Tag: work

Wednesday night brain dump

  • I worked 15 hours yesterday. Election day pizza does not make up for a super long day like that. I’m exhausted. Oof.
  • Consequently I spent the evening parked on the couch, catching up on my DVR. Ahhhh, bliss.
  • I think I need to design cute pants and capri’s for girls with muscular calves. I tried on some at Target the other day that made me hate my legs. They were too tight on the calves in my size, but going a size up they were way too big in the waist. And still too tight in the calves. Stop making me feel bad about my body designers, and get with the program: we come in all different shapes and sizes! Design for it. *Gets off soapbox.* 
  • Well, that escalated quickly! Apparently that annoyed me more that I knew. Huh.
  • I need to end things with New Guy. Despite him showing up out of nowhere to cheer me on at the Marathon last week, I’m just not feeling it. Life is too short to stay with someone you just don’t like and want to be with. Alone again, naturally.
  • I’m done looking for love. When it’s meant to be; it will happen. With whoever I’m supposed to be with. Until then, I’m going to keep being awesome, having a good time, and living my life. The right man who wants to be in that awesome life will be there, someday. I have faith.
  • I’m exhausted friends! Night!

“Things can only get better”

  • We had massive computer problems at work all day. There was some question if the Midday show would be able to go on. (It did. But it was dicey.) The program we produce the news with and the internet kept malfunctioning. It was a very trying day. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, PEOPLE!
  • The GM said we all should go get a drink at the bar next door to the station after we got off to drown our sorrows and crappy day in. My response? I went home and ran a 5k…outside!! I feel much better!
  • Then I ate dinner and got some Froyo! Win-Win.
  • It was 69 degrees here today. I ran outside in capri’s and a t-shirt. Gorgeous day, not a cloud in the sky. Happiness.
  • We are celebrating my birthday at work tomorrow since my actual birthday is Sunday. If I have to get older I might as well celebrate, right? 
  • Everyone is on vacation this week, so consequently I’m in charge! I like it!
  • We are having a Girls Night Out Saturday night for my birthday—we’re getting dressed up and going out downtown. I’m pumped. 

Have a great night Friends! Fingers crossed the computers work tomorrow! Hey, at least tomorrow is Friday…that counts for something! 🙂

Five Five!

  1. Hey guys, Miss my face? 🙂 I’m still alive! I honestly don’t know how people OD on prescription drugs! I had to have Hydrocodone and when that wouldn’t take away my pain, they gave me Percocet. I felt nauseous, seasick, tired and kind of foggy on those drugs. The Percocet was way worse. But! The pain is gone and I’m currently only on Tylenol and my antibiotic. I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday on the couch, “resting my eyes.”
  2. I don’t like feeling foggy and out of it. I like feeling in control and on top of my game. I like feeling clear and awake and energized. I’ve not felt that way for the past few days. That’s the drugs talking. They get rid of the pain, but at a cost. My arms and legs and even chest felt funny. So did my ears! So freakin’ weird.
  3. I’m off from Corky and The station this weekend! Hooray! Yesterday was my brother’s 35th Birthday and so tonight is a family dinner. I miss my 3 nephews. I haven’t seen them in nearly 2 months. That’s waaaayyy too long.
  4. The 2nd picture is the photo collage I made for Facebook for his birthday yesterday. He and his wife ran the Lincoln Half last year. They’re doing it again this year with me. I’m so proud of my family!
  5. I don’t think I’m taking in enough calories. I don’t know exactly how many I’m doing, but seeing as I’ve gained a few pounds, and I’m eating healthy AND running 20+ miles a week, I think THAT’S the problem. Advice?
  6. Bonus one: I’ve only run 2 miles this week. This tooth infection has made me so tired. I could have ran this morning, but I needed sleep. And I’ve slept a lot the past few days. Clearly, being sick and fighting infection takes a lot out of a person. 

Happy Friday Friends!

Me, today. 

I actually quoted this card to my boss today after he kept needling me to “stop being mad.”

Um, no? You’re the one who yelled at me for something that isn’t my fault and then you want me to get over it instantly?

Have you EVER met a woman before? Not gonna happen.

Gah.

Rude.

Whatever dude. I’m gonna go run it out.

