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Hump Day Happenings

  • I PAID OFF MY CREDIT CARD TODAY!!!!!! Only my travel card to go!
  • The money I put toward my credit card payment will go to my car loan payments that start next month. Coincidence? I think not. Le sigh. I really wanted to roll that over to other bills, not have a car payment. Oh well.
  • I’m totally rocking 2nd day hair today.
  • Nothing will motivate you more to clean off your desk than spilling your water bottle over much of it. Whoops!
  • melanietris, I promise I will post pictures of the bf and I from the wedding next weekend. I swear, he does exist!!
  • I went to see “Trainwreck” last night. Funny, funny movie. 
  • I found this dress in the back of my closet last night. I had totally forgotten about it! #signsIneedtocleanmore
  • I have a wedding this weekend. The invite says “Black Tie Optional” so my old roomie lent me her Kate Spade dress. It fits perfectly! My friend (and usual wedding date) Rob is going with me. He’s the best: he’ll dance, he’s taller than me so I can wear heels: (he’s 6′5″) and he is so much fun! I’m excited. 
  • The dog and I are going running after work. She is now expecting this routine and whines until I get her harness and we go run. Keeps me accountable. I like it!

Have a great Wednesday friends!

Alternately titled, “Rio is NOT amused” or “Leave me alone, lady!”

I sent that Snapchat to my bf last night. Rio had snuggled up on my lap out of her own free will, so I decided to send that picture to him. The look on her face was so priceless! She was just not having it. Hrmph. I even had bought her more dog food and rawhide bones at the store before I came home! How rude of her! 🙂

In other news:

  • My wonderful bf bought me a plane ticket to go to New York next week! I will meet his family and friends and accompany him to his best friend’s wedding! EEE! I’m excited! I miss him. It’s been nearly a week since I’ve seen him and it seems longer. I fly from Omaha to Buffalo next Thursday at 6:30am. 
  • I was researching the 21 Day Fix. I know at least a few of you are Beachbody Coaches and have done the program. I’m considering it. I think it could help me get these 10 pounds off that I want gone. Is the food part really hard? I’m not much of a cook.
  • I think I had a migraine during the night that didn’t fully form–(I get auras with them) and I just was left with the headache. I feel awful. Combine that with a 2 hour staff meeting this morning and a very upset tummy (that usually happens with migraines, I’ve found) the afternoon struggle is VERY real for me.
  • My old roomie got engaged yesterday! She’s the morning show anchor at my old tv station and she and her boyfriend (now fiance) bought a house together in April so she just moved out a few months ago. He proposed with the ring AND a puppy! That’s how you do it boys, take note!
  • Each Tuesday is $5 movies at the theatres in town. My friends and I are going to see “Trainwreck” tonight. I can’t wait!

Happy Tuesday friends!

Puppy snuggles and morning struggles

Rio was tuckered out last night after our 1.5 mile run/walk and two hours of roughhousing with my roommate’s dog, Reggie. I was laying on the couch, talking to my bestie when Rio climbed up on top of me and snuggled in. She threw a back leg across my stomach and her front paw snaked its way over my chest and neck. She then proceeded to fall right asleep. A little bit later she tucked her head next to mine and kept on snoozin’. My little heart just melted. I sent those pictures to my bf. He was quite jealous! She never does that to him! I think she loves me best! 🙂

Are you wondering why I’m laying on my office floor? Between bad food yesterday from Noodles and Co. and cramps today this is the only comfortable position I can find. Good thing I have a private office and I can hear people coming!!

In other news-I got up and ran again this morning! 4 mornings in a row! Go Me! I have to be the talent for our video at church tonight so our walk will have to wait until 7pm because I CAN’T mess up my hair! LOL. She’s getting used to our walks/runs and the route we’ve been taking. She knows exactly where to turn. It’s pretty adorable. 

This entire week has been a struggle to want to actually get work done. Send help!!

Happy Friday Eve friends!

Wednesday Things

  • Lower humidity and cooler temperatures made for a pretty fantastic run this morning. The struggle to get out of bed is still happening, but I’m working on it. I’ve ran each morning before work so far this week. Baby steps.
  • I came into work gushing about how gorgeous it is outside (sunshine, cooler, etc) and how great my run was. 
  • Mornings like this make me all giddy. Endorphins. Go get some.
  • Lessons I’ve learned: Rio is not a good running partner in the morning. She’s too sleepy to want to run at 6am. She flat out refused to go with me this morning. So we run in the evenings. This way I’m doing 2-a-days. So that’s good, I guess?!
  • I’m going shopping at the mall after work. 50-60% off sales at all the stores means I at least need to go look, right?? 🙂

Have a great hump day friends!

