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In another life…

Do you ever feel like you’re living someone else’s life? Like the things that are happening to you aren’t really happening at all? 

No?

Just me?

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I’m in a weird place right now. Maybe its because I’m incredibly busy. I worked a bunch of hours at my PT job this week. I had 2 days off from my FT job so that shouldn’t have mattered. But somehow, working from 8:45am until 10 or 11pm 3-4 nights a week does. I’m also still working on editing videos for my friend. I have no motivation to get them done. I’m currently in the process of finishing one now–it’s rendering and that takes 10 minutes so I’m multi-tasking! I HAVE to get them done by tomorrow. I have 2 more to go after this one. I have tomorrow off so it will be fine. 

I shirked my responsibilities yesterday (I was going to edit in the morning and then watch the Husker game at 2:30) to tailgate and go to the Husker game (for free!). That is NOT like me at all. I’m a planner-not a fly by the seat of your pants kind of girl. But I’m learning to be flexible.

So now, here I am, working on my day off. I’ve been at it since 1:30. It’s 5:10 now. I’m over it, and I still have 2 more videos to rough cut. I know I shouldn’t complain. But there is a part of me that just wants to lay on the couch and binge watch TV. I haven’t run since Thursday night when I ran sprint repeats. I promised myself I would run yesterday, but I didn’t do that either. What is happening to me?

Random musings for your Sunday evening. Have a good week friends!

That moment when you’re checking your google analytics page and see that people come to your blog via pinterest and click on it to find that YOU’RE A PIN ON SOMEONE’S PINTEREST PAGE!!!!

That’s me on the bottom right.

That freaked me out! How strange to be a weight loss inspiration pin!

Whoa.

Halloween Things

  • Tonight I should really be editing more videos. The deadline is fast approaching Monday or Tuesday? I’m not sure. But it’s coming up fast. 
  • But its Halloween and my roomie just texted me to tell me that the squirrels completely destroyed my pumpkin and she caught them in the act and had to toss it out. Tragic. Oh well. At least Halloween is here and nearly over so it doesn’t really matter any more.
  • So in consolation she proposed a night of candy, wine and Hocus Pocus! 
  • I’m in. I have a good portion of the day Saturday to edit…and basically all of Sunday too. I can bang those bad boys out in an hour and a half each, if I put my mind to it. After all, “The ultimate inspiration is the deadline” (My mother got me a paperweight with that on it when I was in college. I used to be a procrastinator. Working with daily deadlines has pretty much killed that in me.)
  • At some point I really need to run. I haven’t run since Monday and I’m feeling a little itchy about that. I think some speed work is in store for tonight! Just a mile but it hurts so good.

Happy Hallo-weenie friends! 

Fantastic things

I can’t do lists on my phone, so you get my ramblings…

Today has been a good day. I’m wearing my new jeans (that I got for $13.88 at Walmart! ) They have gotten lots of compliments and one coworker even thought i got them at white house, black market!  Yeah baby!

You know how when you wear clothes that you feel good in, you strut your stuff in them? That’s exactly how I feel today. I feel like I look good, and that makes me feel good. The mind is funny that way. Conversely, when I feel like I look like crap, my attitude is totally different. I certainly don’t strut my stuff or walk with a booty shake like today! 🙂

I’m working at Corky tonight. I Ran into a girl i went to high school with (she was a few years younger) and i asked if she was from our hometown. I told her who I was. She said she knew the name, but didn’t recognize me. I told her that its because I’ve lost 150 pounds. She freaked out, told me how good I look, how awesome it is. Totally made my day!

Have a good night friends!

Good Things

  • It’s Tuesday and I’m off. Day 3 of a 3 day weekend. I had to work at the TV station on Saturday so I took a comp day today and a vacation day Monday. I still have 8 vacation days to burn before the end of the year. I plan on taking the entire week at Christmas off! (Its like I’m back in school! I love it!) But that only burns 4 days. So I’m taking the Thursday and Friday before Christmas too. Since November is a ratings book, we can’t take time off in November. So its all coming out of December. I’m excited for a break.
  • I feel like I’m caught up on sleep. I’m sure that feeling will go away again once I go back to work tomorrow. 😦
  • I ran some miles Sunday and Monday. Today its gross and rainy here. I know that’s no excuse but its all I’ve got. The heart wants what the heart wants.
  • I work A LOT this week: I worked at Corky last night made $18 in tips, then I work tomorrow, Friday and Saturday nights there too. 
  • I’m also editing videos for my friend. 6 down and more to go. That’s at least $600 in the bank! The time crunch editing sucks but I love the end result (money!) Christmas is fast approaching.
  • I bought some new skinny jeans to wear with my boots today. I got them at Wal-Mart. I ain’t even mad about it.
  • The leaves here are gorgeous. Fiery red and a bright yellow. Even in the gloom of the day they make me happy.
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  • The first 2 pictures are from Sunday. It was sheer autumn perfection here: Sunny, 70 degrees and a vibrant blue sky. The 3rd picture was from today. I tried to catch the leaves falling, but my photography skills aren’t THAT awesome!
  • I’m going to watch ‘Hocus Pocus’ tonight. Maybe even some ‘Teen Witch’ too. 

Have a great Tuesday friends!

Today marks a major milestone in my broadcasting career: I’ve been at my TV station for 10 years! An entire decade! How did that happen? On the left is my first picture at the station. We have a board where they put our photos downstairs…I’ve actually gone through several pictures because I have changed so much! On the right is me, just a few days ago! 

What a difference a decade makes! 🙂 

Here’s to the next 10 years!

Also, that HAIR?! What was I thinking? It was short enough to spike in the back–now my hair is the longest its ever been in my adult life, and I love it! 🙂

A question for the guys (and girls too! )

I’m interested in the male perspective here:

Can you really ever be friends with an Ex?

Long story short, my ex broke up with me on the 12th. During the discussion he said he wanted to remain friends because he felt like he still needed to be able to text me, talk to me and see me. I said yes, because when I’ve had other breakups, we’ve said the same thing and NOTHING ever comes of that.

So imagine my surprise when he texted me last Wednesday-4 days after the breakup. He said he wanted to talk to me, but didn’t think it was fair to me for him to want that. I replied awhile later, saying I wanted to talk to him too. I didn’t hear anything back.

Fast forward to Sunday. He texted me, saying he hoped I was doing well, and then proceeded to make conversation. We texted for about 2 hours.

AND THEN last night he texted me at 10:30, saying he was sorry for freaking out about being in a serious relationship, that he’s an idiot when it comes to relationships and that he clearly needs to work on himself. (The whole reason for the break was due to him needing to work on himself and not freak out about liking someone so much again. He’s divorced.) I have not been the one to text him first. I reply back to his texts. 

I sit here wondering, What does he want from me? Does he honestly just want to be friends? Is he trying to stay in my life so I don’t move on? I honestly don’t know. 

HELP tumblr! What do you think? Does this guy really just want to be friends?

Holy new followers Batman!

Welcome! This post blew up last night. And I gained quite a few new followers, so I thought I’d introduce myself:

I’m Melissa. I’m from Nebraska. (Go Huskers!) I’m a TV News Producer. It’s a pretty cool job. I’ve run one Full Marathon, 6 Halfs and countless 5ks and 10ks. I’ve lost 150 pounds. I’ve kept it off for 2 years now. I started losing weight in 2005. It took a long time to lose it all, but I’m glad I did! Slow and steady wins the race, right? 

I write about my life. The good, the bad and the ugly. I love to run. I love my friends and family. I hope you find something here to help you on your journey!

If you want to know anything else, just ask!