I feel this on a very personal level😂😂

Is this rock bottom?

I came into work Monday morning and my boss called me into her office. She sat me down and told me that due to the $200,000 that we are in the red, my position was being eliminated and my duties were being assigned to the remaining staff.

The next few moments were surreal; she outlined the severance package: (1 month salary and paying me out my PTO and another month of health insurance), and asked if I had any questions.

Over the roaring sound in my ears, I was able to choke out, “There’s really nothing to say, is there? You’ve made up your mind.”

She said it was a difficult decision and one she did not take lightly. I wholeheartedly disagree: she did not like that I questioned her about the potential office move. The way she treated me after that incident was totally different from how it was before.

I gathered my things and left. She had told all the others to either not come in or to come in late-which I find incredibly shady. I find it odd that this comes only 3 days after I reached my membership and sponsorship goals last week. I was the Membership Director. I think she will find that this was the wrong decision, especially with only a month to go before conference.

I am a mess. An utter mess. A month ago my boyfriend broke up with me. 4 weeks later this happens. I have to have faith that this is part of God’s greater plan for my life, but it is so hard to see that right now.

I’ve applied for several jobs, and have more to go. And you better believe that I’ve already filed for unemployment! They have to pay for doing this to me!

I am worried about money. Rent and a new car payment and other bills scare me. I have a bit of time, but not a lot. If you would all keep me in your thoughts and prayers, I would appreciate it!! Any possible ideas or leads would be appreciated!

Friday, Finally

I tried a thing with my hair last night. I took a shower and washed my hair then I twisted it and pinned it up on the top of my head to air dry all night. I was going for the beachy waves. I think I got the frizzy mess instead. Whatever. It’s Friday. I don’t care.
Over Labor Day we had a hail storm. I had Shaniqua for 12 years without any hail damage after multiple storms. 6 weeks into owning my new car (Brooke has named her “Blue-niqua”!) I managed to acquire $3130.00 in hail damage! Sniff, sniff. I got the estimate Wednesday and made her appointment for when I’m in Chicago for conference next month.
GUESS WHAT?!?!?! At 3:45pm yesterday I HIT MY MEMBERSHIP GOALS!! 100% (at least!) of every category across the board! I’m so relieved, it is like a huge weight has been lifted. To give you some perspective, I’m responsible for just under $490,000.00 (or 40% of our operating budget!) and $50k in Conference sponsorship money. I hit THAT goal last month. **$51,750 thankyouverymuch!**

It is going to be cool today (upper 60′s), 80 tomorrow and 90 on Sunday. I really do love Fall in Nebraska.
Those should be a 4 & 5, but Tumblr won’t let me. Whatever dude. We are doing Random Acts of Kindness at work. I have to do something nice for a coworker (doesn’t have to involve money) by Tuesday. Any suggestions?

Happy FRIDAY!!

Just wondering..

Why are we made to feel guilty when we leave work on time, after putting in our full 8 hours?

When did society (and bosses) start seeing working longer and staying late as something that you have to do on a daily basis or you aren’t committed to your job as the person in the next office?

I don’t see it that way. Work is not my life. My job is what I do so that I can have a life. And there’s a big difference between those two things.

Just my two cents.

Edit to add: I’m salaried. I get paid the same if I work 100 hours a week or 5 hours.

This is the life. Sunshine, shades, and 83° here in Phoenix. It’s 52° back in Nebraska.I think I can handle this. Why do I have to sit inside for meetings?? I should be soaking up the sun!!

Oh Thursday…

4 Tempo miles on the schedule this morning. I woke up late and managed to get 2 of them in. So I’m not a complete failure. Just a partial one.

It’s snowing again right now. It’s bloody freakin’ cold too. I need a tropical vacation, stat.
Easy 5 tomorrow and Easy 6 Saturday. Should we take bets that I will actually get them done at the hotel, before the all-day long board meetings? I really have no other choice. Suck it up, Melissa.
Have you seen this?

