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3 miles on the treadmill before 6:15am! I miss those days where I ran most mornings. I’m workng my way back to that. That means nearly 9k steps already this morning! Go me!

I have plans tonight, a dentist appointment tomorrow, plans with the girls Friday and a date Saturday night. Busy, busy week. I’m pretty sure I need one of my crowns replaced so that will be fun tomorrow. Sigh.

Oh yeah, and I need to fit 10 miles of runs in there somewhere too! I’m just super glad that my run is done for today.

Have a great hump day cats!

Today on Snapchat

I channeled @amanda-healthyhappywhole and had some caffeine as big as my head! Homemade Chai Latte FTW! Also, I rocked some second day hair. Pretty pleased about that one!
I ran to Walgreen’s and saw my old car’s twin. I had twinge of nostalgia and then I realized I was driving my wicked awesome 2013 Ford Escape. Present Melissa was pleased with the way things have turned out!
3 miles on the treadmill after work resulted in a good run, a lot of sweat, and some minor repairs with the Allen wrench! (I had to ask my man friend who is a mechanic on the side what it was via snapchat, whoops!)
We’re in week 3 of Lincoln Half Marathon Training. Things are going well. I’m still contemplating a few changes…but I’m working on it.
Life is pretty good otherwise, I’m keeping busy and I think that’s a good thing! 🙂 I tend to obsess when I’m not busy, you know?

Have a good week friends!

Sunday selfie.

I’m going to the ocho holiday party this morning with my bff Keith so I wore this to church as well. It’s church and holiday party appropriate! Also, I’ve got some big hair happening!

They have the BEST brunch and my friend who runs it says I’ll get a gift card too… so I’m pretty excited about it!!

Happy Sunday friends!

They say we’re going to get 5-10 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow. 45 mile per hour winds will make it worse. So I switched tomorrow’s run for today because if I can run outside instead of on the treadmill, then I’ll do it!

I can work from home tomorrow, so that’s pretty awesome! I’m not too concerned about going in.

Today was crazy busy but in a good way. Each day that I’m doing my job I love it more. How fun is that?? 🙂

Have a great week cats!

Life Update

I haven’t been posting here that much. It kind of happened out of the fact that I don’t like to write posts on my phone or ipad and would rather write on my computer. But I can’t use my work computer to get onto Tumblr–the state would freak out! So my posts are fewer than usual.

But I’m here to promise that will change. Training for the Lincoln Half Marathon will start next Monday so I’ll start running 5 days a week and complaining about it! 😉

Weekend things:

I got my hair did. My hair lady wanted to try something fun. This happened. It was fun, but I could never recreate it!
It snowed here. It is supposed to snow another 2-4 inches tomorrow. Blech. I’m over this whole winter thing! I want spring please. Thanks!
I saw that sign at Wal-Mart. I snapchatted it to my ex. We both LOL’d. Despite the break up and his stupidity I am glad that I met him.
That last photo is my oldest nephew. He’s 9 and with that hairdo he looks about 14. I just can’t even.

I said in my response to Anon about my lack of posting that life has been weird. That is for another post entirely. Suffice it to say that I really hate dating sometimes. This is not a pity party but I honestly don’t understand some men. Like, you’re 32. Grow up and get your life together. I’m tired of lame excuses and immature guys. Maybe I will just never find “him.”

I’ve been doing a bit of running here and there…that will dramatically increase next week. I’ve also been doing the 30 day shred most days-if not a bit sporadically! 🙂

I had today off since it is a state holiday! I get 10 more this year!! (President’s days and Arbor Day are the next ones we get!) I’ve slept in, did a little grocery shopping at Sam’s and have been doing some laundry. A solid day of adulting.

I’ve missed you friends. I promise I’ll do better! 🙂

The story of The Red Coat

I love my red coat. This is the second one I’ve had. I have literally had people stop me on the street and tell me how much they love my coat. I think it’s the dark hair against the bright red coat that causes it to be so striking.

This weekend I had 3 different men tell me that me and my coat were stunning. Seriously. One even said he loved my tiny little waist. He got a big hug for that one! 😉

I’m not sure what was in the water, but I’ll take it! Ladies, my advice? Go buy a red coat! Bask in the compliments! Enjoy!

