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“Nostalgia is a dirty liar that insists things were better than they seemed.”

You guys.

Monday marks the start of my last week at The Ocho. Nearly 11 years of every sort of emotion you could have, I’ve experienced there. I’ve met so many amazing people and been given some fabulous opportunities that I wouldn’t have gotten unless I worked there. I’m feeling all the feels right now!

I’ve been reflecting on my tenure there a lot over the past few weeks. And I know I’ve seen a lot of it with rose-colored glasses. This quote has come up for me a lot lately–in my job and past relationships especially. Things haven’t always been the best there. That’s why I’m moving on it. But it has been such amazing experience. One that has helped to shape and form me into the woman I am today. 

My identity has been wrapped up in being a TV News Producer. It’s who I am. It (can) sound(s) impressive. I’ve been actually using my College degree since before I graduated from college! What a concept! 

But. It is time to move on. To forge a new path. One that pays better. Will allow me to travel, to retire, and to experience new things. One that lets me use a different part of my degree. 

But that doesn’t mean I can’t mourn the past, while looking ahead to (what I hope is) a bright future. If a new chapter is about to begin, it’s nearly time to turn the page.

Until then, I plan to savor each moment of this week. File the memories away. Because life is unexpected, and sometimes you just need to slow down to take it all in.

Time, please slow down a little this week. That’d be great.

Sometimes, I go out on the town.
And sometimes, it’s a million degrees outside. So humid, it was like swimming. I’m sweaty and gross. But I got to wear shorts and a cute top to the bars! I consider that a win!

We had a going away party for my coworker who is done Wednesday. He’s moving back to Miami. We bar-hopped thru the Railyard in Lincoln. It’s like the plaza in KC but much smaller. Good times. It made me realize how much I’m going to miss working with these people each day.

Tears will fall next week.

The times, they are a Changin’

Hey friends! Remember me? This has been A WEEK. All caps required. Let’s catch up, shall we?

  • Tuesday my mouth started hurting. Reminiscent of my April issues where I had an infection. I got antibiotics and pain killers. The pain pills made me so sick to my stomach that I ended up getting sick before, during and after work yesterday. I managed to get myself sent home AND only kept down 2 Popsicles yesterday. So I’m down 3 pounds. I guess that’s a Win? Not a way I like to lose.
  • Dentist tomorrow to see what the problem is. I’m so over it.
  • I went to my new job to sign some papers Tuesday and found out some awesome new perks and benefits, making me very excited to start there next month!
  • For example: I get my own office(!) with a bathroom inside it! and a window! and I get all the holidays and weekends off! No more working Husker Football games!!!  I get 2 weeks paid off at Christmas. No Joke. And it doesn’t count against my vacation time (18 days of PTO a year). I’m deliriously happy about the Christmas thing. 401(K) match, and so much more. I feel like I’m dreaming. Please don’t wake me up if I am.
  • I signed the Exit Paperwork at the station today. So very surreal. It has been nearly 11 years that I’ve been with The Ocho. So strange to think that next week is it. My last hurrah. There will be tears.
  • I’ve been working on future schedules for the newsroom. That’s weird too. There will be new faces and new names that I won’t know personally. So odd. 
  • I’m almost done at Corky. That’s odd too. I’ll miss that place. 
  • A part of me feels like I’m starting a new path, the grownup path, of my life. Like I’m on the edge of something great. A major change in my life. 

And I like it. Feels good friends.

I’ve been tagged by Christian in the six selfie challenge to post photos of myself that I like. 

These are the ones that make me happy.

My besties and I.
The infamous shorts ensemble 
My bestie’s dog, Ella, and I
After the 2012 Chicago Marathon
Striking a pose before a friend’s bachelorette party 
And The day I took my first Private Flying Lesson in that plane!

I’m tagging:

esofine
xfitlibrarian
VictoriaFindsLife
Two-O-Nine
Becky-Balances
Getittogethrg

The story of my yellow pants.

My coworkers and I frequent a Jimmy Johns near the station. They know us. They know our names and orders. Its fine. No judgment.

I haven’t been to the Jimmy Johns in a long time because I’ve been trying to eat healthy and eat at home. But today I was running late and decided I would grab some Jimmy Johns for lunch. my coworker and I went into the restaurant, got our lunch, and left. We chatted with 1 of the guys that we know that works there. For some reason he always calls me Rachel, and then he remembers that my name is Melissa.

