Set a 5k PR
Ran two 4 mile races
Ran a few 5ks
Set a 4 mile PR
Quit my second job
Read a bunch of books
Got my 33
Went to Colorado
Went to Mexico
Completed NDJ
Got my AINS
Got my AIS
Started my AIC
Completed a graduate coaching course with an A
Ate vegan for a week
Pretty cool year I'd say.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
We'll never be royals...
Hiiiiiii....it's been a few months!
In August I decided it was a perfect idea to take a graduate coaching course, study for my salary grade test at work, run a 5k every month, and still work my full time job and live my normal life. Totally fucking crazy right? Right. I was able to follow through with everything except for my test. I didn't pass. By one question. I know, I KNOW. One question meant the difference to me between epic failure and amazing success. But it's not. I aced my college grad course and set a 5k PR. I worked hard at progressing at work. One question doesn't make that epic distinction that I thought it did.
So then I went to Mexico for a week.
And now I'm back.
And I retake that test next week.
In August I decided it was a perfect idea to take a graduate coaching course, study for my salary grade test at work, run a 5k every month, and still work my full time job and live my normal life. Totally fucking crazy right? Right. I was able to follow through with everything except for my test. I didn't pass. By one question. I know, I KNOW. One question meant the difference to me between epic failure and amazing success. But it's not. I aced my college grad course and set a 5k PR. I worked hard at progressing at work. One question doesn't make that epic distinction that I thought it did.
So then I went to Mexico for a week.
And now I'm back.
And I retake that test next week.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
My August Favorite Things
Orange is the New Black: Five reasons to watch & the best reason to watch.
Timehop App: There's an amazing motivational dinosaur plus it reminds you that one year ago today @xCarling said "I can't wait for September 11th. For football, not terrorists."
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones is about thinking someone is a main character and then that person being brutally murdered. Yup.
This song. I could listen to it all day. Most days. It's so catchy. And versatile, I can run to it or shower to it.
Healthy hair. I visited this hair stylist who was like oh god looking at my hair and was like let me help you get your life together. So then I spent a ton of money on hair products, read a bunch of articles about healthy hair, & am now on a shampoo cleanse which I hear gets worse before it gets better.
Drunk History.
What are your favorite things this month?
(August was hard right?)
Timehop App: There's an amazing motivational dinosaur plus it reminds you that one year ago today @xCarling said "I can't wait for September 11th. For football, not terrorists."
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones is about thinking someone is a main character and then that person being brutally murdered. Yup.
This song. I could listen to it all day. Most days. It's so catchy. And versatile, I can run to it or shower to it.
Healthy hair. I visited this hair stylist who was like oh god looking at my hair and was like let me help you get your life together. So then I spent a ton of money on hair products, read a bunch of articles about healthy hair, & am now on a shampoo cleanse which I hear gets worse before it gets better.
Drunk History.
What are your favorite things this month?
(August was hard right?)
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
2:05 p.m. in Tokyo
I am waiting for it to be 2:05 p.m. in Tokyo. That means J will land in Tokyo and he can message me after 10 1/2 hours that he's fine. I guess this isn't all about me. I mean, J just spent 10 1/2 hours on a plane, preceded by 3 1/2 hours on a plane and will be followed by 5 1/2 hours on a plane. His total travel time is TWENTY FUCKING SIX AND A HALF HOURS. That's a long time.
I wonder what it would be like to be able to think like a normal person and not feel like the world's going to end before it's 2:05 p.m. in Tokyo. From the outside looking in, you could never understand it. From the inside looking out, I can never explain it.
I guess I'm going back to school? Or at least I think I'm going back to school. I feel like I should be doing things, you know? Going back to school is probably not the answer. Everyone's like "oh yeah, that's cool, I'd like to get a master's degree one day too!' I already have a master's degree you a-hole. I don't know. We'll revisit this topic later.
I'm drinking while typing this. On my new laptop. It's so tiny! I shouldn't be drinking and typing. Have we ever discussed my record of drinking while using laptops? It's bad. But I promise I'm being careful. No, seriously, I really promise this time. This laptop is not even paid off yet. (Don't even give me that look.)