Back to life, back to reality

  • Waking up for work after 9 days away from it and alarm clock was a struggle this morning. I did get up and run before work so I consider that a victory!
  • Between bloating and vacation hangover I feel gross. I’m up 3-4 pounds and I do not feel comfortable in my skin. Time to buckle down and make some changes. 
  • The Ford dealer where I bought my Escape from is coming to pick my car up tomorrow and they’re going to have remote start installed for me. I’m ridiculously excited about this. Start the heating up and cooling off of my car with the push of a button? Yes please!
  • You know what happens when you’re tired but you don’t think you’ll be able to sleep and you take ZZZQuil to make sure you actually DO fall asleep? Trippy dreams and very deep sleep. I felt like I was swimming to the surface when I woke up in the middle of the night because my stomach hurt. Then I stumbled to the bathroom. It’s a good thing my roomie is a hard sleeper and didn’t come check on me! Oy.
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My bf leaves Tuesday for a very long vacation to New York (where he’s from). I’m going to miss him. While he’s gone, I’m dog-sitting for him. Last night, we were sitting on the couch snuggling and he said that he’s going to “miss his girls so much.” (his puppy is a female lab/Husky mix. Her name is Rio) I thought that comment was pretty adorable. 🙂

Have a great week friends!

So this happened….

After we spent 12 years and 220,000 miles together, my beloved Shaniqua finally bit the dust. She threw a rod…floating a piston into the spark plugs. After she was towed to the graveyard, I found my next new vehicle…this beautiful blue 2013 Ford Escape! I love it!!!

Friday Five

  1. It’s hot so I’m wearing dress shorts again to work today. No shame in my game! We’re closing the office at noon, then I’m on vacation until July 27th! I’m so excited!
  2. The mosquitoes are EVIL. One bit me in the hollow of my throat last night while I was outside for about 20 minutes. Seriously?? Get outta here!
  3. I’ve been eating so much watermelon lately that I think I’m going to float away! #noregrets
  4. Have you seen Jurassic World? Well, my friend Trent texted me to say that he thinks I look like the character Zara, played by Katie McGrath. I’m not sure I see it. But I’m incredibly flattered, nonetheless!
  5. Seriously, someone keep me away from the cream cheese mints!!!

Fake it til you make it, the Thursday edition

  • I went home around 3pm yesterday with a massive migraine. I slept for about 2.5 hours then went back to bed around 8pm. The headache is still lingering and I’m so very tired. 
  • The heat is on here in Lincoln. We’re looking at 99 tomorrow. Those are my dress shorts. Totally work appropriate, right?! 
  • I am so excited for vacation next week. Pool time and sleeping in are basically all I want out of life next week.
  • I bought my bf an ice cream maker for his birthday. I think we’re going to crack it open tonight. He says the gift was more for me than him. I say we both win either way!
  • Life update: the bf DID get kicked out of his apartment BUT in a fortuitous event, we found a fabulous house for him to rent–and the best part?? It’s RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME! Like a 3 minute walk, see? 
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He will be 2.5 blocks away from me now, as opposed to 20 minutes across town. It’s a 2 bed, 1 bath house. Fenced in backyard for the dog, covered patio so we can grill out. It was the perfect solution! He’s moving in next Friday. YAY! My stress levels are so much less now. 

  • I seriously could go take a nap right here and now. Also, someone keep me away from the Cream Cheese Mints!! I’ve had too many in the past 2 days.

Happy Friday eve!!

The past few days my coworkers, friends, and even my massage therapist have told me there’s something different about me. That I seem happier, more mellow. More content. They all attributed it my new relationship. I’m not saying that I was unhappy before the bf came into my life, but just that I have this feeling of being happy and content exactly where I’m at in this moment. And THAT is a nice feeling. 🙂

  • Conversations with two-o-nine. She’s talking about the group Doug and the Slugs. True story: my uncle is in a cover band! He plays guitar and wears sunglasses during the sets. He’s a cool dude. They play “Americana” songs. He invited the bf and I to go to their concert this past Sunday. If it wasn’t such short notice, we were going to go watch him do his thing. 
  • In other news, my massage therapist asked me if I had lost weight. I was surprised, and told her no, not that I really knew of. She said she could see it in my legs and torso. She sees me about once a month, so I’ll go with what she says! But honestly, the scale is about the same. Huh.
  • I ran again this morning before work. Success! It was hard for me to want to get out of bed–but I did it and I’m so glad that I did. It makes such a difference in my day and demeanor when I get a sweat session in before I head to work for the day.
  • Have you had those cream cheese mints at graduations, wedding receptions, etc? Well, I’m obsessed with them. I love love love them. And my coworker who got married last month had them at her wedding. This morning she brought in 2 big bags full of them to share with us. I’m debating how long I have to wait before I have some. (because we all know that I will have some!!) So, so good.

Happy Hump Day friends! Have a good one!