I dig it. Love me some JT.

Did I tell you guys I get to go to Seattle in June for our Summer Board meeting? I’m so excited as I’ve never been to the Pacific Northwest. Who can I meet while I’m there? Is that close to any of you?? Message me!

Have a good one, Cats!

Wednesday Things

Since we have been out of the office from Halloween until Monday (17 days!) I have been slogging through my email, trying to catch up since Monday morning. I’m currently only on Friday, November 7th. Oy. I hope to be caught up by Friday.
I give you Wednesday’s OOTD. Wednesday usually marks the height of how nice I will dress all week. It goes on a downhill slide from here. But boots and tights season is one of my favorite times of the year!
Getting out of bed to workout in the morning is a challenge when blankets have claimed me as one of their own. So far this week I’ve had to workout after work–which I HATE. I’m working on finding my morning motivation again.
Good News! I told The Child (the nickname I gave the 22-year-old videographer who was hitting on me) that I just couldn’t do “this” (this would be the overtly sexual texting he was doing) anymore. I apologized for leading him on. He said it was cool and that he enjoyed our chats. He told me I was awesome. That was nice. The issue was that he was a little creepy. He told me that he would slow down when we were walking from room to room at this event so that he could stare at my butt. He talked about things he wanted to do to me! He said that when I flip my hair it was “so sexy” that he wanted to take me to bed every time I did it. Dude. No. Just no. Think these things-don’t tell me them. Yikes.
I went back to weightlifting class last night. My tush is sore from all of the squats and curtsy lunges we did. I feel the burn!
Each morning when I get to work I’ve been taking laps around the building before my day starts. Each lap is about a tenth of a mile. This morning I did 4 laps. The goal is to get to 10 laps total a day. Totally doable, I think.
I want to form a support group for people in their 30’s who like Taylor Swift’s new album and Nick Jonas’s new song, “Jealous”. There is no shame but I feel like there should be for some reason.

Have a great day friends!

Should I be Offended?

Today at work a co-worker said (in jest) that I was just the “hot girl with nothing going on upstairs."

Um…excuse me? What?

I was saying that I felt like I couldn’t add much to the conversation about what supplies we needed to order and pack because I hadn’t done a conference yet and didn’t know what to expect. They said it was it fine, and I would know more next year, but then one of them said that.

I know she was joking. There was a pseudo-compliment there too, I suppose. But regardless, I’m not an idiot. There’s A LOT going on upstairs, thankyouverymuch.

It’s nice to be needed

My former boss at the Ocho texted me over lunch today. The new assignment editor (my dear friend!) started today and they needed to make some logins for her into the newsroom software and internet updating software. When he asked the Engineers to do it, their reply was “uh, Melissa always did that.”
So former boss asked me to walk him through doing it. I tried to help over the phone, but, (imagine this!) the boss doesn’t have administrator privileges so he couldn’t change the system. Awesome. I did, however, make her a web login from my new job location. Love that.
Then a reporter texted me, asking me for my former roomie (the state Senator’s) cell phone number for a story. I obliged. Good stuff.
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy to know that even though I’ve been gone nearly a month, they still (kinda) need me. 🙂
In other news, I need new running shoes, stat. Mine have just under 500 miles on them and Oh boy, can I feel it! There is no cushion left. I’m making an attempt to get those this week.

That’s all I got people, have a good night!

Sometimes, I go out on the town.
And sometimes, it’s a million degrees outside. So humid, it was like swimming. I’m sweaty and gross. But I got to wear shorts and a cute top to the bars! I consider that a win!

We had a going away party for my coworker who is done Wednesday. He’s moving back to Miami. We bar-hopped thru the Railyard in Lincoln. It’s like the plaza in KC but much smaller. Good times. It made me realize how much I’m going to miss working with these people each day.

Tears will fall next week.