Tag: this is my life

Apparently, I’m really popular in Denver

I got home last Sunday evening after spending 8 days in Denver for my first annual work Conference. It was an incredible experience. I had the BEST time and even one of those “Aha!” moments where I realized that, despite it being 11pm and I was on the brink of exhaustion, I was EXACTLY where I was supposed to be. It was a great feeling.

But, that’s not why you’re reading this post, right? You all know to expect a little more excitement and drama (particularly male-related) when it involves me, right?

Of course, right!

Where to start? The beginning I suppose:

Let’s do this bullet style:

  • The conference started Wednesday. I had a videographer and photographer with me Thursday-Saturday. We ran around to get pictures and video from all of the sessions involving the 2,000+ people attending. It was nuts, but exciting.
  • Thursday I went to back-to-back receptions with the boys (my video and photo guys). At the first reception, 2 men from Puerto Rico came up to me and began chatting. One of them kept putting his arm around me, touching me and flirting with me…calling me “trouble”.  We chatted for a bit. He was sweet and I wasn’t bothered by it
  • About 20 minutes later, as I was rushing to the other reception, another man came up to me. He asked me if I ever got a break, and that I’d been running around a lot. He told me he’d been watching me the past couple of days (ummm…ok? That’s odd) and that I just had this energy about me. I thought it was a little weird, but it was fine. He asked if I was free later, and I told him I had to go to a student party, but he could come if he wanted. (he was not a student.) He agreed to go, but I did’t think he’d show.
  • HE DID! He hung out with me for about 45 minutes. He told me I had “Amazing hair” and that I was beautiful, and I just have this energy about me. It was nice. I liked it.
  • AND THEN I NOTICED HIS WEDDING RING!
  • Are you FREAKIN’ kidding me? A married man is hitting on me? Saying all this stuff? Seriously? My luck sucks. 
  • So I decided to leave, he rode the elevator to our rooms and that was it.
  • When I saw him the next day at sessions, he would smile, wink, and wave at me. I felt a little dirty.
  • Saturday, he came to our office to say goodbye to me. He then asked if we could chat later, and I agreed. I wanted to know about the ring!
  • That night, there was a dinner and dance. During the dance, the man from Puerto Rico pulled me out onto the dance floor for hours. I had a blast with him. And then I taught our President (a man in his late 50’s, early 60’s)how to Wobble. It was great!
  • I finally met up with married man. We chatted for awhile. My friends were in the bar too, making sure I was ok. We were even chatting with the bartender. His name tag said “Matty K”. Matty K was funny and kept coming over to talk. He was friendly.
  • Married man kept telling me that I was gorgeous, that I have a smile that lights up the room, and that I have amazing hair. It was flattering but now tainted that I knew he was married.
  • Eventually, the bar closed and my friends went to another. Matty K said he would look out for me and I told them I’d be fine. I finally asked Married Man about his ring. He said he wondered when I would ask. He’s been married 2 years, and has never cheated on his wife(yeah, right) but he was just so attracted to me. And would I come back to his hotel room?
  • Acca-scuse me? Nope. I left. I went to meet up with my friends.
  • I ran into Matty K who said he was glad that I ditched “that loser.” I told him he was married and had tried to get me to go back to his room. Matty K said he was a douche and he annoyed him because the HE couldn’t hit on me!!
  • IS MY LIFE A ROMANTIC COMEDY NOW!?!?!?!?!? 
  • I giggled, and we went our separate ways. I just can’t even anymore.
  • The night before we went to dinner. The waiter hit on me then, called me “love” 6 times and gave me a hug before we left. My co-worker said “the most random things really DO just happen to you!” Yep. They sure do!
  • 4 days after I got home, I got a text from the videographer. He proceeded to tell me how much he liked me and hoped something would happen on our last day together in Denver.
  • WHAT EVEN IS HAPPENING? He’s funny but he’s 10 years younger than me and I don’t see him that way AT ALL. 
  • Married man has texted me twice since Tuesday. He’s still married. It’s not happening. 

