Maybe I'll get back to Blogging...

All of my friends do it, and now that I have Tuesday nights at work every week to be able to sit a blog, why not right?  And I'll get paid to do it whilst at work.  Might as well!

I've been on twitter A LOT - @amymarie58 and instagram too - @amymarie58 so I have been finding all of these AWESOME bloggers and just all around awesome people out there who are simmilar to me!  Why not start up my blog again to be able to connect with some of these wonderful peeps out there!?

So I make no promises about any thing, but I'll try my darnest to make updates weekly whilst at work, because I am poor and do not have the internets at home! Sad day!

Lately, I am training for the Team Ortho Women Rock 1/2 marathon which is this Saturday! Eek! I did 12 miles yesterday and it was hot and humid and hard! (Thanks a lot Minnesota!)  This was partially due to the 1 week vacation that I was on until Saturday which made for little running (12 miles for the whole week!)

Also I am training for the Women run the Cities 10 mile at the end of the month!  Two double diget races in one month!? Wowza!  After that I think I'll pause a bit from the race training and get back to actually liking to run!  Although my friend wants me to run the Monster Dash half marathon with her, as it's her first!! Yay Her!  But I don't know if my mind/body is up for it!

Also I get one week off from volleyball and it starts right back up on the 5th! So much for downtime!!

Do you train for race after race after race? 

How long to do take between races?

Got Lucky...the week recap

Man o man...The Get Lucky 7K was last weekend, it was a fun race.  However I did not do a well as I had hoped...stupid training.  Any who there are a few stories for that week.

Monday I decide to go red-ish brown with my hair, I did not get so lucky.  It turned out to be MUCH more red than I had anticipated.  However now it is pretty much faded, except for my roots which is odd, but I guess I got lucky anyway.  

Thursday I was supposed to take the day off work for the St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Paul, but friends had a funeral so I was not so lucky, and I had to work.  However Friday I did have the day off! WOO!

Saturday was the race - and it was good.

THEN...dun dun dun (Heidi, don't hate me!) We were heading to lunch to meet a friend.  In Minneapolis there are several one-way streets, and many with three lanes.  In Eau Claire, Wisconsin there are not.  So Heidi is driving along looking for parking and is about to turn left, when I say "you're going to make an illegal turn".  She is in the center lane, and does not see the gigantic Esclade coming up in the left lane behind us.  She turns.  The Esclade swerves onto the side street and lucky enough there wasn't a car parked at the end of the block.  The woman opens her window and says "are you out of your freaking mind".  Then she sits there for another few minutes.  We think she took down our plates and was calling us in.  Or was going to stalk us and smash in the car windows while we were at lunch.  It was an intense hour of our lives! Then after lunch she nearly hits a little Asian woman crossing the street.  But that wasn't nearly as exciting.  But a lucky day over all.
Sunday I started my working out again.  Lifting and cardio.  I'm gonna get with it, on my own.  Get back to where I was physically before dating Dave (found out he's still going to the gym. I figured he would have quit.  That's sort of lit a fire under my butt to get back in shape too.  Show him what he gave up!).  I was very proud of myself back then! ...not so much now.  I lifted three times this week, and had a double header on Tuesday for volleyball so I think I've been pretty good this week.  Not working out tonight because I'm at work, however I feel like I should go in.  But I didn't bring my gym bag and going home and back out at 930 seems like a lot of work!  Tomorrow I'll lift after work and before baking! 
 Monday I got a promotion at work! Yea! Finally.  My boss told me and I started to cry.  Partly because I had written this whole big thing out over the weekend about how I work more hours than I'm getting paid for and I'm totally over whelmed and I feel like I'm going no where fast.  I think I still have it.  I think I should hold on to that one. 
Tomorrow's a half day at work!  Then the gym then baking a birthday cake for Brian and cupcakes for Katie! We're throwing a suprise birthday party/welcome home party for the two of them! I'm pumped! I just hope that I make it through the day from my long volleyball tournament and then heading over there! Big weekend! I'm just excited for Katie to come home! She's been in Korea for 15 months! Dang it went by so fast!!