Thanks to the lovely people @timehop, I know that three years ago today I tweeted "You were going to conquer the world." I want so badly to know what that quote is from & who it was about. I googled and the google says it's from It's a Wonderful Life or Pinky & The Brain. I don't think it was from either, doesn't sound like me in July. Let me know if you know.
Also, I want to audition for drunk history. I love drinking, laying on the floor, & telling stories. I would be fucking fantastic.
I wonder what it would be like to be able to think like a normal person and not feel like the world's going to end before it's 2:05 p.m. in Tokyo. From the outside looking in, you could never understand it. From the inside looking out, I can never explain it.
I guess I'm going back to school? Or at least I think I'm going back to school. I feel like I should be doing things, you know? Going back to school is probably not the answer. Everyone's like "oh yeah, that's cool, I'd like to get a master's degree one day too!' I already have a master's degree you a-hole. I don't know. We'll revisit this topic later.
I'm drinking while typing this. On my new laptop. It's so tiny! I shouldn't be drinking and typing. Have we ever discussed my record of drinking while using laptops? It's bad. But I promise I'm being careful. No, seriously, I really promise this time. This laptop is not even paid off yet. (Don't even give me that look.)
Thanks to the lovely people @timehop, I know that three years ago today I tweeted "You were going to conquer the world." I want so badly to know what that quote is from & who it was about. I googled and the google says it's from It's a Wonderful Life or Pinky & The Brain. I don't think it was from either, doesn't sound like me in July. Let me know if you know.
Also, I want to audition for drunk history. I love drinking, laying on the floor, & telling stories. I would be fucking fantastic.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
When did it become July?
Holy shit, you guys, it's JULY.
I actually had to go back a few posts to find out what my new year's resolutions word (we're fucked, right??). So my goals were to run a 5k every month, read 2 books every month, & finish NDJ.
Maybe let's just Eff Yeah! list this intstead.
January-Groundhog Run 5k (worst time ever), completed NDJ
February-Completed Sweetheart Run 4 mile (fantastic run & the fastest time ever), passed AINS 22
March-I quit my second job!
April-I don't know, you guys, it snowed so maybe let's just leave this month alone
May-Colorado Vacation, passed AINS 23B
June-Color Run, Glow Run, AINS 23C
I can't be sure when I read what so here's just what I've read this year:
Dad is Fat, Wild, Gone Girl, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Waiting to Be Heard, Tiny Beautiful Things, & How to Be a Woman. So apparently more like 1 a month.
I've signed up for Jingle in July 5k, am looking at vacations for October, & looked into starting school in the fall for a graduate certificate.
I'm trying to build a life that I really love living and I'm learning that it's not as easy as step 1, 2, 3, done, you love your life now! That it's more of a process.
I actually had to go back a few posts to find out what my new year's resolutions word (we're fucked, right??). So my goals were to run a 5k every month, read 2 books every month, & finish NDJ.
Maybe let's just Eff Yeah! list this intstead.
January-Groundhog Run 5k (worst time ever), completed NDJ
February-Completed Sweetheart Run 4 mile (fantastic run & the fastest time ever), passed AINS 22
March-I quit my second job!
April-I don't know, you guys, it snowed so maybe let's just leave this month alone
May-Colorado Vacation, passed AINS 23B
June-Color Run, Glow Run, AINS 23C
I can't be sure when I read what so here's just what I've read this year:
Dad is Fat, Wild, Gone Girl, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Waiting to Be Heard, Tiny Beautiful Things, & How to Be a Woman. So apparently more like 1 a month.
I've signed up for Jingle in July 5k, am looking at vacations for October, & looked into starting school in the fall for a graduate certificate.
I'm trying to build a life that I really love living and I'm learning that it's not as easy as step 1, 2, 3, done, you love your life now! That it's more of a process.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
She's up all night to get lucky
Well, it's been awhile. But I've been busy.
1. I went to opening day (yes, baseball). I've been to 4 Royals game with two more planned on Saturday & Tuesday. One of which was in the Royals suites (thanks J!) which was fantastic. How can you not love being at the ballpark on beautiful day?
