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Thoughts on a Tuesday

  • Sugar makes my heart beat faster. And not in a good way. The last 2 times I’ve gotten Froyo (last night included) it caused my heart to race as I was laying down, trying to sleep. I don’t want to give up froyo but it looks like this isn’t something I should be eating after 7pm! We shall see.
  • I ran this morning. Only 2 miles since I hadn’t run since Friday. It was good, but summer is back here and it was crazy humid.
  • I’m debating about signing up for the Omaha Half next month. We shall see.
  • There’s also a living social deal for a 80’s themed 5k next week. I’m debating that too. Is $23 worth it? I don’t know.
  • I feel like this year is flying by. The saying "the days are long but the years are short" seems very appropriate. Time speeds up when you get older.
  • I feel like I’m coasting through life right now. Like I’m not actively trying, you know?
  • At the same time, I feel like my life has suddenly gotten very busy. I look at the calender and weeks and weekends just keep booking up.
  • I think I’m an introverted extrovert. I need to be around people most of the time…but then when I’ve been around them too much I get antsy and want my routine and my "me" time. I’m complicated.
  • When I go to Omaha for the weekend, I treat it like I’m on vacation. Good for the soul–bad for the pocketbook!

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Happy Tuesday Friends! 

“Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend”

True story. I’m ridiculously excited about this weekend!

  • I’m off from both jobs! I need a break!
  • I’m going to Omaha to spend the weekend with my bff Candace. (and her hubby too)
  • We’re getting Thai food tonight (Pad Thai FTW!) shopping and just having some wonderful girl time today and Saturday. I need it.
  • She and her husband own a coffee shop so I will get a special non-coffee beverage. Love life.
  • Sunday I have tentative plans to eat Mexican food and ride bikes (not in that order!) with my friend Keith. It’s a frate! (friend-date!)
  • I plan on a run sometime Sunday. If it happens, good, if not. That’s okay too. Life happens sometimes.

Happy Friend friends!

It was only just a dream…

I dreamt last night that I was pregnant.

Pregnant!

Yikes. Not right now, no thank you!

My co-worker said it must be my motherly instincts coming out. I’m 31. I’m still not 100% sure that I want kids…let alone that I’m ready for them. Oy.

I’ve actually had the pregnant dream several times. Everytime I do, it’s because I have a stomachache in the night. This time was no exception.

Most of the time, this dream freaks me out completely. I’m not married, live with 2 other roomies, and don’t feel like I have my life completely together.

This time? The dream didn’t really bother me.

Maybe it means I’m growing up.

Huh.

Reasons I like running outside in the evenings

Normally, I am a morning runner. But the past few weeks have been a battle between me, sleep, and my alarm clock. And sleep has won. So I’ve been doing some after-work runs. As I run, I like to come up with the reasons that I like running at different times of day. Here they are:

  • The Smells: you just can’t bottle these. The smell of freshly cut grass while someone is mowing their lawn as you run by. The smell of sunscreen wafting through the air as you run through the park. And my favorite summertime smell? The scent of lighter fluid and charcoal as a grill is fired up. Also, the smell of hamburgers cooking on the grill. There is something about that that just screams SUMMER to me!
  • The people: There are people out and about when I’m out running! It’s nice to see other people running, biking, gardening, BBQing, etc. I like saying “hi” to them as we pass each other.
  • The dogs: So many people are out walking their dogs when I get off work. I can’t have a dog at my house and my parents and their dogs live about 45 minutes away so it’s nice to see and pet other pups!
  • Seeing the sunset. While I like to see the sunrise, there is just something special about a sunset too.
  • It’s a nice way to end my day. Good stress relief.
  • It curbs my hunger. True story. When I get home I’m usually famished, but after a run, my hunger isn’t as strong, therefore I make better choices. Winning!
  • I can take out my day on the road. After a superbad day, I set out for 5 miles, wound up with 7 and by the time I got home, the stress was gone.

That’s all I can think of. I have another list of why I like running in the mornings too.

(This is all part of my plan to psych myself up for tonight’s run. I slept in this morning. No regrets!)

Mondays are Mean!

You know how LinkedIn sends emails with the subject “Melissa, do you know _____?” and then they put some past collegues or look in your gmail address book and find people that you aren’t yet LinkedIn with?

Today, it’s the Parade of Ex-Boyfriends.

5, count ‘em, 5! of my ex’s are in the “people you may know” section today.

RUDE.

Scenes from my 7 Mile run.

It was a gorgeous 62° here this morning! Not a cloud in the sky, and very low humidity! It is amazing how much better I run when conditions are like that! My first few Miles were at a 9:57 pace. That’s fast for me!

I paused along the way to snap a shot of this pretty area. Not a park, but I think it’s someone’s backyard! So lush and green.

And that’s me, post-run. Have ya missed seeing my sweaty face? 🙂 I know I’ve missed the workouts!

