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Thursday things

I’ve spent my day uploading videos to youtube. That can take awhile depending on how long the video is, and the size and compression rate. Its been kind of nice to just chill and not have to pay much attention to the news. In fact, I ducked out at 4pm to run to the mall. I had a Victoria’s Secret card that expires today! Use it or lose it man. I’m not about to lose it.

Tonight my friends and I are having what we call “family dinners”. We pick a night, pick a theme and we all bring or make food. It’s taco night. I’m super excited! Guacamole, tacos, spanish rice? Yes please.

Because of Josh’s post, I checked my dailymile (let’s be friends!) to see how far I have run this month: 113 miles! Yeah baby! My not so secret goal is to run 100 miles a month.

By the way, I freakin’ LOVE Pitch Perfect! I’ve watched it a ridiculous amount of times since I bought it when it came out.

In other news, tomorrow is Friday. I’m so ready for that. Steph asked me if I would go on her 10 mile long run with her for Lincoln Marathon training this weekend. It’s supposed to be 47 degrees! I’m excited to do that too! I love running outside!

Hope you all have a great night friends!

Every once in awhile I think I have decent fashion sense. Today is one of those days.

Today I have been told I look svelte, that I look spiffy, and several people have just told me they love my outfit.

Now, there have also been people that have told me I look like I’m about to go ride a horse. So there’s that too.

You win some, you lose some, right?

All in all I consider it a win. Especially since the leggings I’m wearing are really running tights! 🙂

Sorry for the bathroom selfie.

Hope you all had a great day friends!

I spent my lunch hour talking about running

One of my former interns facebooked me a few weeks ago and asked me if she could interview me for a class that she is taking. Their subject? Interview someone and write a newspaper article about them and their hobby. She was here this past summer when I started training for the Chicago Marathon, so she understood my love of running.

You guys. This was so much fun!

I’ve told you before that I have this blog because I know how annoying it is when I talk about running to my friends and co-workers IRL. They don’t care and they get irritated with my love of running. But this? This was great! She wanted to know why I started running, what keeps me running, why I chose to run a Marathon. Things like that. Time flew by. We talked about running for about 45 minutes. It was good stuff.

My heart is happy.

Have a great Monday friends!

Self acceptance

I sometimes like to read my horoscope. (Hi! I’m a Pisces!) And this was today’s gem:

“Today offers a good opportunity to rein in your desire to look for satisfaction elsewhere. Try aiming to be satisfied with your own body. This could take work in many areas of your life, not just diet and exercise. But acceptance of your own body is a lifelong issue, and you will serve yourself well if you can open up to what you truly feel about it.”

Whoa. Inspiration can be found in some unexpected places.

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile. I’ve been at my goal weight (plus or minus a few pounds) for about 15 months. But still, I haven’t been satisfied when I look in the mirror. I don’t always see what my body can do for me. I see its shortcomings, its failures. Where I need to change it.

Last Saturday after my Sandy Hook Half with Sarah I was about to get in the shower. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I stopped and really looked. Instead of seeing everything that was wrong with my body, I saw it for what it was and is: this amazing thing that lets me run (3 half marathons and 1 full marathon and counting!) bike, and walk. Its strong. I saw the flush from exertion, the salt and sweat matted to my skin and hair. I saw something that isn’t there all the time. Its a spark or sparkle in my eyes, the pure joy of being alive and doing something I love. I realized that this body may not be the defintion of conventional beauty and bears the scars (read: stretch marks) from my past life, but to me its much better than beautiful; its perfect.

Isn’t it amazing what running can do?

Happy Friday friends!

How I’m spending my afternoon

I’ve been done with my 5pm newscast for quite awhile now, and since I’m scheduled to work 9 hours a day with an hour lunch break that I rarely get to use all of, I never feel guilty when I can chill on tumblr, facebook or pinterest.

So today, I’m messing around on pinterest, looking at yummy food that I want to make/eat for dinner.

In reality you know what its going to be?