2. J & I went to Colorado May 16-20. Also fantastic. Mountains (I went to the top of Pike's Peak), amazing food (macaroni! alaskan reindeer hot dogs! elk jalapeno sausage! fried chicken! more macaroni!) , AND SO MUCH BEER. Seriously, there are more craft breweries in Colorado than anywhere else in the US. I posted 236 pictures to Facebook. I had an f'ing amazing time.
3. I met Jim Gaffigan, Cheryl Strayed, & Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) and had them sign my copies of their books. I am a total fan girl and cannot form words when meeting authors. Besides me being a major dork, it was pretty cool.
4. Speaking of books, I compiled my list of summer reading: Dad is Fat, Waiting to be Heard, The Kite Runner, Jeneration X, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Gone Girl, & How to be a Woman are on the list. I also have Barred to You & Torch on my audiobook list.
5. My 26th birthday was a blast and even though I still can't drink tequila (well thanks to that and cinco de mayo), it was a wonderful time. I am super grateful to have amazing friends & family that celebrated with me. Both J & my mom gave me electric toothbrushes so I'll take that as a hint and I guess that's what being 26 is all about.
6. The weather is FINALLY warming up. In December I went to a Chiefs game and it was 75 degrees and I wore a tshirt. The first week of May it was 30 degrees and we got 2 inches of snow. WTF is that about right? I seriously can barely function in the snow so I've had about zero motivation to do anything but sit inside in my snuggie watching the West Wing eating cheese for the past 4 months.
7. On Friday I celebrated (?) 3 years at my current job. It's been a rollercoaster.
8. I'm really trying to get my shit together.
1. I went to opening day (yes, baseball). I've been to 4 Royals game with two more planned on Saturday & Tuesday. One of which was in the Royals suites (thanks J!) which was fantastic. How can you not love being at the ballpark on beautiful day?
2. J & I went to Colorado May 16-20. Also fantastic. Mountains (I went to the top of Pike's Peak), amazing food (macaroni! alaskan reindeer hot dogs! elk jalapeno sausage! fried chicken! more macaroni!) , AND SO MUCH BEER. Seriously, there are more craft breweries in Colorado than anywhere else in the US. I posted 236 pictures to Facebook. I had an f'ing amazing time.
3. I met Jim Gaffigan, Cheryl Strayed, & Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) and had them sign my copies of their books. I am a total fan girl and cannot form words when meeting authors. Besides me being a major dork, it was pretty cool.
4. Speaking of books, I compiled my list of summer reading: Dad is Fat, Waiting to be Heard, The Kite Runner, Jeneration X, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, Gone Girl, & How to be a Woman are on the list. I also have Barred to You & Torch on my audiobook list.
5. My 26th birthday was a blast and even though I still can't drink tequila (well thanks to that and cinco de mayo), it was a wonderful time. I am super grateful to have amazing friends & family that celebrated with me. Both J & my mom gave me electric toothbrushes so I'll take that as a hint and I guess that's what being 26 is all about.
6. The weather is FINALLY warming up. In December I went to a Chiefs game and it was 75 degrees and I wore a tshirt. The first week of May it was 30 degrees and we got 2 inches of snow. WTF is that about right? I seriously can barely function in the snow so I've had about zero motivation to do anything but sit inside in my snuggie watching the West Wing eating cheese for the past 4 months.
7. On Friday I celebrated (?) 3 years at my current job. It's been a rollercoaster.
8. I'm really trying to get my shit together.
Monday, March 4, 2013
25/26
25, you were one of the best and I loved you fiercly.
We're now on the downhill side to 30.
26, you've got a lot to live up to.
And here are 25 long overdue thank yous for this past year...
To my mom for being ridiculously proud of me every.single.day for 26 years which I didn't even know was possible.
To Carling for being my friend through every nonsense drunk & anxious text I send her whether it is at 11 p.m. or 5 a.m. and for letting me be my most honest, raw self and still loving me.
To my brother for forcing me to face head on all my beliefs about mental illness, family, and for teaching me that believing in someone fiercly despite the obvious is still worth it.
To my grandpa, who I miss every day, who taught me that I am beautiful & smart and that curiosity shouldn't be given up on.
To my sister for letting me be absolutely ridiculous and knowing how to throw an epic dance party and most of all, being the only one who really understands where I come from.