So, 4 days of work, 5 guys hit on me (1 after the fact!) and here I sit, alone again, naturally.

Life is funny, isn’t it?

I can’t make this stuff up!

I went to a wedding for a former co-worker tonight. Another former coworker decided (as she and her husband were leaving) that I needed to find a man at this wedding. So she stopped by this table where 2 guys approximately around my age where sitting and asked if they were single. 

She then called me over and introduced me as her “Single friend Melissa”. She said those 2 men were also single and that we should hang out and dance later.

I was MORTIFIED! I am fairly sure I turned bright red and did my best to shake their hands and hide it, but still. Inside I was dying.

Needless to say after she left, I quit chatting with them, and went back to my friends; completely red with embarrassment and feeling a little more pathetic about being single.

Weddings will do that to you, I suppose. 

Thursday Things

  • I feel squishy after the Half Marathon. I always retain water for a few days after the half. But I always forget that and then I get annoyed. Sigh.
  • I got up and ran yesterday morning and this morning. I’m shooting for 4 miles tomorrow morning before work as well.
  • Do you guys watch “The Mindy Project”? The Season Finale was PERFECT.
  • And Crap, did it hit home when she reminded Danny what he told her; “guys don’t break up with girls they secretly want to be with." Crap you guys. That one made me THINK. 
  • I need to tell you guys what the Psychic told me a few weeks ago! It was interesting. That’s another post coming tonight or tomorrow.
  • Conversations in the newsroom today, talking about how you don’t generally want to give your children the same name as any of your exes. I said: "I need to find my soul mate soon! I’m beginning to run out of names if I ever have babies and they’re boys!” Oy. My life. I’ve dated some repeat names too. It’s confusing.
  • Froyo tonight with a couple of my Lincoln Girls! YAY!

Have a great evening friends!!

A Tale of One Weekend (In 2 Parts) Pt. 1

I had another: “This could only happen to Melissa” Moment Friday night:

I got into work at Corky and my coworker told me she had a story for me, that was ABOUT me! My stomach dropped and I said, “what?” warily. 

She proceeded to tell me that a woman who is a regular at Corky popped in about a half hour earlier to buy a bottle of booze she likes off of us. She then told my coworker that she was on a date but that her date wouldn’t come into the studio because “he had gone out on a date with Melissa before.”

…

Yup. If you’re new here, that makes 2 guys in 3 weeks that I have gone out on dates with in the past that have stopped in or have come to class at the studio.

My coworker asked what his name was, and she told her. She tried to think of his nickname, but couldn’t. The woman said that we had gone out a few months ago. My coworker said that I had been dating someone the past few months (ex man friend) and so it had to be before that. And the woman said that we had gone out once. This is all true. Expect that this guy (whom I called Blender B, cuz he blends all his food together when he eats at home) gave me the creep out vibe. I went out with him once in July and I stress-sweated the entire 2 days before the date, and during the whole date. Ugh. 

Blender B. came in for a minute and my coworker was not impressed. She told them we had a few open spots if they wanted to paint that night. He did not want to, and they left. She laughed and told me the story when I arrived 20 minutes later.

I seriously think it’s time I contemplated moving out of the state. It is clearly not safe for me here any longer. In the past 2 months I have run into 3 guys I have dated, 1 of them while I was hanging out with ex man friend! 2 in Lincoln and 1 in Omaha. I’m done. 

This would happen to me!

To be continued….

Doing Friday night right

My friend and coworker and i rented a movie, ate chips and guacamole and laughed together. It was good for my soul.

Now it’s 10:30pm and I’m going to bed. I’m so excited to sleep! Tomorrow I run long and then I’m off to Omaha for my bff’s 30th birthday, and then another friend’s wedding after that. My friend Keith agreed to be my date (it’s our 3rd wedding as dates! So third times the charm?) He’s a great wedding date: no pressure, lots of fun and we flirt shamelessly the entire time. Love that!

Ahhh, the exciting life of a single gal!

Night friends!