Well I'm excited for the weekend and excited for a lot right now.  I'm in a good place today.  I hope it continues!
May think about training for a half marathon in June....must decide fast!   Before prices go up!  If I follow my training program, I want to treat myself to a Ninja Kitchen System! It looks like the coolest non-blender EVER!!

Job Seaching...

I've been looking for a new job on and off for the last 6 months or so.  Lately it's been "off" so now I'm looking again for a little bit.  I really have to get my resume in shape before applying anyway, which has been my downfall. Not having any one to help me or review it has been discouraging.  I just got a raise at my current job, so that's been slowing the job hunt as well.  I don't know what I want to do....so that hurts too.

Didn't have my date last night. :( He had to work and I wasn't going to go over to his place at like 10 at night for a movie.  Too booty call-ish for my tastes.  Saw Josh last night.  I wanted to give him a peice of my mind for dumping me twice, and going back to his ex. Who's a whore ps. But I didn't.  Went swimming with the kids and that was fun.  Payton is pretty much the cutest kid, except for my nephews of course.

Started lifting(again)...started SORE!

So I finally got back to going to the gym after I was out a week with some unexplained stomach issues.  Which thankfully are gone! I actually puked at work. Not good! Went home and slept for the next like 10 hours! It was terrible!

I am in my friend Tasha's wedding in May and I need to lose some serious weight before the big day to look good in my dress (navy, not this horrible pink!)! I think the lady I ordered it from was being generous with my measurements so hopefully I'll be able to get 'r' dun!!!  With my races coming up and it getting nicer outside (hopefully soon) things should fall into place! I won't look as good as the model, but I hope to be better off than I am now!

So I finally got to the gym and my trainer buddy Nick gives me shit in front of one of his clients.  What a jerk! So I hadn't been there consistently for a really long time ( like since I was dumped...) so why do you make me feel like crap when I DO make it in?  I know that he didn't mean anything buy it, but I was still a little pissed off when he said it.

I lifted, just upper body, and I still can't fully extent my right arm.  It's SO sore! I guess that's what I get for being a lefty!  I'm good otherwise so back to it tomorrow! Took tonight off, because I'll be working til 9 and who wants to go to the gym a 9:30?? Not me! I would rather be in bed! Tomorrow I'll make myself go after work.  Then to the Gopher women's hockey game with Amber and Lisa! Woop!  Pool party in Lakeville with with the townies Saturday THEN a second date with a new fella! So far so good with this one! :)

Dolla Dolla Billz ya'll

So my manager pulled me into a room this morning (had my  annual review on Tuesday) She had a piece of paper in her hand.  The last time this happened I was being told I was being promoted! Woop Woo!  But also the last time this happened her boss was also in the room.  So I knew it wasn't the promotion that I've been working towards for the last 2.5 years! (I have plenty of bitterness about that...later on)

So any who, she pulls me in the room and tells me that I've gotten a Merritt increase.  WTF? Apparently the are the annual raises that the company used to give to employees if they had not been promoted in that year.  However, a co-worker got the same letter (probably more $$), but she was promoted 2x in 2010....huh...

So I got a raise, the annual increase which seemed nice until I got back to my desk...I did the math...per hour its an increase of less than $0.50 an hour! It made my laugh at myself for being so excited about it.  It's better than nothing.  I'm lucky to have a good steady job.  I'm grateful (sometimes) to have two jobs!

It seems like it's about time us employees start seeing some of the great growth and accomplishments we've been working on for this company!  We get memos from the CEO every so often telling us how, even though the economy sucks right now, our company is still number 1, still doing amazing.  So why didn't you start matching our 401k like a year ago instead of a month ago?  Why are people sitting a tables around our office instead of expanding and getting new cubes? Why did you shut down an accounting office down south? Why are you outsourcing more of our jobs to India?

Well that turned in to more of a rant that I an anticipated...sorry Charlie

How can I help you?

Working tonight at the country club and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be bored out of my mind tonight...so I write.

