it anywhere in my purse, etc. Also, my besties would get mad if I returned it! 
  • I will do another post on how much I love my Chromebook. It is awesome. I don’t really want it for much besides the internet and writing so it appears to be the perfect thing for me.
  • Also, the Women’s Fitness Room at the Gym is GREAT! It has all the weight machines the the gym has-just inside a room for women only. I LOVE IT! 
  • I work at Corky tonight and Sunday. Hoping for some decent tips!

Happy Friday friends!

Yesterday, I did a thing.

I went to the gym! 4 Months ago I signed up for the gym that lets on-air people from our station go for free. My friend is a personal trainer and she talked her boss into letting me go there for free as well. Until yesterday, I had never been back since I had signed up.

My friend and I went and ran a mile and then lifted in the Women’s only fitness room. Full Disclosure: the gym is full of hard bodies and very intimidating to me. The Women’s Only room was a huge plus! I felt so much more comfortable there.

Today, I’m sore. Everywhere. I did a 7 minute workout Monday and was sore from that…and now this is making it worse. But it’s kind of awesome! Running doesn’t make me sore–hasn’t for years. So this is a nice change. 

In other news, I opened my Chromebook last night. Review so far: I LOVE it! It’s kind of small, but packs a big punch. (TWSS!) I do wish the screen was a bit bigger: its 11.5 inches. But for $214, it was a good deal! 

Hope you all have a great day friends! 🙂

My day in some pictures:

Top left: My Chromebook came! My Chromebook came! I’m going to unpack that bad boy tonight. Hurray! Can’t wait.

Top Right: My vacation time has been approved for The Manitoba Marathon in June! I get to go see Brooke!!! I’m so freakin’ excited! My first international race!

Bottom Left: I made a lot of Banana Nut Bread in the past few days! I made this picture on Saturday and then I made 4 more loaves last night! I had bananas that were ready. This is the best banana nut bread I’ve ever had! Seriously. Funny thing? It’s Ex Man Friend’s Mom’s recipe. He gave it to me the other day after I tried it on New Year’s Eve. So very good. He told me not to tell his mom that he gave away the Family Legacy! 🙂

Bottom Right: I brought a loaf to work today. It has nearly been demolished. I love feeding my (work) family.

Happy Hump day friends! Mine is pretty great so far! Despite the fact that its been snowing since sometime overnight! 

Tuesday morning coffee date!

  • I got up and ran this morning! Victory! 3 miles. I made the mistake of doing a leg circuit last night. Felt that in my quads this morning! Oof.
  • I woke up at 4:45am this morning and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I’m feeling ok now, but I’m sure I will be feeling it later. The wall be hit around 1pm I think.
  • I’m wearing my favorite running shirt! Just for you Becky!
  • I tried a new way to curl my hair this morning. Not sure how I feel about it. Looks pretty much the same as it usually does. Whatevs.
  • Someone reblogged my post about not crying while reading “The Fault In Our Stars” and said I am not human because I didn’t cry. I think Celeste and I have it right: Journalists cannot be fazed! 🙂 However, a lot of you didn’t cry while reading it either. So I’m in good company! 
  • I bit the bullet and made a decision about the laptop situation. I bought a Chromebook. It was $242. I have Amazon Prime and I used my Discover Card and applied my rewards to it which made it $214 with free 2 day shipping! The Discover rewards is awesome-its a $1 to $1 match on Amazon so you don’t lose anything by using your rewards there. 
  • I’m going to try this whole weight lifting and strength training thing this time around during Marathon training. Can’t hurt, right?
  • I’ve suddenly found myself committed to 4 Halfs this year! How great is that? Lincoln in May, Manitoba in June with Brooke, the Brownville, NE half on July 4th with Ginni and maybe someone else! 🙂 and the Omaha half in September with me, myself and I. Unless someone else wants to do it with me! I like that I have a year of races lined up. Good stuff.

Well, I should get back to work! Happy Tuesday Friends!

I have a confession to make…

So I read “The Fault In Our Stars” last week. It took me 2 days only about 3 hours. (I’m a fast reader, if its a good book). And I loved it.

That’s not the confession. The confession is:

I didn’t cry. Didn’t shed a single tear. Not one drop.

Sure, the book was sad in parts. (I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read it) but it didn’t make me cry. I actually saw the wrap up of their storyline coming. (maybe I read too much? I don’t know.) 

Maybe I’m an unfeeling monster. I don’t know. I think working 10 years in the news business has caused me to compartmentalize and separate my feelings. I see so many sad things everyday that I can’t cry over all of them. We do so many stories on people who have cancer, are down on their luck, die in car accidents or fires that I can’t cry over all of them. I used to. I’d go home every night and be so sad. It was hard. But eventually I learned how not to cry. 

Anyway, I hope we can still be friends, even if I didn’t cry over a very sad book! 

The moral of the story is: just because it’s challenging and hard and you don’t want to do it does not mean you should not do it. It just means that you are going to have to muster up some strength and motivation from deep down. You have it, I have it, we all have it if we are willing to find it.

Shut Up and Run 

written about running but applicable pretty much across the board

(via tehvalerie)