The mind and body are pretty freaking amazing.

I was not in a good frame of mind to run today. I think I have a weird infection or something causing pain in a few of my teeth. Like the kind of pain that nearly has me in tears. I’ve dosed with meds and I’m rubbing numbing stuff on it every time the feeling starts to come back. I’m going to call the Dentist in the morning. I also did not get enough sleep Friday night and didn’t catch up on enough last night. So I’m exhausted. Not a good combo to run long with.

Add to that, it’s cold outside, windy, and this run had to be completed on the treadmill. Things did not bode well for my 9 miles.

But ya know what? Once I pushed past the first 2 miles, where I nearly cried from tooth pain, and my legs felt like pieces of wood, this run was pretty great!

My mind wandered to so many places during the run, my body relaxed and I enjoyed it.

Things of note: my treadmill resets at 99:59 so I had to start it up again to finish the run. It also resets calories after 999. So that’s awesome.

9 miles//1:38:06//10:54 pace.

Boom.

Sunday Funday indeed.

Friday Five! The smiling Face edition!

Another busy weekend ahead! Corky tonight and tomorrow night. I’m heading to Omaha tomorrow morning to go wedding dress shopping with my friend. I’m in her wedding this fall. At least I think it’s this fall. They haven’t set the date yet! 9 miles is on tap for Sunday.
I’ve been a little MIA lately. Not much to say, nothing of substance really. Life is….eh. Just when I think I’m doing better, something hits me from somewhere and I get seriously bummed out. This too shall pass, right? I sure hope so.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I have 13 months of student loan payments left!!!! This is huge! I will pay them off 2 months early. I’m super pumped.
Tonight is karaoke with my co-workers for my friend Keith’s birthday. Should be a good time. I want to sing the song “Hold the Line” By Toto. Love it. Currently, I’m loving this song. You can thank the ABC promo team for that one. Also I’m digging this song. So good. I danced it out to that song the other night. Felt great.
Good News! Spring is only 27 days away! And the time change is a little over 2 weeks away. I need sunlight. And warmth. And flowers.

Happy Friday Friends!

Me, today.

I actually quoted this card to my boss today after he kept needling me to “stop being mad.”

Um, no? You’re the one who yelled at me for something that isn’t my fault and then you want me to get over it instantly?

Have you EVER met a woman before? Not gonna happen.

Gah.

Rude.

Whatever dude. I’m gonna go run it out.

Weekend Update:

Life is a Marathon. Not a sprint. And this weekend was no exception. I worked nearly 5 hours at Corky Friday night…after a full day at the TV Station. So I worked from 8:45am to 11:15pm. Long Freakin’ day. Tips were good though!
I worked 2-11pm Saturday at Corky, and was on-call at the station. I ran 1 mile before work and was glad about it. I planned to run my long run (it’s a step-down week so it’s only a 10k this week) after I got off work at Corky on Sunday night.
I went to Church Sunday morning, hit the outlets with my bestie and then stopped by the grocery store for a few essentials before high-tailing it to Corky for another 4 hours last night.
I got home at 7 and could not face running 6.2 miles on the treadmill. I skipped my long run. I repeat. I skipped my long run. I just don’t know who I am anymore.
But it’s okay. I start my marathon training early so that I can have some cushion time. Also, I’m pretty well conditioned. I ran 8 miles last week. I think I’ll be okay. The Lincoln half is May 4th.
I worked about 20 hours in 3 days at Corky. I’d like another weekend please. Thankyouverymuch.
A woman saw my Canada mittens from Brooke while I was shopping at the outlet mall this weekend. She asked if I had been to the Olympics and talked about some snowboarder. I told her my dear friend sent me the mittens and I liked them because they were from her and warm. No, I have not been to Sochi. And no, I have no idea what you’re talking about. Sorry!
The above photo is not from this weekend. It’s from New Year’s Eve. But it’s of me and my bff’s dog, Ella. I like the pic. So you get to see it.

Happy Monday friends!

Who has 2 thumbs and fixed her treadmill ALL BY HERSELF tonight?!

THIS GIRL!!

I called customer service at NordicTrack. Apparently, they have their own and Sears won’t come fix it. Long story short, I needed to be with the treadmill before the lady would help. She thought it was a roller issues. Before I opened the motor, I worked with the belt one more time and VICTORY WAS MINE!

The treadmill works. I did run tonight at the gym. I hated every single minute of it. I don’t know why. I feel like everyone is staring at me. I’m too paranoid.

Tomorrow, I run at home again. Hurray!

In other news…why have I been dreaming about TrivialBob and Sheila lately? I just don’t know. I find it odd too.

Good news! Tomorrow is Thursday! The weekend is in sight!

Terrible Tuesday

I’m in a dark, twisty place. I’m feeling very sorry for myself and very irritable. I blame hormones.
I got home and ran my 4 miles on the treadmill tonight. It was a good run. My roomie ran after I did. Soon she came upstairs to tell me that the treadmill was making funny sounds and slipping.
I look at it and the belt is slipping (again) and tearing a bit. (this has all happened before. I used an allen wrench and tightened it up and that fixed it for over a year.
Not this time. I tried for over an hour to make it work, and was able to move the belt back over and tighten it up, but its still slipping and being stupid.
I gave up. Threw in the towel. Or the wrench.