This afternoon one of my other coworkers called Jimmy Johns to have them delivered to the station. When he was on the phone to them the man asked if Melissa was there and was wearing yellow pants. My co-worker confirmed that I was wearing yellow pants and said yes. He said to tell Melissa he was sorry he had called her Rachel earlier. My coworker relayed the message. We all got a good chuckle out of that story.

I found it funny that he remembered several hours later that he called me by the wrong name AND that I was wearing yellow pants!

but the best part? I don’t know the Jimmy Johns man’s name! and I like to tease him for not remembering mine!

Whoops! 😉

My day in pictures.

I wore my new cardigan with seahorses on it to work today because it was 55° this morning!

I sent that snapchat to my friend for her birthday. I’m blowing her a kiss. So now I’m blowing you all a kiss too. Lucky you. 😉

We got new work phones at the Ocho today. They say our names in the display. I enjoy that it says mine for the next 2.5 weeks. They are also very fancy phones. We have a 45 minute
Training class on them!

My car turned over 210,000 miles today. I snapped a picture when it hit the
Palindrome of 210,012. The little things give me joy.

Have a good one friends!

Happy Friday Five!

  1. Before and After shots. Because I post a lot of sweaty selfies and sometimes I think I clean up nice too. Hot, humid and sweaty run this morning. 71 degrees at 6am? Ugh. All the sweat. Last night’s Froyo dinner was MAGIC because I’m down a pound! I’ll take it! 🙂
  2. My dressy shorts I wore to work today are actually longer than my running shorts. Huh. I’m loving my outfit. Feelin’ nautical or something like that.
  3. Working at Corky tonight! Haven’t been there in FOREVER! Miss those ladies.
  4. I really want to go shopping for more clothes. So many sales right now. Somebody stop me!
  5. It’s Friday. I’m in a good mood. Hope you’re feeling the same way friends!

Today has been a pretty good day.

This morning, one of our interns asked me if my hair was naturally curly. I told her nope, the curling iron makes it this way. She said she loved my hair and thought it was naturally curly and pretty. Made my day! Occasionally, I do make an effort! 

I did some video coding work for my former college Professor-turned-friend a few months ago. Its for a thesis project she’s working on about bias in the media. I worked 5 total hours on the project and got paid $55! Whoo-hoo!

This afternoon, my friend Rob helped me move a couch I bought off of a Facebook home goods sale group. Its a gorgeous red micro-suede and it cost me a whopping $80! It’s going in our basement, but is currently sitting in the garage until we can take the door off and get it down there. I think I’m going to call the couch “Big Red”.

I went for a 2 mile quick little run when I got home from work. It was hot. The wind was warm, and its going to be even hotter tomorrow: 94 degrees! So of course I then had Froyo for dinner. I win. 🙂

Have a wonderful night friends! 

Tuesday Thoughts

  • I paid for my groceries and items at Target today IN CASH! 
  • In fact, I paid for Target in exact change AND the rug I thought was $14 on sale was only $6! High Fives all around for Melissa today!
  • I got a pre-race sports massage over my lunch hour. My hamstrings and IT bands feel “great” but my back is a mess of tension. Story of my life lady.
  • I discovered during my run this morning that if I actually pump my arms instead of just letting them swing there I can 1. go MUCH faster. 2. engage my core. and 3. feel POWERFUL. Why haven’t I been doing this all along? I’m an idiot, apparently.
  • I am still up 5 pounds (or a few more, thanks lady stuff!) and I HATE it. I feel uncomfortable in my own skin and it sucks. I feel heavy and I feel unattractive and it feels like there is NOTHING I can do about it. The weight is stubbornly not budging. I am terrified of running the Half on Friday because I don’t want to gain another 5 pounds. It’s stressing me out.
  • My mom and her hospital dietitian both think I don’t eat enough calories. I would estimate (as I currently am not tracking calories) that I eat around 1500 to 1800 calories a day. The high number is maybe pushing it. It maybe less. According to the formula and my activity level, she says I should eat 2400 calories on a running day and 1900 on a maintaining day as I burn about 1500 calories a day just existing. I don’t know. It’s hard for me to believe it. I don’t know that I can eat that much without feeling ill. But they think that my body isn’t sure if I will get the calories so it holds onto water and that’s why I’m up those pounds. Science, man.
  • I just want to feel comfortable and not fat again. (don’t get me wrong, I know I’m not fat, but I feel desperately uncomfortable. It’s a terrible way to live.)

If you read all of this, High Fives for you! 

Have a good night friends!