Also, does this happen to anyone else…during longer runs, like 5+ miles, my butt muscles get tight. Like I feel like I have knots in there. I don’t know if it’s my posture or what but it happens frequently. Today, I could really use a butt massage! 😉

Just wondering!

Happy Saturday friends!

“I’m having an off-week!”

That was my reply to one of my co-workers this morning when he asked me how many miles I ran before work today.

My answer was zero. Zilch. Nada.

He’s a runner too and was concerned. I told him I’ve only run 2 miles this whole week. One on Monday and one on Wednesday. Between the no-sleep, (which is getting better but I’m not caught up yet, Will I ever be? Doubt it) and having a busy week (excuses, excuses) I’ve chosen sleep over running. And I’m ok with that. I think I need it.

But I know that tomorrow when I run 7 miles (because I want to, Its a doable number, and a route I love) its going to suck. Big time. But thats okay, I can’t let that stop me from running. We all know how that story ends.

Tonight I work at my PT Job, then I plan to run and perhaps ride my bike on Saturday and Sunday. I NEED to do it. My body is achy, like it knows I haven’t moved it in too long.

I hope this off-week ends soon. I can’t take the feelings of guilt!!

Happy Friday Friends!

And on Wednesday night, she slept…

…and it was good!

I bought some Zzz-Quil and was quite excited to try it. It made me very sleepy and within about 20ish minutes of taking it I was out like a light.

It was that easy. Falling asleep is NEVER that easy for me. It was fantastic.

I feel so much better today! However, this week has been crap for my running. I’ve literally only done 2 miles. 1 mile on Monday with sprint repeats, and the same last night. It’s fine. I’m fine. The world hasn’t ended because I haven’t run more. (what a concept!) After reading some of your posts, I like this week has been crap for your sleep and run schedules too. Must be something in the water.

Tonight I’m heading to Omaha for a Staff Appreciate Night with Corky Canvas Co-workers. There is sushi and surprises involved. The boss says we’ll head home at 8:30 so I plan on heading to bed right afterwards. I’m very excited to sleep.

My life is so exciting.

Happy Thursday Friends!

“To sleep: Perchance to dream” -Shakespeare

I don’t need a Fitbit to tell me much quality sleep I get. I can tell you right now.

When I finally fall asleep, I sleep hard. I dream a lot. I usually have at least 2 to 3 REM cycles a night. I wake up around 11:30 or midnight to use the restroom (TMI? Sorry) and I’ve already been dreaming. I sleep until about 3am then I wake up again (bathroom break, I’m very well hydrated!) and I’ve had another dream. By the time I get up at 6am I’m dreaming something else entirely. I sleep well.

But the trick is, I have to actually FALL asleep! I have the worst time shutting off my brain and falling asleep. I take melatonin at night to help speed things along, but I usually take around 45 minutes to an hour to fall asleep once I’m in bed. It sucks and I don’t understand why. I exercise in the morning. I don’t drink any caffeine, ever! I don’t watch TV in bed and I try to quit using my phone at least 30 minutes before I go to bed.

Imagine my horror when last night, after that awful migraine I COULDN’T FALL ASLEEP! I was in bed at 8:45pm. My eyes were burning and I was tired and ready for sleep. But sleep evaded me. I took my melatonin. An hour later I added a benedryl. An hour after that I was crying from lack of sleep and the migraine, so I downed some Nyquil and hoped for the best.

And finally, I slept.

That cocktail of drugs did the trick and when my morning producer called at 4am I felt like my brain was foggy. Our morning meteorologist had car troubles and couldn’t make it in. So they needed to call someone in. Neither of our fill-in’s answered so I stumbled downstairs and woke up the roomie and she headed into work. It took my about 30ish minutes to fall back asleep.

I got about 6 hours of sleep last night. That is not enough for me. I’ve gotten that many hours each of the last 3 nights. No wonder I got a migraine! I need sleep.

Fingers crossed for good sleep tonight! I need it.

Migraines Suck

Right after I posted my last post…I developed a whopper of a migraine. I get the kind with the visual auras, I see a silver streaky light in my field of vison. It actually starts out suddenly half of my vision is gone. I can look at things and not see all of them. It’s freaky and awful, because I know what’s coming.

The auras, light and sound sensitivity, nausea and a massive, debilitating headache. The kind that will only go away with sleep. My rescue medicine (I take Topomax everyday because I used to get migraines frequently) includes Phenergan because it makes me so nauseous. And the drugs are at home because I so rarely get migraines anymore that I don’t think to carry it with me.

So right now, I’m sitting here, wearing my awesome aviator sunglasses inside because the newsroom is so bright it feels like we’re on the face of the sun. The police scanners are going off, and people are talking and I keep shushing them. I’m so sick to my stomach its not even funny. I can’t go home, there’s no one to fill in–it’s vacation season! There will be no run tonight. All I want to do is crawl into bed and sleep until nothing hurts anymore.

You win universe, (waves flag in surrender), you win.

Sigh.