Rants and raves – isn’t that what life is all about? You
rant and rave about what you love, hate, are interested in, and what you know
nothing about yet you still run your mouth about. Ranting and raving can be
positive – but it can also be EXTREMELY negative. I feel like that’s my mood
today. I’m in a “ranting and raving” mood. First – the raves.
I am walking like a FOOL today. Why? Because I spent over an
hour and a half on a spin bike on Saturday, and I spent over an hour running a
10k on Sunday. I’m REAL smart to get these done in consecutive days. Was it
worth it? ABSOLUTELY. Saturday I spent all day in a cycling studio with 8 of my
newest and closest friends. I finally got my indoor cycling and spin
certification!! It was grueling work, but I learned a lot, was reminded why I love
it so much, and how bad I need to invest in some padded spandex shorts. My cupcake
is busted. (That’s the new word I found out is used when talking about the ass.
It’s my new word and I’m using it ALL THE TIME.) I went through two wardrobe
changes that day and was reminded how much I sweat. I don’t glisten – I sweat
like a man. I’m not even mad about it. The training and certification was done
at Cycle Down Dawg in West Des Moines off 60th and Ashworth. If you
haven’t checked out their website, DO IT. http://www.cycledowndawg.com/ That
place has such a great concept – a combination of yoga, cycling and TRX. Pretty
much 3 of my favorite workouts. I sat outside on the lawn during our lunch
break and soaked up the sun of that gorgeous day. After our 2nd ride
I needed to take a break and sit on a pillow or something – but it was totes
worth it. Busted cupcake and all – now I can TEACH. Whenever that happens, I’ll
for sure fill you in. I got to eat some delicious German goulash and Bavarian
nachos as my pre-race meal (dinner of champions) along with a couple dunkels
(probably not the best choice – but yum.) Saturday night was a fairly early
night – because Sunday was RACE DAY!
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, with clouds in the
sky and storms on the way. My running buddy and I were NOT impressed with the
weather. I mean – we’ve run each run in some sort of wind or crappy weather,
but this rain was just NOT cool. Especially since it felt like 39 degrees when I
woke up. Gross. We made it to Drake in time to hear that they were postponing
the races by 30 minutes until the thunderstorm passed. We met up with running
buddy #3 on campus after it got delayed ANOTHER 30 minutes due to the thunder
and lightning. By this point I just wanted to crawl back in bed and listen to
it rain. But we were already there. FINALLY it was our turn to run. It was
chilly, but once we got moving it wasn’t terrible. However the three of us
together was a treat. One with a busted cupcake, one who’d played two soccer
games the day before, and one with an ankle/heel issue. But we made it through.
Hearing the Isiserettes as we ran up the hella hilly Bulldog Mile made it a
little easier too. At that point, our pace quickened, and then we saw Drake’s
campus. We were SO CLOSE to being done. I hadn’t run on the blue track since my
senior year of high school and it was nice to be back. Once we were done
running, we grabbed some food and left – since everything had been postponed an
hour, we were all of a sudden in a hurry to get the rest of our day going.
Rough. I ran a 1:11 10k and am okay with that. I knew we would run around an
hour… but I didn’t know exactly how it would be considering we were all broken
in some way. But we finished and it was a pretty nice time. Now I’ve got a little
less than 2 months before the Run to Exile… another 10k with beer at the end of
the tunnel. GET IT!
And now – for the rants. First of all, I understand that
rules are a pain in the ass. And sometimes I break rules. But I try and NOT do
it (even though I threaten to do it all the time) because let’s be real – I’m a
baby and just don’t want to get in trouble. I don’t feel like being Billy
Badass and doing dumb shit to push authority and go “against the man” –
especially if it’s going to affect someone else. Where am I going with this? If
you guessed “hot tub occupiers at 3 am” then you are CORRECT. Friday
night/Saturday morning, some idiots came out to the hot tub at 2:45 am. Maybe I’m
just getting old, but WHY wouldn’t you just want to go to bed after you’ve left
the bars? I mean in college – sure. A couple years AFTER college – maybe. Now?
