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Today on Snapchat

I just discovered the fun filters. You should be glad you don’t have to see me as a unicorn puking a rainbow. This one is my favorite.

In other news…

• My foot is STILL healing. I’m the most impatient person in the world so not being able to run/walk well is KILLING me. GRR.
• The Firefighter snapped me upon seeing these photos and told me that my face looks thin and that I need to eat more. Ummm, no. I’m eating just fine thankyouverymuch. I told him it was smoke and mirrors. 🙂
• I did something for my mental health this week: I’ve had a follower who is someone I’ve deemed a “toxic follower”. She would only comment to say mean things, judge my life, and tell me what to do. So I blocked her. I didn’t want to, and felt bad, but then I realized that this should be a safe space where I can express myself without feeling judged. And she turned it into a place where I felt like I needed to filter myself, my thoughts, and not be fully honest with you guys. That ends NOW. I shouldn’t feel bad for getting rid of someone who is not nice and can’t say nice things to people she’s never even met!! I feel good about my choice.
• Today my parents have been married for 41 years. Congrats mom and dad!! Quite the achievement this day and age!

It’s hump day. The downhill slide. Game on.

What a difference about 9 hours makes

My super awesome umbrella makes rainy mornings ok. Because I’ve always got blue skies when I use it! Fast forward 9 hours to after work and it’s like I’ve taken the umbrella and willed it into happening in real life. What a gorgeous day this turned out to be! I love it.

Your random Melissa thoughts for the day:

• 8 days post-plantar wart removal and I’m still in massive pain. This sucker was big and there is a large chunk of my foot missing. If I could just not wear shoes that would help. Every kind of shoe bothers my feet–flip flops are bugging my calf muscles now-the strain of holding the shoe on AND it just doesn’t sit right. Running shoes are too supportive and press against the wound constantly and any other shoe does the same. (I have tried all of my shoes. And I have A LOT, trust me.)
• Due to this, I can’t run and I’ve tried starting the BBG workouts and nope, just nope. Not yet. I have got to let my foot heal before I do lower body stuff. I am currently working on my upper body and eating well.
• I’ve met women named Joyful, Pepper, and Cinnamon. These names are interesting and in some cases, remind me of things would might name dogs or horses. Why do people do this to their children??
• My friend texted me today and asked if I would be her training buddy for the Good Life Halfsy (Lincoln’s other half marathon, held in November). I am not running it, but said I’d do some runs with her. She wants me to run it with her. I doubt that I will.
• I can’t stop listening to “Can’t Stop The Feeling”. This song is so good. We had an impromptu dance party in the kitchen last night to the song. It was great.
• My basement flooded AGAIN. My house is a disaster. I just can’t even right now.
• The father of the teenage boy who mows my lawn drew a line in the sand this week, if you will. We don’t want the lawn mowed each week-it gets expensive paying $30/week! But with all the rain, it has been growing and is getting long. The father told me that if we didn’t want it mowed each week we should find someone else to do it. It required too much effort otherwise. I feel like I’m stuck because I don’t have a mower, but it’s getting expensive! Sigh. My roomie says she and her bf (our other roomie) are going to buy a mower. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Hope you’re having a good hump day friends!

Long time, no “Real” talk. So let’s catch up, shall we?

• After a rainy and chilly Lincoln Half Marathon on Sunday the weather has turned completely around. 70’s, blue skies, puffy clouds. I can handle this. This is what May is supposed to be like.
• I went to the doctor Tuesday to have a giant plantar wart removed from my foot. It never bothered my running, but it bothers me when my feet are bare or in sandals. So I knew that it was time to get it taken care of (again). I have a large crater in the bottom of my foot. It makes walking difficult and hurts SO MUCH!
• The Doctor bandaged it with a Band-Aid that has since been replaced with a lovely bandage as I keep bleeding. So that’s gross.
• I can’t workout or run for likely a week, which makes me feel pretty gross, but I just need to remember to make good food choices!
• The article that my co-worker wrote on me a few weeks ago was published yesterday. I have gotten so many nice emails about it, and telling me how awesome it is that I lost the weight. It was really humbling.
• During the Half on Sunday I thought to myself that I was insane for doing that without training. My body hurt and everything was sore. I realized that you have to forget the pain of the last marathon before you are willing to do another. Because at that moment, during mile 9 when I thought I would NEVER get done, I NEVER wanted to do another race again. But then…today? I think I need to do more! 🙂 I’m nuts, I know.
• As soon as it doesn’t hurt to walk I’m going to start the BBG workouts with ya’ll. Should be fun to do something else and intense like that. I’m kinda excited.
• I LOVE the month of May. It might be my favorite month; I think I love the promise of what’s to come. How we’re on the edge of summer, but it’s not quite here yet. There’s so many things waiting to happen. And I really like that. 
• Things are good in my world, life is good. Hope they are with you all too! I’ll try to be better at writing…I miss this catharsis. 

Have a good one friends!