i’m not slacking! i’m sick!

I felt wayyy better yesterday than I do today. My boss and I both came back today and it didn’t take long for him to come to my desk and tell me to go home if I wasn’t up to being here. But I pushed on through the coughing and headache and sore [...]

moving right along

The best thing for me to do when I’m upset about something is exercise. And seeing my new bikini on my body at the pool in front of a ton of people also makes me want to exercise. In addition, I’ve had the best intentions of running pretty much every night for the past month, [...]

throughout the day

it’s so great to come outside in the morning to walk the pup and see that it’s light out. It’s even nicer when it’s 830 at night and still light out. I can’t wait for summer! To be tan again…even though I won’t be able to go to the pool anytime I want like last [...]

isolation

I remember when Jen and I broke up (haha) I felt so alone, so lonely. I missed her, I missed my Starbucks patio. I cried a little, hid in my basement apartment in sadness, venturing out only occasionally to visit one of the crappy Starbucks by me. But then the sadness subsided some. I began [...]

breaking down

Yeah, so I did it. I broke down. Like completely. And I blame Sista Boo (formerly known as Jessica) for the breakdown. I’ve been so good, so so good!  And bam!
At lunch I found myself wandering the activewear section at Target, which thankfully was filled with crap. I was so proud of myself as I [...]

just stuff

Have I said before how much I love my new Starbucks?  I think I have. But this one near my job, although even further in the burbs than where I live, reminds me so much of why I enjoyed working there. The High School Musical Starbucks by my house could use some lessons from these [...]

commenting

My bed welcomed me at 930 last night as I watched the end of Intervention. I read recently in Psychology Today that most people who have addictions kick them when they feel like it…on their own. They were talking about all kinds of addictions…smoking, drugs, whatever. And I with I could quit the cigs again [...]

yeah, you might need to look elsewhere

One more out, and room has been made for the next one. But as I told Jester on our wonderful Saturday outing I’m truly amazed that for the first time in my life I actually feel like I’d rather not have someone else in my life right now. I may want someone – hypothetically speaking [...]

all good things…

…must come to an end. At least in my life. Especially when we’re talking about dating. And this time the outcome is kinda surprising even me.
So there are already 2 issues with this dude… 1) I feel smothered already…already!  And 2) he’s really annoyed me with his talking about how badly he wants me. I [...]

restraint

My legs were tight, my head pounding after eating a super late lunch because I forgot I had a meeting yesterday afternoon, so I skipped the gym last night. I felt bad about it the whole way home, but when I got to the Mexican restaurant where I was meeting Serious George for dinner I [...]

running more than just my mouth

When I left work yesterday I considered skipping the gym to go to Express to take back a couple shirts I bought a few weeks ago that I don’t like. But that thought only lasted about 4 seconds, and I turned toward the gym instead of the mall. I’m glad I did. I felt awesome [...]

running from myself

Bootcamp was supposed to start next week, but it seems that it’s not in the cards for April. Instead I will continue on my daily routine of going to the gym after work. I’m hoping maybe May will look better, but in the meantime Drunk Gay Clown has convinced me to give running another shot. [...]

stepping out

One of my old hook-ups, Adonis, contacted me recently, so we’ve been chatting. It’s been over a year since an actual hook-up took place with him, but I have fond memories of that time…for many reasons. For one, we had some great sex. And I remember how much I loved that I could smoke a [...]

d-bag

Hey, you. Yeah, you…the douche on the cell phone while on the elliptical. Yeahhh, YOU. I realize that you’re far enough away and even if you were right next to me my music would be loud enough to not hear you, but jesiis frickin christ do you realize how stupid you look?  Not only that [...]

bang bang

My day started with exactly that…a bang…when I went to my car to head out to work and the bitch wouldn’t start. I ended up having to get it towed, and now – $400 later – it’s all fixed. They told me at the repair shop that it was the cables that connect the battery [...]

little by little

As I start to slowly become a fixture in the office I have been meeting some new people. It’s surprising to me that given all the women that work in this company that it’s the men who want to stop to chat. I guess the reasons are obvious, but with the exception of very few [...]

*yawn*

The gym wasn’t as fun today as it was yesterday. I felt more comfortable this time, but didn’t look nearly as cute. Still, that wasn’t the problem. Yesterday I breezed through 35 minutes on the elliptical and loved it. Today was another story. I was beat the fuck up after the first 3.5 minutes, and [...]

laughing out loud

“You uncrossed your fingers,” I told Serena late Monday afternoon. My company had a 2 hour all-employee meeting yesterday morning, and so for the first time since last Wednesday I saw My Hot IT Guy.  He didn’t look as hot as I remembered, but probably just because I’m annoyed by this apparent little game and [...]

show me the money

Over the weekend I found myself getting annoyed at the dumbest things.  Ok, so they aren’t completely dumb things, but I’m a can’t-change-it-don’t-stress-it type, so it annoyed me that I was getting so worked up over seemingly small shit. For one, the noise upstairs. It seemed like they were on a mission to make as [...]

the universe has my number

I got an email today with the following subject – “Need A Good Laugh? Old Man Runner Is Ready For You!” It was from Finish Line, likely about a sale of some kind and even more likely because I spend so much time searching for running clothes/shoes that will be used for…what else…running (errands).  I [...]