Hell no. I’m usually so tired I just can’t even. And maybe it’s currently my fault
for having these issues because we are staying directly by the pool/hot tub.
But if you and 5 of your closest, LOUDEST friends decide to hit up the hot tub
at 3 am, at least shut up while you’re there. If people got in the hot tub and
talked at a normal volume, I probably wouldn’t even notice. But when you’re
yelling and swearing and being all sorts of a pain in my ass, then I’m mad. So
around 3:15 I called our landlord, who was out of town. She suggested I call
the cops on them. Well – the cops were busy with some sort of shooting (a
little more important than people in a hot tub after hours.) But after another
20 minutes and of these people getting into the pool (pretty sure that’s not
even CLOSE to being ready for people – chemical shitstorm if you will) my
roomie decided to give them a call again – this time it was for trespassing and
possible vandalism. Maybe they’d get here a little quicker. Still nothing. They
finally went inside – which I found out which apartment so I made sure to pass this
along to our landlord – at 4:15 am. WHAT. My alarm was set for 6:15 so I could
get up and get ready for cycling. I was not a happy camper. Next rant: adults. There
are so many articles written in respects to certain generations of people (my
generation) are the WORST people to work with – the Millennials. The ones who are
entitled, lazy, addicted to technology, have no respect for their elders. As I witnessed
today, I think the age of those writing these articles, need to take a look at
their own generation. I have never been so angered by a group of adults. Such a
glaringly obvious lack of respect – it just drove me crazy. I was in a meeting
with managers who were on a conference call presentation with our corporate
office. The presentation may have been a little long and didn’t necessarily
affect us – but the way they acted during this time just amazed me. To me, it
was like sitting in with a bunch of 7th graders who were trying to
be the cool kids. As the youngest one in the room, with the least amount of
corporate world time, I was the most mature and professional. Some of the
stories I hear from friends whos coworkers are just awful – starting drama,
sticking their noses in other peoples’ business where they don’t belong, trash
talking upper management – it just seems CRAZY to me. These people could be the
Millennials’ parents, yet they’re acting less mature than we are. They seem to
hate change and will do literally EVERYTHING they can to not change. “If it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it” used to work – but why not do it in an easier, better way.
It may be different than what you’ve been doing for 20 years, but if it works
and it works well, change it. It just surprises me that I was embarrassed by
someone I should be looking up to as a mentor/leader. That tiny amount of
respect I had for you, that’s gone.
I’m done ranting and raving now. I apologize if I offended
anyone who may be in the group of 7th grade adults… wait – no I don’t.
Get it together and act like the adult you are. If you’ve been working in this
world 20 years longer than me, SHOW ME that you’re better than me. Don’t be
petty and act like that mean girl from 7th grade who talks behind my
back about her “best friend.” Don’t be a dick. Just work. This is real life.
Let’s close today out with a little Betty White. If I pissed
you off from what I write, then don’t read it anymore. But if I made you think
about the way you act or someone else acts, and it made you reevaluate
something – I’m glad. I’m here to help. Or to hate – whichever you choose.
“I don’t know how
people get so anti-something. Mind your own business, take care of your own
affairs, and don’t worry about other people so much.”
Boom, Betty White. She knows what’s up. Just mind your own
damn business, don’t cause drama, and do what you like doing. Don’t complain
about what you do – you’re the only one keeping you there. Have fun doing what
you love – and just be freakin happy. Don’t suck all the fun out of everything
and ruin other peoples’ days.
End rant.
Love you awesome nerds.
S
PS - Tomorrow is the day we go without shoes... One Day Without Shoes to raise awareness for children's education and health. If you can, go barefoot. Send me a picture, tag me in a post on Facebook or Instagram. Shoot me an email. I want to see your bare tootsies. #WithoutShoes #OneForOne
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