This morning, in pictures:

  • My car, which I have named Shaniqua, turned over 205,000 miles this morning. Right as I pulled into the parking lot at work. It was pretty cool. 
  • I got to work at 6:30 this morning. That is my first and only cup of Chai Tea Latte. I’ve been working on the Associated Press Awards for our station. They have to be uploaded to youtube and it takes forever to do that during the day when everyone is on the internet. The bandwidth shrinks. When I tried to upload a 2 minute video during the afternoon yesterday it took 1.5 hours. The same video this morning? 5 minutes. No one was on the web at 6:30am!
  • So I didn’t shower this morning. I threw on a hoodie and jeans and rolled out of bed to make it in that early. I feel pretty! (haha!) The hoodie is covering the non-washed hair.
  • I’m leaving around 3pm. <—–That’s AWESOME.
  • I’m going to hit the treadmill for 4 miles and then lift weights.
  • I’ll probably go to bed SUPER early tonight. No regrets.
  • Funny thing? I wake up at 6 every morning in the summer to run. Today? It was so hard! I need sunlight to help wake me up.
  • I discovered voice messages on WhatsApp last night with Brooke. This has totally changed my entire way of communicating with her! I miss talking to her, and this helps. Also, I get to hear my favorite Canadian say “Sorry”. Adorable. And she gets to hear my boy drama, instead of reading it. So much better that way! 
  • Have a great Thursday, or as Tori says, Happy Friday Eve! 🙂

Monday, Monday

Lately I’ve been all about the bullet points on here. Does that annoy you or, are you like me, and that helps you read the posts? I like lists. I love things on Buzzfeed and Thought Catalog for this reason.

But I digress.

Let’s chat:

  • I lifted weights tonight. The gym was PACKED. So many good-looking dudes! I was in my happy place! 😉
  • I had some frank conversations with my bestie. Made me evaluate things. Hmm.
  • I’m speaking at my Alma Mater tomorrow. I went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and one of my College of Journalism Professors has me come back each semester to speak to her classes. I talk about what it’s like being a News Producer, and how not all jobs in the biz are on the air. It’s fun and I enjoy doing it. I used to be very shy, so the fact that I am willing to do this sometimes surprises me!
  • I finished “Eleanor and Park” the other day. So. Freakin. Good. 
  • On that note, I really like my Nook. It’s portable and fits right in my purse. I love having a book with me at all times. 
  • It stresses me out when people say they hate reading. Like, are you proud of that? When a guy says it, I immediately find him less attractive…simply because of that. Reading is SEXY
  • See?
  • I have to run 3.5 miles tomorrow. I think I’m actually going to get it done before work since I speak at this class at 9:30 and am not going in to work until after. I’m pumped.

See ya on the flip side, friends!

Overheard in the Channel 8 Newsroom

Crazy Man On The Phone: “Is {redacted} there? I talked to her before about a UFO I saw. I saw another. It looks like a triangle. Will you have her call me?”

Me: “Sure.” (gets name and number and hangs up phone).
       "Yeah, right, crazy dude. I’ll have her call you right back about that UFO!“

Boss: (overhears from office and perks up): "What? I’ll talk to him! Does he have pictures?”

Me: “No. He wants to talk to {redacted}." 

Boss: "Oh. Bummer.”

I can’t make this stuff up. 

This might look like an empty basement of a TV Station. But I assure you, it’s much more than that. I’m working today, and during my lunch break I used it as a track. I brought my running clothes and ran laps around the basement! I did about a half mile according to my Garmin! I’m doing it again after the 5pm before they bring in the Turkey Dinner! It’s my own version of a Turkey Trot! 🙂

I would have done it on the treadmill before work, except my roomie and her boyfriend live in the basement of our house where my treadmill lives. The sound in the morning wakes them up. If they have to work, they don’t care. But on a holiday that they’re both off? Forget it!! I couldn’t do that to them. So I will get my miles in somewhere, somehow! 

Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Have a wonderful and blessed day!

“Someone has to do it!”

  • I have worked every Thanksgiving but 1 in the past 10 years. 
  • This makes me not really enjoy the holiday.
  • Which is quite sad, because I used to love it.
  • Spending time with family, cooking, eating. It was great.
  • Now, my family makes everything and waits for me to come to their house and then we eat. Around 6:30 or 7pm. 
  • It feels rushed. Not as much fun. 
  • I miss the 2pm dinners where I helped make everything. 
  • But the news doesn’t stop just because its a holiday. And my family is close (45 minutes away) so I’d rather work and let people who want to go home far away get there. 
  • Plus I get paid 2 extra days for working Thanksgiving and the Day After! So I work 40 hours and get paid for 56. That’s fantastic.
  • I also don’t really like most Thanksgiving food. I like a little turkey, some mashed potatoes (no gravy) sweet potatoes, green beans (not green bean casserole! That’s disgusting) and a crescent roll. I don’t even like stuffing. Thanksgiving is just not my thing I guess. I’m not a huge pie fan either. (can we still be friends?!) 
  • The station is providing a Thanksgiving meal to those of us who have to work tomorrow. So I will eat a bit of that and remember to be thankful that I have a job, one that I (generally) enjoy. 
  • I really can’t complain either, because I have (including weekends) 10 days off at Christmas! I saved some vacation days and don’t work a lot in December. And not working Christmas is the best trade-off!

Happy Thanksgiving Friends! May you enjoy the time spent with family and friends.