So I went out with T Friday, and nothin.  I don't have feelings for him and he's so shy and not super confident so ...nothing.  We went out and played darts and had a couple of drinks.  This is a big guy and he had two drinks and go drunk and had to eat after darts.  We didn't even go out until 8.  Who doesn't eat??  He didn't text me right afterwards asking me out again so that I thought was good. But then the other day I got an email from him saying - basically I had a good time, I'd like to go out again when I get back from CA.  My roommate's BF was over and he had some advice about a response.  I ultimately knew that I was going to say no, but I made it nice - like if we hang out again it's going to be as friends. (aka, I don't really want to hang out with you again). The man responded about 15 seconds later! Saying something like "yea I was thinking friends too"  poor guy just wanted to save face.  I just sort of hope he doesn't actually want to go out again when he gets back.

I'm meeting another guy for HH tomorrow so that will be fun.  I hope I feel better by then! I've been sick for like 3 days now.  I went home early from work sick on Tuesday after throwing up in the bathroom!, slept for like 3 hours, woke up, changed in to jammies, found a sub for volleyball (that's how you know I'm really sick!), called mom, and had no trouble passing out at like 10.  I though it was the flu, playing volleyball last night didn't help things much.  But hopefully I'll be better enough tomorrow to have a drink!  AND then go sit in the hot tub with Em! Even better! 

The only good thing - I guess is that tonight Judy told me that I'm looking thin.  I laughed and said my pants are always this baggie!  Too bad not feeling well has cut in to my gym time. I haven't gone since Sunday! Knowing me I'd get there and have some poop attack or be super gassy!

Well that's a good note to end a blog on! hahaha

Missed my AM training run! Ops!

So I woke up at 8:45 for my 9am training run in Minneapolis...so that's clearly not happening this morning.  I set the alarm wrong! Nuts!  At least I went to the gym yesterday and did about 2.5 miles there.  That felt good.  I haven't ran in so long, so my hip and knee were a little sore.  I gotta get back to lifting like I did with my trainer! Who's now in Florida! Dang her!

The reason that I woke up late and also the reason that caused me to set my alarm wrong last night is this guy T.  We went out last night and didn't get home til about midnight.  It was super late for me, my normal bedtime is about 10pm, on weekends too sometimes!  So we went out planning on going bowling, but it was too busy and we just hung out in the bar and played darts for a few hours.  I won 5-2.  I rock.  I've gone out with this guy before but I just didn't really feel anything for him. He's nice enough and all but I just don't see him in my future.  So we didn't go out again, until he asked last week.  Part of me wanted to say no and just leave it, but other told me to give him another shot.  So I did and again there was nothing.  We had two beers and he was drunk because he hadn't eating anything.  So we got some food and finally left after.  He didn't try to kiss me, he didn't ask me out again and he didn't text me.  But I fear I'll have to actually reject him one of these days when it happens.  I just don't like doing it! I hate when it's done to me!

I spent half of the night thinking about and comparing this guy to my ex-boyfriend.  Things we better with him, we had the connection, we had great conversation, we had the chemistry.  Little or none of that existed with T.  When I got home I wanted to text him and tell him that dating sucks and I missed him.  But I was strong and I resisted.  Instead I texted a girlfriend saying I just got home from my date.  I miss him.  I hate dating.

I do hate dating.  I don't like it.  I've never done it, really, before so I feel like I'm no good at it.  Why can't the guy that I'm supposed to be with have a label that says my name on it.  That would make life so much easier!

Last night I had a dream that my ex was around again.  He came over and we hugged and I thought things were ok.  He told me he loved me and he wanted me to be his girlfriend, that he though of me as the one he wanted to be with and was supposed to be with.  But he actually had another girlfriend - his ex, he was with her again.  But wanted to be with me.  And told me he had cheated on me with her.  All my worst fears coming true.  I freaked out and yelled and his family was around and they were getting ready to leave for Florida.  So weird! Sometimes I hate dreams.

Lucas' 1st Birthday Party today! Yay!  I bought him the best toy: Scout! He was a big hit with my other friends' little boy, so why not again!

Oh yea - my friend's water broke last night! She's not due for another 3 weeks, but it looks like she's going to come early!!