Tae Bo, Sadism & Love

When I was younger, and my grandmother needed to “school me,” she would always start out by saying, “we need to have a come to Jesus talk.” I’m sure this is not a unique phrase, but it basically meant that she wanted to put the fear of God into me and set the record straight. Well, g-ma. It’s time for a come to Jesus talk.

You read right. Mimi comes to town this weekend and we’ve got a lot of talking to do. But, I’m hoping we can go shopping first. You know, save the crappy part for after she’s bought me gifts?

Lately I’ve been trying to hang with Billy Blanks every night and do some Tae Bo magic. While this is going on, Oli hides in his crate and looks at me like I’m a crazy lady. Last night after Tae Bo, Oli clearly wanted to play… so what did we do? We ran the length (roughly 30 ft.) of the apartment in sprints. But the best part is that Oli has no ability to stop on the wood floors. I find it hilarious, but in writing that I realize that this may be a bit sadistic.

Anyway, back to Tae Bo. Yes, I’d like to lose some weight but mostly I’m just feeling guilty for not moving my ass nearly enough. McKoy has taken to asking me every night if I did Tae Bo that evening. Now, what he says and what I hear are two totally different things. He says, casually, “did you work out tonight?” I hear: “You’re hideous, you better have worked out tonight; I’m embarrassed to be seen in public with you!”

Yeah, I know, I’m retarded. So I finally told McKoy what I hear and he about had a coronary. He was basically like, “that’s ridiculous and I’m never going to ask you about working out again.” But after we hung up he called back and told that he loved me no matter how I looked… bigger or smaller or missing an arm or a leg. But just for the record, he thinks I’m beautiful as I am. Needless to say, I feel exactly the same about him.

It’s a strange feeling to have someone believe in you more than you believe in yourself. But I’ve also realized that, in some ways that is love. Unconditional belief that, by simply being with that other person, that you are the best that you can be.

Today, I earned my pay.

I just got my butt kicked by Billy Blanks and his Tae Bo gang. Serisouly, how can a man in little biker shorts with a cut off top get so vicious! But then I guess there is always Richard Simmons... if you google him someone actually says, "Richard Simmons, one of the world's most revered fitness experts." Nice shorts buddy.

While I haven't totally decided whether or not it is smart to write about work on this blog- I'm going to do it anyway. I won't mention where I work or what exactly I do, and I'll pretend that makes it alright! After almost 3 months there, today was the first day that I really felt like I was employed and fully knew what was going on... my boss even said, "I think you earned your paycheck this week." What? Apparently the other 12 weeks they've just been paying me for fun... thanks.

Regardless, they have one more month to make sure that I know what I'm doing well enough to send me to the other side of the world! Haha... Honestly though I'm quite excited about travel, well and a little nervous. I know the first trip will be quite confusing and overwhelming. But it is my hope that after that I'll be a bit more prepared.

But outside of work related trips, I am planning another BIG trip to see my sweetie! I'm planning to head to Tryall December 23 and hopefully stay at least to January 6, maybe even the 11th. And no, my grandmother doesn't know yet. I can just hear her voice, "Aw, Melissa." That totally over the top disappointment that can be shown to you only by the people who raised you. Awesomeness in a bucket. I swear.

Someone remind me that I'm 26 and tell me to get some balls.

What's on your mind?

Just a little bit of what I'm currently thinking about :)

Happy Saturday!

Good morning and happy Saturday everyone! Saturday is my favorite day of the week and here's why:

1. I get to sleep in- duh.
2. McKoy's morning call always wakes me up and hearing his voice first thing in the morning always makes the day better.
3. McKoy and I talk more than 3x a day on Saturday!
4. I get to enjoy my coffee!

Unfortunately, there haven't been many Saturdays since I moved to B-town that I've actually been in town! I've been to the farmers market once in the 2 1/2 months I've lived here! Next weekend Mimi is coming to town, so I have some plans to explore downtown and go to the market early Saturday morning.

Today, I'm just hanging out... but I intend to enjoy it to the fullest!