Melissa’s Newest (and last) Book Blog

I am starting this blog to record my reading. Hopefully, this will encourage me to challenge myself more in my reading and to use more of my free time for it. I enjoyed reading last year but I did not read as much as I could have read. My bookshelf right now is crowded with books I’ve been meaning to read for years. So this book is for that. Maybe I’ll do some challenges. Maybe I won’t. But this here is a blog.

Putting the Mission back in Mission Melissa

It’s easy to say “I want to do better.” The hard part is describing what “better” looks like. I’m working on that. Until then, enjoy this video from TED.com.

I decided that my 30 day challenge will be waking up at 6:15 am every morning. I have always wanted to be an early starter and have felt better when doing so. I feel like I get more done and feel more relaxed. I don’t know what I’ll do each day at 6:15 (probably take my thyroid medication) but it won’t be sleep. My body wakes itself up at around six most days, I usually force it back to sleep for an hour. Maybe I’ll read in the morning. Maybe I’ll put more time into self care. Hopefully, I’ll get to work earlier.

I’m excited about this. I love TED talks. I promise not to make all my entries about TED.

Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy

I feel like this video could be really important to social work.

“Compassion has enemies. And those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.”-Joan Halifax

Melissa’s Lazy Day Post

Happy Holiday Weekend! My next big personal project is upping my volunteer game. I’ll worry and post more about that probably next week. I plan on spending my three full days of free time enjoying family, friends and scifi television.

Did you know that BBCA is doing Battlestar Galactica all day (until 9 when Doctor Who comes on)? It’s like they knew I was having a stressful week. I have also heard reports that it’s hot outside. AND I discovered all of Misfits on hulu. The universe is clearly trying to tell me something. Hey, universe…I’m listening.

Melissa’s Arrested Development

It has not been easy for me to make the transition into adulthood. I am making it though. The trick is to not putting on your focus on comparing you accomplishments against those of someone else. I have what I have now and I’m trying every day (except Saturday and Sunday because that’s when I sleep) to do better.

I still have a list of things I wish to accomplish before a certain age and I think I’m just about there on them. The first thing is to decorate my office. I am a few weeks past my 90 days so I’m pretty sure I’ll be there for awhile. I’m still getting used to saying “Meet me in my office” and there actually being an office there. My name is on the door and I have business cards. And they took out union dues. I’m pretty sure I’m hired for a while. Weird, how that feels.

I’ve been waiting to blog here again until I have my weekly routine down. Still working on it.

Melissa’s Detroit Sunday Morning

First, Hi. I’m still here. My schedule remains mostly the same, especially since the “Two Todds” story on OLTL.

Anyway, I think I am also going to use this blog to post about cool things I’ve done in Detroit. I’m sure I’ve talked about this before. I usually forget that there are things to do outside my room and netflix.  It’s a problem. I know. We’ll talk about that later.

I am very easily amazed by my city. Thursday night, my friend Danielle got me to agree to go some party at The Key Club. We didn’t actually go but we did stop at Lafayette Coney Island. It’s one of the more (most?) famous Coney Islands in Detroit. It’s been featured on Man Vs Food and Detroit 1-8-7. It’s pretty small and simple. The menus are on little holders placed on the table and it’s one sheet front and back. I regret not getting a Coney Dog.

This morning, my friend Dana talked me into going to Astro Coffee. It’s on Michigan in Detroit. I’ve never been. In fact, I’ve only been in that area once when I was in the middle of being lost. The atmosphere just felt nice. I joked with Dana that with my white cup and saucer, I felt like Frasier. This was in part because this morning was misty. I will most definitely be back with a book and for a whole buttery scone.

 

 

 

Melissa’s Daily Life

I’ve been employed full time for over a month now. This is how my life has been working.

6:40 am -Alarm goes off. Body says “Nope.”

6:50 am-Alarm goes off again. And it’s still a no.

7:00 am-I turn off “snooze” and set the alarm for 7:40 am

7:40 am- Rolling out of bed.

8:00 am – “Oh look One Life to Live is on!”

8:30 am- In my car to go to work

9:00 am-Work.

5:00 pm- “Have I done enough to relax when I get home.”

5:05 pm- “Nope.”

6:00 pm- “I can start to leave.”

7:00 pm- HOME!!!!!

Okay then that’s the usual dinner, television, reading, television.

1:00 am-Bed

And then the cycle starts again. I do try to go out with friends at least once during the work week when I can fit it in but I need to change this. I should put blogging somewhere in my day. I love my weekends though.

Melissa and Fat Lee Adama

There’s a reason for that picture. Let’s just say that I am slowly getting out of the beginning of the  BSG Season 3 of my life. This picture reminds me never to forget the struggle or the bad habits that got me there.  I should explain the picture because I don’t want non BSG fans to think I’m making fun of fat people. MILD SPOILER FOR BATTLESTAR GALACTICA BELOW!

At the beginning of Season 3, we see Lee handling depression, frustration and inadequacy by indulging in food and self pity.  Anyone who has watched Battlestar Galactica is used to seeing Lee frak up and send invites to his self pity parties to anyone who isn’t fighting cylons at the time. However, we aren’t used to seeing Apollo take to the diva high level this dude took it. Even Bill “If it were you, we’d never leave” Adama was disappointed. Lee did have a some serious problems and some really good moments after Season 3.  Anyway, he had to go through some mess in order to gain perspective and give on his better speeches in the last season or was that later in Season 3? Anyway, it was great and I loved it. I might watch it again later this week.

So that’s about it. Life is going okay right now after sucking for a long period of time. It’s not perfect but nothing, not even Battlestar Galactica, is perfect.

I’ll try to post more.

Melissa’s Free Post

It’s cold and snowing in April. At first there was shock but then I just shrugged. I’ve lived in Michigan all my life. This isn’t the first time this type of weather tomfoolery has happened and it won’t be the last.

That’s it. I was going to write an angry poem but I’m a little blocked right now.

Seriously.

Okay.

Good day

Comic-Who (because I need something shiny after that)

The above comic and others that are equally funny can be found at comic-who.blogspot.com. It’s exactly how it sounds.

The site is pretty awesome and it’s making my night.