Something easy that I can pop in the microwave. Most likely Salmon and brussel sprouts. Thank goodness for the frozen food aisle.

Sigh.

I have the best of intentions. Promise.

What did I just get myself into?

Gulp.

I just bit the bullet and paid for a membership to an online dating site. I’d been on there for about a week or so and gotten several emails and messages, but couldn’t reply until I paid. And wouldn’t you know it, but they were having a special discount this weekend. So I pulled the trigger and got 3 months for the price of 1 and a half and now I’m seriously regretting it.

I’ve done the online thing before with some laughable results. I’ve gone on several dates and even dated one guy for awhile. But it just didn’t work out. And I’m not knocking anyone who has met their special person online. But I’ve always felt that I was better in real life than on paper. 

But I digress. 

It appears that I appeal to an older and quite younger demographic. I’ve gotten a lot of late 40 somethings and several 24 year olds who are sending me emails. (I’m 30). 

Is it too much to ask to find a normal, decent, attractive, smart, funny guy in his early 30’s here? I don’t think I’m asking for the moon, just a good guy. I’m sure he’s out there, I’m just not sure if this is the way to go about finding him.  It would really just be easier if he would just find me! 🙂

Oh well, at least it will provide us with some interesting stories, right?! I’ll keep you all posted. I’m sure we’re in for a bumpy ride. 🙂

beckyc replied to your photo: What? This isn’t normal mail at your house? An…

Wait what you live with a senator?

melanieisdoinglife replied to your photo: What? This isn’t normal mail at your house? An…

How did you do that?! 

rebeccaruns replied to your photo: What? This isn’t normal mail at your house? An…

Shut.Up! 

runningfortheriesling replied to your photo: What? This isn’t normal mail at your house? An…

Oh I am JEALOUS!!! 

joshbuildshealth replied to your photo: What? This isn’t normal mail at your house? An…

Very cool! 

Thanks guys!

Melanie & Becky- I live with a Nebraska State Senator. She’s a friend of mine who used to work in the TV biz before she left to run for office 6 years ago. She’s about my age and has a house. Nebraska pays their state senator’s only $12,000 a year so she works a couple other part time jobs. That wasn’t enough to pay her mortgage and bills and so she put on Facebook that she wanted a roommate. I’ve live here since October.

Sadly, she (nor I) are going to the Inauguration! But that was on the table when I got home last night and I thought it was pretty cool. 🙂 

You guys! ! I just ran 4 Miles in about the same time it took me to run my very first 5k! I didn’t want to get up, in fact I had reset my alarm and was going to run after work. But then my friend who is a night owl texted me at 5:30am, and told me he was going to bed, and said good morning to me. (crazy guy, i know!) And so I was awake.

First mile: 9:22, 2nd: 8:49, 3rd: 8:20, 4th: 8:00. Total time: 34:31 Yeah baby!

Have a great day friends!

Edit: I just looked, I ran my first 5k in 39:15. So this time Blows that one out of the water!!! Yeesss!!!!

My favorite part of today’s outfit? The unexpected pop of color from my brand new red pumps! I love love love them! They’ve gotten compliments from men and women alike. And they are fantastic.

Sorry for the bathroom selfie.

In other news, I haven’t run yet today, and it may not happen. I’m more than a little upset about this.

My former college professor and I are pretty close and she and I are having dinner tomorrow night. I go to bed early–like 9pm early to get up to run around 5am. And she texted me at 10:30pm last night wondering where we should eat. Then she texted me again at 1am! I have to leave my phone on all the time for my job and so its really frustrating when people call or text in the middle of the night when its not important. 

Side note: My co-workers and I get texts from the local fire department whenever there is a working fire or major accident. (I’m in TV News)  Now, this isn’t something that happens everynight, but it does happen, so I have to leave my phone on just in case.

Tonight, I’m making dinner for a former News Producer intern who I became pretty close to. She is coming over right at 6pm and that is when I get home. I guess I should embrace an unexpected rest day.

Oh well! Have a great night friends!