A failure

The "NEY" Sisters
2007

This one is hard because who really likes talking about their failures in life.  One of my biggest regrets is how I treated my friends when M and I first started dating.  He very quickly became my world.  All I wanted to do was spend time with him and I left my friends on the way side.  

There is one friendship that sticks out in my mind particularly.  Courtney and I met in pre-school and were instantly inseparable.  We would spend the night at each others house, go on vacations together when we got older, our lives were very intertwined even though we didn't go to the same school.  Some of my favorite childhood memories are with her.  When M and I started dating Court was now not a priority.  Over the next few years we drifted in and out of each other's lives and ultimately our friendship fizzled out shortly after college.  We are still friends on Facebook, but it's a really pathetic comparison when you are talking about someone who you've known since you were 3 years old.   

If I could go back in time I would have put the energy into our friendship.  We live across the country from one another, but there is no reason why we can't still be in each other's lives.  

A Talent

I've never thought of myself as one with many talents so I almost thought about skipping today, but why not challenge yourself to think outside the box.  One thing that I'm very proud of is that I'm very good with people.  I guess you could call this a talent?!  I recently took a personality test called the Birkman and I scored in the 99th percentile relating to people in groups and 62nd percentile when relating to individuals.  My Executive Mentor said this means that I really, really, really like people.  I laughed out loud when he told me this because one of my favorite memories is waiting tables {yes, I know a lot of people hate it}, I absolutely loved it.  I loved getting to know my customers, it made me really happy.  

In the next few weeks I will go more in depth about my Birkman experience.  It is truly amazing what I've learned about myself.

An Experience: The Thankful Project

November is one of my favorite months of the year.  My darling husband was born, Thanksgiving, changing of the seasons, really there is nothing not to like about the month of November.  I came across a new blog this morning, Chasing Happy, and loved her link-up.

An Experience

The one experience that I will forever being internally grateful for is moving from Atlanta to Los Angeles 5 years ago.  In high school when M told me he wanted to purse a career in Hollywood I knew it would mean leaving the only place I’ve ever lived.  He was so passionate about his dream and I knew he was “the one” that I could never have said no.  I didn’t want to be the girl who stood in the way of his dream.  After 10 years of knowing we packed up my car two days after getting married and headed west to our new life. 

Our first year was hard, really, really hard.  I guess you could say the first 6 months I basically cried all the time and wanted to move home.  We weren’t living the glamorous life I thought LA would offer.  As time passed I became more comfortable living here and making it our home.   We have amazing friends here and a job that I love!  At this time in my life I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Sometimes I like to play mind games with myself and imagine what our life would be like if we moved back or stayed in Atlanta.  It’s a great life, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not the life for us.  LA is home for us now and probably forever or at least until M makes it big and we can build our ranch in Montana.  Either option will do.  

Five on Friday

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I have never been more grateful for my own car.  M's car has been in the shop for the last 4 days, so we have been carpooling.  Knowing that you are stuck at work until he's ready to go has made me truly appreciate my freedom.  We are also a few thousand dollars lighter, but I'm not going to think about that.

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Have you heard of the app Heads Up?  Well if not, download it not, you also might have seen it on The Ellen Show.  It is pretty incredible.  My co-workers and I take a 15 minute break around 5 PM each day and play.

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Christmas.  M and I were going to go to London for the holidays and visit his sister and brother-in-law, but after pricing it out and tracking flights for over a month we decided against it.  Damn the exchange rate.  After lots and lots of talking we decided to stay in LA.  I've made Christmas Eve dinner reservations at Mastro's, scouring Pinterest for Christmas dinner ideas and am even thinking about going to Mammoth for a few days.  It might not be what we are used to, but we will make it the perfect Christmas for us.

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My half-marathon is less than a month away and I am freaking out.  What did I sign myself up for?!  I have 16 training runs left until the big day.  Honestly I can't wait to get back to my normal workout routine of Soul, Barry's and classes at work.  I miss the variety.

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Big weekend plans ahead folks.  On my agenda is to clean, clean some more and organize.  I am so over the clutter in my life.  I can't wait to re-organize our apartment and purge.  These problems occur when you work for apparel companies.  Too much stuff! 

Five on Friday

Happy Friday, y'all!

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Tonight I get to see my best friend from 5th grade!  We haven't seen each other in the flesh since we were 11 and her family moved to PA.  I am so excited she and her husband are in-town for a wedding this weekend.  

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Less than 1 month until my half marathon! 21 runs left. Whew!

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Yesterday was World Sight Day.  Here at T0MS we were raising awareness about how 80% of the worlds blindness can be cured.

Just another day at the office

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Our office is doing a October water challenge-drinking a gallon a day.  Have you ever tried this?  It is so much water!  After the first day I quickly realized this was not going to happen for a month so my new goal is 75 ounces, which is still a lot of water!