To Laura for the books, dvds, & the pursuit of a better life with less bullshit. To K for lunchiez, talking to me all day everyday, and teaching me how to grow the fuck up graciously. To Bekah for teaching me to love my body the way it is, unlimited margaritas, & for demonstrating intense wild bravery about life. To Casey for showing me that there are actually still people out there who are geniunely nice & good. To Megan for being my walking partner, lunch buddy, & helping me get through the daily grind.
To Taryn for supporting me as I did one of the scariest things in my life, reminding me of all the good times, & being there through text message for any crazy shitshow I go through.
To C for convincing me that I am not crazy and being the thing I needed to move forward and see myself more clearly.
To Gina for finding the prettiest shade of brown for my hair. To my boss for being an amazing female example, super honest, & challenging me. To Patricia for always fucking smiling & being someone who actually makes going to work fun. To Brad for being the best to my mom & the nicest to our family. To Evan for being the best to my sister & for always being up for a fun time.
To Ben Affleck for having the best beard & making the best movies. To Pandora for having stations like "drunk dance party" & "crying in the bathtub with wine." To the lovely people I follow on Twitter that make me laugh, chuckle, and realize I'm not the only confused 20something female who drinks a lot.
To H for being someone to violently and painfully end my destructive behavior and forcing me to move forward to my future happier life. To E for teaching me about having a better attitude, trying harder, & asking better questions.
To my cat, Mr. Riggins, for not actually murdering me, giving me the best morning snuggles, and for helping me not feel like I'm alone in an apartment in the city.
To M, for saving my life when I couldn't save myself, teaching me the meaning of standing the fuck up for myself, and being the propelling force that got me from A to B.
To J for being the most compassionate, reminding me to always calm the hell down, being on my team, loving me, and being the frying pan to my bacon. You are my wonderwall.
We're now on the downhill side to 30.
26, you've got a lot to live up to.
And here are 25 long overdue thank yous for this past year...
To my mom for being ridiculously proud of me every.single.day for 26 years which I didn't even know was possible.
To Carling for being my friend through every nonsense drunk & anxious text I send her whether it is at 11 p.m. or 5 a.m. and for letting me be my most honest, raw self and still loving me.
To my brother for forcing me to face head on all my beliefs about mental illness, family, and for teaching me that believing in someone fiercly despite the obvious is still worth it.
To my grandpa, who I miss every day, who taught me that I am beautiful & smart and that curiosity shouldn't be given up on.
To my sister for letting me be absolutely ridiculous and knowing how to throw an epic dance party and most of all, being the only one who really understands where I come from.
To Laura for the books, dvds, & the pursuit of a better life with less bullshit. To K for lunchiez, talking to me all day everyday, and teaching me how to grow the fuck up graciously. To Bekah for teaching me to love my body the way it is, unlimited margaritas, & for demonstrating intense wild bravery about life. To Casey for showing me that there are actually still people out there who are geniunely nice & good. To Megan for being my walking partner, lunch buddy, & helping me get through the daily grind.
To Taryn for supporting me as I did one of the scariest things in my life, reminding me of all the good times, & being there through text message for any crazy shitshow I go through.
To C for convincing me that I am not crazy and being the thing I needed to move forward and see myself more clearly.
To Gina for finding the prettiest shade of brown for my hair. To my boss for being an amazing female example, super honest, & challenging me. To Patricia for always fucking smiling & being someone who actually makes going to work fun. To Brad for being the best to my mom & the nicest to our family. To Evan for being the best to my sister & for always being up for a fun time.
To Ben Affleck for having the best beard & making the best movies. To Pandora for having stations like "drunk dance party" & "crying in the bathtub with wine." To the lovely people I follow on Twitter that make me laugh, chuckle, and realize I'm not the only confused 20something female who drinks a lot.
To H for being someone to violently and painfully end my destructive behavior and forcing me to move forward to my future happier life. To E for teaching me about having a better attitude, trying harder, & asking better questions.
To my cat, Mr. Riggins, for not actually murdering me, giving me the best morning snuggles, and for helping me not feel like I'm alone in an apartment in the city.
To M, for saving my life when I couldn't save myself, teaching me the meaning of standing the fuck up for myself, and being the propelling force that got me from A to B.
