Things I'm Loving on this Friday

If you can remember from this post, I don't just hate Fridays.... I despise them. Yeah, yeah, I know people think I'm nuts, but if you had my job, you would dread Fridays too. (don't worry though, I'm not even going to TRY to explain what I do all day)

So in lieu of another negative, ranting, I hate my life post, I am going to take the opportunity to be positive and cheerful and showcase all the things that I'm loving right now.... all the things I'm loving right now that I have a picture of.

The rainbow I saw yesterday evening:

My morning cup of coffee I found hiding in the zenias:

My back patio garden:

before

5 weeks later

My salsa kit from Big Lots that I thought would never grow

My morning bowl of cereal... full of berries antioxidants

                                                            and some sunflower sprouts....

Exercise TV

.....more specifically Jackie Warner's 23 minute 1-on-1 upper workout... just what I needed for a lovely Friday rest day!

Have a great Friday, and more importantly, an awesome weekend!

I Need to Just Breathe....

Holy smokes blog people! Holy Smokes!

Do you ever have that feeling that your life is in total shambles, not organized and just allll over the place??? Welp, if you haven't, good for you, and if you have.... well, it sucks, because this is how I'm feeling right now and I just want to scream.

I debated on not complaining about my current state of life, but since I do have plans to make this postitive, and since reading Megan@On the Road Again's blog post about why she loves blogging, I decided to make a decision without justifying it and do a little ranting sobbing.

This is not me justifying, but I know my obstacles right now are pretty silly, especially since my roommate has been planning wedding showers and being a maid of honor in her sister's wedding, but I am so overwhelmed with just a bunch of crapola that comes with being a "grown up"

          -I double payed my college loan

          -My car loan was late

          -I hate my job

          -I need to sign up AND pay for a chemistry 
            class I want to take
          -oh, I need to decide if I'm even taking this little class

          -I feel more alone than ever in Columbus

          -I start marathon training

and on top of all that, I have an out of town bachelorette party this weekend for this refined young lady:

 Followed by a visit from this random best friend I found...

...who is flying into COLUMBUS on THURSDAY (week from tomorrow) for the above bachelorette's wedding. Oh and this girl below:

is road tripping it up to Cleveland, OH for the wedding (and reception!)

Now, being a type A, OCD, former ED mental person...my anxiety is naturally in overdrive and lots of things are taking over my brain...BUT the thought of spending time with Connie, Jamie and Karin in the next 2 weeks is just easing my anxiety to just slightly high - to a controlled form of chaos in my brain.

 I went to college with these girls here in Columbus but since then Jamie now lives in Minnesota, Connie now lives in Cleveland and Karin finally just moved back to Columbus, and I miss them terribly. I can't wait to hang out with these girls again... everything is right in the world when we're having fun.

I know there is a lot coming up in these 2 weeks, and I know that once I get my financial decisions and affairs put to rest I will feel a little more organized and until I see my best friend at the airport, I just need to breathe.

Thanks for listening :)

OH! and I totally failed to mention that the 25th birthdays of these below chicas:

 just happens to be occuring in the next 2 weeks as well!!

 ......gils and cancers...... perfect roommates :) 

My Weekend in Limited Photos

Hello stranger-friends! My weekend was busy but not busy. 
Friday: eats and drinks with Bob at Bernard's. I got a mushroom burger with goat cheese and was accused of being a vegan....Bob obviously doesn't know anything past quesadillas read food blogs...but he does drink banana beer:

It was a huge beer, kind of sweet... probably too sweet for my taste...but it was good.


Saturday: 5 (!!!!) mile run

followed by some overnight oats with banana and peanut butter sauce:

 and coffee...naturally.

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and that huge gap above with no words is where all my pictures would have gone if I had taken them at my friend (roommate's sister)'s wedding shower.... which was fabulous: fabulously decorated, fabulous food, just fabulous everything. I'll post a link to my roommate's blog if when she posts pictures.


Saturday Night/Sunday Morning: played college again and went out to bars with the rest of the best friend group:

 my crazy friend Karin...

Bedtime!

Sighhhhhh

So you know those fitness and healthy living articles and magazines that say ways to curb your need for that extra cookie or that second piece of cake is to either go for a walk or vacuum or call a friend and chat? And then after reading you want to rip out the pages out, throw the magazine away and run to the store and get your damn ice cream?


Well, in most, if not all occasions, I would do exactly what I mentioned - only I probably wouldn't have to go to the store because I'd already have ice cream in my freezer. But tonight I caught myself curbing my need for drowning my sorrows in sweets by vacuuming and I calling a friend to chat. Crazy, right?!

So after a cleaning rage and talking laughing hysterically with this girl:

I got the urge to smile and take pictures of the flowers my mom sent home with me.... they are blooming out of control... I'm very excited. These flowers are like my little children, I'm so protective over them :) haha

 SO yep, I'm having a terrible week, but I'm sure others are having worse so I'm thankful I have a best friend who I can talk to from 600+ miles away and who considers me normal...probably because she has just as many issues as me :) 


Oh, and I started the day off with 1 black sandal and 1 brown sandal:

*not a good way to go to work at Abercrombie and Fitch home office* good thing I don't care :)

please stay away from navy and grey,

Yogurt and Cereal

A yogurt and cereal bowl might be my favorite meal combination. Sometimes I eat it for breakfast, or for lunch (its in the work refrigerator for lunch today infact) and more often than not, as a mid-afternoon snack!

I bring this up because Anne over at Fannetastic Food is hosting an Attune cereal and bowl giveaway, and I want to win. something. for once in my life!

Well, and because her blog is totally awesome and is my go-to when I have no idea what to have for dinner and I think my whole 12 followers should check it out.... but I'm sure half of them already do :)

have an awesome Thursday. I'm trying.

Typical but Random

Good Afternoon! I'm at work and in the worst mood possible, sooo I'm hoping that a solid Wednesday blog post will do some good... sure it won't get me a new job that is closer to home and one that I enjoy even just a little... but hopefully it will get me over this "I need cake and I need cake now" attitude.

So, moving on to happier and better times...

To say that my mornings are pretty typical is a true statement, however, it would also be a true statement if I said that my mornings were also pretty random. Allow me to further explain...

Banana oatmeal with almond butter and cereal toppings would be pretty typical:

Pulling weeds at 6:45 in the morning would be pretty random:

Getting up at 5:00am for a 5:30am spinning class is pretty typical:

Drinking ICED coffee is pretty random (in my morning):

And that's all I got for today! I'll definently keep you in the loop as far as my random morning activities go :)

Keep cool,

How I Feel at Work....