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.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Eff Yeah 2012
As the year draws to a close I have to admit that another year has passed and I didn't get around to a lot of those things I set out to do. I set out to juggle and now it's December 29 and I most definitely cannot juggle. But here's the thing, maybe I didn't learn to juggle and that's ok. Maybe I learned along the way that juggling wasn't necessarily the best use of my time or energy. That's fine. I am forgiving myself for all my faults and failures thorughout the year and I hope that as the year ends, you all do as well. Don't be Michelle Pfeiffer in New Year's Eve. I did find some things along the way that I am pretty proud of accomplishing and so I'm pleased to present my "Eff Yeah 2012' list.
EFF YEAH 2012
Started a new job
Got promoted at said job (32!)
Ran 4 5ks
Ran a 5k alone (talk about doing uncomfortable shit)
Made about one dozen new pinterest recipes
Went to therapy
Learned to eat sushi with chopsticks
Placed 3rd in Fantasy Football
Had a great Halloween costume for the first time in my adult life
Voted for a winning president (I'm 2/2, thanks Obama!)
I am currently in the processing of dreaming up my 2013 goals and intentions and I'll be sure to share them with you here.
EFF YEAH 2012
Started a new job
Got promoted at said job (32!)
Ran 4 5ks
Ran a 5k alone (talk about doing uncomfortable shit)
Made about one dozen new pinterest recipes
Went to therapy
Learned to eat sushi with chopsticks
Placed 3rd in Fantasy Football
Had a great Halloween costume for the first time in my adult life
Voted for a winning president (I'm 2/2, thanks Obama!)
I am currently in the processing of dreaming up my 2013 goals and intentions and I'll be sure to share them with you here.
Monday, December 3, 2012
The kids don't stand a chance/The kids are all right
I think an important thing to reflect on is where you were and where you are now.
One year ago I was completely miserable at work. To the point it was affecting my personal life and health. I was basically told I wasn't good at my job and was called a bitch almost daily by people. I've blogged about it several times previously so I don't feel the need to go into too much detail here.
Today a customer wrote in that he loved working with me so much that he'd like to take me to dinner. People tell me thank you almost daily. I rarely get yelled at. I feel lucky and blessed beyond all reason. I'm told I do a good job and on Wednesday I'm taking my salary test.
Pretty much a 180 there. And so grateful for it. Thanks 2012 for that.
One year ago I was completely miserable at work. To the point it was affecting my personal life and health. I was basically told I wasn't good at my job and was called a bitch almost daily by people. I've blogged about it several times previously so I don't feel the need to go into too much detail here.
Today a customer wrote in that he loved working with me so much that he'd like to take me to dinner. People tell me thank you almost daily. I rarely get yelled at. I feel lucky and blessed beyond all reason. I'm told I do a good job and on Wednesday I'm taking my salary test.
Pretty much a 180 there. And so grateful for it. Thanks 2012 for that.
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