Tag: vacation

Scenes from a Tuesday

  • I changed clothes to go for a walk with the dogs and I was NOT unhappy with what I saw. Sure, there’s some extra weight still there, bulges and whatnot, but I am actually fairly happy with what I see in the mirror, even though I am still trying to lose more. It’s a nice feeling. I’m sure it helps that things are fitting better since I’ve lost some weight! 😉
  • My coworker and I are taking advantage of the nice weather we’ve had have been taking walks at lunch. We go around 3 miles and it is great. Good conversation and a good workout. Today we met Oscar. He’s a rescue dachshund and just a sweet little boy. Made my heart happy to get to pet him. (My parents have two dachsies at home and I miss my girls!)
  • This third picture is NOT from today. In fact, it is from 2013 and when I ran across it the other day it made me SAD. I need to get those arms back. Aside from just losing some weight to get rid of the flab, I need to tone. And you know how I did it? The 100-day pushup challenge. So my walking buddy and I are going to that starting May 1st. I want to have some sweet guns for my wedding next year!
  • Speaking of the wedding, I am working on getting the details of the wedding hammered out. Thaks to @runs4donuts I found a travel agent (her sis-in-law) who gets what we want and is super nice! She’s working up the specs for us this week. Thanks, Tiff! We want to get our engagement photos taken ASAP so we can send our save the dates out soon–but I want them to be outside in springy weather…and that has not been the case recently. I am hoping that Mother Nature gets her stuff together and things start budding and blooming soon.
  • We got an email from HR on Monday that we move to summer hours 8am-4pm starting May 14 (we only get off 30 minutes early, but 30 minutes is 30 minutes in the summer!) AND the University is closed July 2-4, so we get those days as holidays!
  • I am beyond excited because the week prior to that I am going to Washington, D.C. for a conference. I leave Sunday, June 24, and plan to stay until June 30 to sightsee. Instead of flying back here, I will likely fly to Nebraska and see my family and friends and do wedding stuff (like hopefully pick out a dress!) and come back here on July 10, only burning 4 days of vacation time, but out of the office for 2.5 weeks!!! 

Have a great evening, friends!

Friday, finally.

5:30 am is going to come fast! We are packed and ready to go! I’m in bed as I write this. It’s time to escape!

This photo came up in my newsfeed this morning. This was 9 years ago compared with today. I’m working on me, but I’m light-years ahead of where I was.

I’m going to say good night friends! I can’t wait to go wheels up tomorrow!

I’m no good at sneaky selfies.

I’m FINALLY on vacation!! I’m at the Omaha airport, heading to Buffalo, NY. That’s where my is from, and he’s been there for about a week. We’re going to a wedding and to see his fam. Should be a nice time.

I’m so pumped for a few days off. I haven’t had a vacation day since April!! That’s a long time ago.

See you next week friends!

It’s my Friday!

I leave for New York in the morning, I’m so excited!!!

After all you fabulous people cast your votes on which dress to take, I decided that while I will take both, I’m going to wear the blue one. Because I had it altered for this wedding and I LOVE the way it fits:

Ignore my serious face and tummy pooch. I feel pretty hot!

In other news, I can’t quite shake this cough for the past 1.5 weeks so I took some cough syrup last night before bed. I CRASHED. Hard. But, it stopped the cough and I slept great.

Some of the students are beginning to move back into the dorms. Greek Rush Week is next week–I can’t wait to see all the Freshmen girls trying to walk to all the Sorority houses in their high heels. They look like baby giraffes!

I’m a ridiculously good mood today–sunshine, gorgeous weather, and I’m almost on vacation??!! Yeah baby!! COME AT ME!

Have a good one friends!

Bloody heck, it’s hot out there. We’ll be in a heat advisory this afternoon so I decided to get some miles in before it descended on us.

That did not happen. It was hot all night long. So I slugged out 2 miles walking and running. My bf called in the middle of the run and I gratefully answered…thankful for the reprieve. The humidity is killer.

I plan on a lot of pool time today. Happy Friday friends!

I’m Baaaccckkk!!!

  • Work Mirror selfies are back!! You’re welcome??
  • Orlando was awesome. 10/10 would do it again. I hadn’t been to Disney World in nearly 20 years (crap, I’m old!!) and it was such a good time going as an adult. However, geez, things are expensive! Universal was cool too. Harry Potter World was awesome!
  • Before we came home, my friend and I hit the outlet mall. I got that skirt from Banana for $8 and another black top (not pictured) for $8.50. Deals and Steals, friends. Deals and steals.
  • I feel disgusting. Too much of the foods that I normally NEVER let myself eat combined with raging hormones equals me up a couple of pounds (mostly water weight) and hating how I look in the mirror. Le Sigh. The mind is funny.
  • I only ran once while on vacation. But I did manage to hit my step goal nearly every day so I’ll consider that a win.
  • My boyfriend says he wants to start running with me. I’m really excited to share this with him and to do something active together. Win-Win. 🙂 I am concerned that he will be much faster than me (he’s an army recruiter and used to run 5:30 min/miles) but he had back surgery last year and hasn’t run for awhile, so I think that will give me a bit of an edge! 😉
  • I only have to work today and tomorrow then we have 4 day weekend FTW! My boss is fantastic! I’m pretty excited, especially since I could not sleep last night and saw 3 am (which felt like 4am to me!) And then I was up by 6:40–which turned into 7:30. So does that mean I got a nap last night instead of real sleep? The struggle. It’s real.

Happy Tuesday friends!

Holy Humidity Batman!

  • At 6:30 this morning it was 76 degrees…it felt like 80! I was dripping with sweat when I finished my run. It felt awesome.
  • I spent Friday-Sunday in the pool. I regret nothing.
  • My roommate got a dog. He’s a German Shepherd mix and he hates me. As in hadn’t barked or growled until he met me, but then about ripped my head off! He was home alone and under the kitchen table when I got home last night. He started growling at me when I walked into the kitchen. I’m supposed to let him out this afternoon. I don’t want to lose a finger in the process.
  • My boyfriend gave me his selfie stick for the wedding I went to this weekend and my nephews got ahold of it after church yesterday morning. I found this gem (and several others!) on my phone. I adore those boys.
  • I leave for Orlando on Wednesday. Thursday is Harry Potter World, Friday and Saturday I actually have to work…and then Sunday we’re going to the Magic Kingdom! I can’t wait!! Vacation baby! It’s going to be hot and humid in Florida–I think I’m going to pack a lot of running clothes-at least they’ll wick the sweat away! 

Happy Monday Friends!