To J for being the most compassionate, reminding me to always calm the hell down, being on my team, loving me, and being the frying pan to my bacon. You are my wonderwall.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
On January, some things.
Sobriety: Today is my 27th day of sobriety. I am extremely proud of this.
Reading: I finished reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed and found it absolutely fantastic. I got halfway through The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison. I couldn't finish it because it's so f'ing weird. I won't spoil it in case some of you actually like reading books about weird completely f'ed up girls who bang their dads (that is not a spoiler, fyi). I'm currently reading Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess. I'm listening to Tina Fey's Bossypants on audiobook.
Movies: I saw Zero Dark Thirty in theaters with J. One man in the theater yelled out "I told you that would happen!" at one point. It's a true story people. These things actually happened. I'd give it a solid B.
TV: I need more Scandal in my life. I'm watching The West Wing on Netflix. J & I are watching Sons of Anarchy Season 5 on the DVR. Did you see the episode Laying Pipe? Oh god.
Food: My new goal is to make 2 new pinterest recipes every month. I made eggs baked in avocado with facon last Sunday and I'm currently working on one in a crockpot. This past week was restaurant week and my friend and I made it to Spin! for a BLT salad, sundried tomato & olive pizza, & autumn crunch gelato that was fantastic.
The 5k: Today I ran the Groundhog run. I was incredibly slow. But I finished, so hooray!
Looking forward to: Spring
Reading: I finished reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed and found it absolutely fantastic. I got halfway through The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison. I couldn't finish it because it's so f'ing weird. I won't spoil it in case some of you actually like reading books about weird completely f'ed up girls who bang their dads (that is not a spoiler, fyi). I'm currently reading Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess. I'm listening to Tina Fey's Bossypants on audiobook.
Movies: I saw Zero Dark Thirty in theaters with J. One man in the theater yelled out "I told you that would happen!" at one point. It's a true story people. These things actually happened. I'd give it a solid B.
TV: I need more Scandal in my life. I'm watching The West Wing on Netflix. J & I are watching Sons of Anarchy Season 5 on the DVR. Did you see the episode Laying Pipe? Oh god.
Food: My new goal is to make 2 new pinterest recipes every month. I made eggs baked in avocado with facon last Sunday and I'm currently working on one in a crockpot. This past week was restaurant week and my friend and I made it to Spin! for a BLT salad, sundried tomato & olive pizza, & autumn crunch gelato that was fantastic.
The 5k: Today I ran the Groundhog run. I was incredibly slow. But I finished, so hooray!
Looking forward to: Spring
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
So this is the new year...
Happy New Year!
Holy shit, it's 2013!
I had a fantastic NYE and was more than thrilled to spend it with some fantastic people, including J. We both took the day off work and sat inside watching Homeland and eating pizza while the snow fell. We made snack foods and our friends came over to drink champagne and countdown til midnight and watch fireworks and take shots. It was actually perfect.
I know that a lot of people say that resolutions are bullshit and if you want to change your life you should just do it instead of waiting for an arbitrary date on a calendar and blah blah blah. However, it just makes the actual most sense to do it at that time. Here are a few highlights from my list of goals for the year: run a 5k every month, read 2 books every month, & complete NDJ.
So today I bought my 2013 calendar and planner and ate my first vegan bacon burger and didn't drink at all and started a new 5k training program. So here we go. We can do this. We can totally fucking do this.
Sending you love and light in the new year.
Holy shit, it's 2013!
I had a fantastic NYE and was more than thrilled to spend it with some fantastic people, including J. We both took the day off work and sat inside watching Homeland and eating pizza while the snow fell. We made snack foods and our friends came over to drink champagne and countdown til midnight and watch fireworks and take shots. It was actually perfect.
I know that a lot of people say that resolutions are bullshit and if you want to change your life you should just do it instead of waiting for an arbitrary date on a calendar and blah blah blah. However, it just makes the actual most sense to do it at that time. Here are a few highlights from my list of goals for the year: run a 5k every month, read 2 books every month, & complete NDJ.
So today I bought my 2013 calendar and planner and ate my first vegan bacon burger and didn't drink at all and started a new 5k training program. So here we go. We can do this. We can totally fucking do this.
Sending you love and light in the new year.
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