Then, I googled problems with this nordic track treadmill. It may need a new belt. I don’t know. I’m calling Sears tomorrow. I just want someone to come fix it. I love my treadmill. I don’t like going to the gym and running on their treadmills. I feel very self conscious. Also, if I want to run long on the treadmill I feel like I can’t there, ya know?
I have a raging headache.
I’m tired of the the cold. I just want to go somewhere warm. I want to lay on the beach. Turn off my phone and relax. Is that so much to ask?
Wednesday, you need to be better. Not that you have much to live up to.

A Tale of One Weekend (Part Two)

If Friday was an episode of “This is your Life, Melissa.” Then Saturday and Sunday fully made up for it!

Saturday, I went to see “Monuments Men” with my parents. Great movie. I enjoyed it. Then my friend Keith and I went to a surprise birthday party for our friend who we do video editing work for. He’s the same guy I do the voice-over work for. It was fun and nice to surprise him.

While we were chatting, his father came up and said the sweetest thing to me. His dad would be in his mid 60’s I’d say. And he gave me the up and down look, and wanted to hug me, but my friend told him no, and to behave!

He then said, “Melissa, you are so lovely. You are a natural beauty. Just like my wife. She’s a natural beauty too, and we’ve been married for 40 plus years and she still takes my breath away.”

I was so flattered! I told him he was so sweet and that he made my day! Seriously though, how kind! He then told me that I should always smile, and that with my smile, I could have whatever I wanted! He then jabbed my friend Keith and said, “right?” Keith agreed.

ACK! I loved it!

But the nicest thing? When my friend introduced me to his father, he told him that I was one of the nicest, most kind, and good Christian person that he knows. THAT means more to me than anything else.

Sunday was a good day, I stepped out of my comfort zone and went to a small gathering of young people from Church. It was fun and I’ve made some new friends. I talked to them about work, and about my weight loss. They are all so kind and nice. I really like them.

All in all, a solid weekend.

Happy Monday friends!

A Tale of One Weekend (In 2 Parts) Pt. 1

I had another: “This could only happen to Melissa” Moment Friday night:

I got into work at Corky and my coworker told me she had a story for me, that was ABOUT me! My stomach dropped and I said, “what?” warily.

She proceeded to tell me that a woman who is a regular at Corky popped in about a half hour earlier to buy a bottle of booze she likes off of us. She then told my coworker that she was on a date but that her date wouldn’t come into the studio because “he had gone out on a date with Melissa before.”

…

Yup. If you’re new here, that makes 2 guys in 3 weeks that I have gone out on dates with in the past that have stopped in or have come to class at the studio.

My coworker asked what his name was, and she told her. She tried to think of his nickname, but couldn’t. The woman said that we had gone out a few months ago. My coworker said that I had been dating someone the past few months (ex man friend) and so it had to be before that. And the woman said that we had gone out once. This is all true. Expect that this guy (whom I called Blender B, cuz he blends all his food together when he eats at home) gave me the creep out vibe. I went out with him once in July and I stress-sweated the entire 2 days before the date, and during the whole date. Ugh.

Blender B. came in for a minute and my coworker was not impressed. She told them we had a few open spots if they wanted to paint that night. He did not want to, and they left. She laughed and told me the story when I arrived 20 minutes later.

I seriously think it’s time I contemplated moving out of the state. It is clearly not safe for me here any longer. In the past 2 months I have run into 3 guys I have dated, 1 of them while I was hanging out with ex man friend! 2 in Lincoln and 1 in Omaha. I’m done.

This would happen to me!

To be continued….

Scenes from a fantastic run:

8 miles. ON THE TREADMILL!!! It was a freakin’ fantastic run. Last week’s 7 mile run was pretty rough. I didn’t feel like doing it. But today? I was in the zone. Happy to run, wanted to do it, and felt awesome. I had endorphin’s pulsing through my body and I felt wonderful.

It was a centering and calming run. This is the kind of run that made me remember why I love to run.

Fun Melissa fact: when I run, I do math problems in my head. It occupies my brain and before I know it, a lot of time and distance have passed.

The above pictures are of the treadmill, then me, post run. There is a lot of back sweat happening there. Lovely.

Now I’m chilling on the couch and relaxing after my shower. I’m spent!

Happy Sunday Runday friends!

Thursday thoughts

Do you guys ever bargain with yourself before or during a run? You know what I mean: do you say, “I’m supposed to run 4 miles today, but I can run 3 instead and then make it up Saturday.” Or “I’m going to run x amount of miles today” but then when it comes time to actually doing it, you bargain yourself down in mileage…just to get it done?

I do it all the time! I actually did my 4 miles today, but I kept telling myself that 3 miles was ok too.

Um, no it wasn’t Melissa. Just do the miles and get it done. So I did. But I like to make deals with myself. Sigh. It’s a process.

In other news, a friend posted this on her facebook page today and it really resonated with me:

Whoa dude. There is so much truth in that statement. I have some pretty major issues from being so overweight for a good portion of my life. I started gaining weight in 5th grade and didn’t lose all the weight until I was 29 years old. But I think I will have lasting inner turmoil from that forever. Maybe I need therapy. Who knows. But I do know that as much as it sometimes sucks to run and lift and workout, it sucked a lot more to be 150 pounds heavier.