Guys, I genuinely adore @running-matt. He’s the best. Seriously. Skype dates with him are some of my favorite times of the week. We talk about stupid stuff, I try to mimic his Scottish accent (I’m actually rubbish at it!) We make fun of each other and he’ll let me take screenshots of us both yawning with our mouths wide open. He’s pretty cool.

After we hung up because it was nearly 2am to Matt! I did my hair because I’m heading out to karaoke with some friends from the ocho and my new job tonight. I’m pretty excited.

This week has markedly improved since Monday. I’m pretty happy about that. Hope you all have a great weekend friends!

Tuesday Things

I was in a pretty deep funk last night. For reasons that I’d rather not get into here. However, it appears I’m in good company? As yesterday was blue Monday? I haven’t broken resolutions or anything like that but I’m just tired of some things continually happening in my life. I guess if you want something that you’ve never had, you have to do things that you’ve never done, right? Fine life. I get the picture. You win.

I’m trying to get my head out of that funk and one way is to dress for success. One thing that I really like about my job is that we dress pretty nice most days. I like that. I feel like I do better quality of work when I’m dressed well, you know? So you get to see my outfit today. You get a side view because I’m feeling pretty good about my body lately. Also, note my brand new Kate Spade phone case. I love stripes and I love Kate Spade and I love bright colors, so that’s a win to me!

I have a day of New Employee Orientation tomorrow…I’m 100% not looking forward to that, but everyone has to go.

Training for the Lincoln Half Marathon starts in a few weeks. I’m currently running 2-3 miles a day most days a week. I think that’s also part of my funk. Cold weather, lack of sunlight, and needing a training plan to keep me on track. I don’t know.

I don’t tend to do resolutions, but my goals for this year are to run 2 half marathons, to pay off my credit card, and to be open to new experiences—whatever form they take. I also want to go somewhere on vacation this year, or save for a decent trip next year, whether it’s alone or with someone. Last year I went to Phoenix, Denver, Orlando, Buffalo, NY and upstate New York but only 1 of those was a real vacation. Phoenix and Orlando were work trips, Denver was my best friend’s wedding and Buffalo/Upstate New York was the wedding trip with my then-Boyfriend. So that was a real vacation but not really, you know?

I want to go somewhere with a beach. And drinks with umbrellas. And somewhere I can lose track of time. I need to.

So here’s to 2016 being a great year! I may be in a funk, but I’m going to choose to be happy, because it truly is a choice that requires effort at times. 🙂

Let’s Catch Up

Selfies with Rio. That dog cracks me up. She was excited that I sprung her from the vet. We took a few selfies and snapchats then went home to snuggle.

The Vet’s Office had that as their sign. I actually stopped the car and came back around to take that picture. Because I LOL’d and when that happens you must stop and take the photo.

New Christmas Sweater. It’s the style that is supposed to be big and loose on my frame. I was a bit nervous about it, but I like it. It is warm and cozy. I’m a fan. I’m also wearing jeans that are a size smaller than I’ve been wearing for the past 6 months or so because of the relationship weight gain.

So that leads me to this…

Fun Fact: (Will this get me kicked out of the Fitblr category for this??) I actually LOST weight over Christmas. Like 4 pounds down. So weird. I don’t even know.

Running. Running and I are trying to get back into a good relationship. I sign up for the Lincoln Half on Sunday and I will start training at the end of the month so I really need to get my stuff together. Like now. Note to self, the longer you don’t run, the harder it will be to actually get back into the habit. So, GO RUN MELISSA! NO EXCUSES.

Life is humming right along right now. Work is good. I really enjoy all the things that I get to do, and I love the people I work with.

Have a great (short!) week friends!

Monday +/-

-We moved offices. It was a mess of a day. Not much was accomplished. That’s fine.

-My tooth hurts. I’m concerned I’m getting an infection again. Le sigh.

-I’m exhausted and sleep doesn’t seem to come easily to me.

+Exciting text conversations made for an interesting day.

+ I’m going to take a bubble bath.

+ I love my job and co-workers more each day. It’s pretty cool.

+ Christmas is Friday!!!