Wow

So much has happened since the last time I blogged! I have barely had time to think.
First and most important I am engaged!!!
It was super unexpected and has taken a while to sink in. I'm sure anyone who is reading this has seen the video but I'll tell the story anyways.
So Tuesday I go to work (at midnight) like usual thoroughly excited for my last day of work for vacation. I spend the day counting down the hours before I leave. So about 10 minuets before I am supposed to leave my producer starts bugging me that I can leave because I had nothing left to do but I thought it was weird so I stuck around for five or so more minutes then left. I walked out the door of the studio and there is John. My heart just started beating a million miles an hour and everything from this point on is a blur. He starts talking about how much he loves me and everything and it kind of hits me what he is doing but I was so shocked I just kept asking him "What are you doing?" I wish I had have paid a little more attention to the details. Like I don't think I even looked in his eyes the whole time, and definitely not when he was down on one knee asking me to marry him. I had been telling everyone for weeks that he wouldn't propose for a while because I seriously thought this was six or more months away. We went to breakfast and I was still just in shock. I called most of my family members and they were excited. I watched the video of the proposal about 15 hundred times. So I wake up on Wednesday when we are going to Vegas and it really hits me. I'm getting married. Now that it has sunk in and I've had time to think about it I am really excited! So Vegas was awesome, it was great to just get away and relax and not have to worry about anything really. Oh when we arrived in Vegas John has rented a stretch hummer limo (yes he is extravagant) and the man holding the sign when we arrived said "The Future Mrs. Hoffman" so crazy! The limo was so much fun though. We ate some amazing food, won a little money, lost a little money and just had an overall good time. Now I am back to work, ugh, and working on planning a wedding! Which for now is fun but I am sure will be stressful at some point.

Sports

I miss covering sports. Period. Not the high school sports I covered for a while but covering all sports all the time like I did as Sports Editor. It was awesome to sit in my little corner, telling people what to do and talking about random sports incidents all day, like the day we spent an hour on google trying to figure out what happened to Stuart Scott's eye. Or putting as many cliches into one story as possible. So fun. Unfortunately I don't think there will ever be another time like that in my life. Even if I was to be sports editor at another paper, I think being in college and covering one single sports team allowed us to goof off a lot and goof off we did. Again I say it was awesome.

Adrenaline Rush!!

I have been a blogging slacker. And for no really good reason either. I mean my life isn't as exciting at the title of my blog might imply, but I still have some good adventures. I just haven't felt much like writing them on here. Instead I work on writing my book. It's so fun! I always thought writing a book was so hard but once I had an idea (I never said it was a good idea but it is an idea nonetheless) the words kind of just flow out of me. It sounds cheesy I know but I actually get an adrenaline rush from writing. That makes me sound like a total nerd, I mean most people get adrenaline rushes from riding roller coasters, nope not me. I can get excited and I mean really excited just by sitting on my couch and busting out 5 or 6 pages. I used to get this feeling when I had to write on deadline for the newspaper, because its stressful you know. You have to write so many words and only have so many minutes to do it. But I never knew I could get the same feeling when there isn't a deadline anywhere in sight, but I LOVE it!! I came to work yesterday just smiling because I had written so much and it made me happy. So yeah to say the least I love writing. I always knew I did but now I know for sure I made the right decision 4 years ago when I chose journalism over being a doctor or sports medicine person. I was born to be a writer, okay that might be exaggerating, but still. I'm sure if you read my blog and I have been talking about this book for three or four posts now you are wondering what said book is about. Well..... I can't tell you yet! I'm worried if I try to describe it to someone else I might think it sounds stupid and stop writing, which is not what I want to happen! So maybe someday soon I'll post a little snippet but as for the whole story you'll just have to wait until I'm finished!

Fail

I have failed miserably. Since my last post when I said I was going to work on book for a minimum of 30 minutes a day, I haven't worked on it any minutes a day!! I am a failure! I think winter is making me bummed I haven't really felt like doing much of anything expect sleeping which I do plenty of.
I think I kind of stopped writing my book because I am to the point where I actually have to start writing it, like I've laid out the basics of what is going to happen and written character synopsis so now it is time to put some words on paper. But I get scared because then what if no one wants to read it and I put all this hard work in!!
But I have to just go ahead and do it, I hear that the first book is always the hardest. I hope this is true.

Life Plan

I haven't blogged in a while, sorry I haven't really felt like I had much to talk about. BUT!!! I had a fantastic idea today. I've decided I really don't like going to work every day, its blah. So I have formulated a new life plan, whether it takes me 5 years or 25 years. I want to write a book, well actually several books, but once I have made a little bit of money writing books and such I want to open a bakery/cafe! It would so so much fun, then I could do two of the things I love most, write and cook. I have already named said bakery, its called Scrumptious. Sometimes when I have ideas like this, I get really crazy and excited and gung-ho for like a week or two and then nothing ever really comes from it but this time I am serious I really want to do this. So from this point forward I am going to spend a minimum of half an hour a day (an hour on weekends) working on my book because writing a book in the first step in this plan. In the meantime I shall continue finding and inventing super delicious recipes for Scrumptious. I think it makes it more real if I name the place. So anyways that is my new life plan, wish me luck!!

Working Nights Sucks

I am in the middle of my 8th week of working at Fox 13 and so this is an update of how things are going.
1. Working nights really really really sucks. My body has finally adjusted to sleeping in the day, but I don't think I will ever like it. I hate that I wake up just as the sun is going down. I hate that I can't ever meet friends for lunch (not that I do anyways, but I like the option) because I sleep then. I hate having no one to text all night while I work. I hope to someday move up in the world and maybe then I'll be sleeping at 2:30 a.m instead of blogging.
2. I miss writing. I really really really miss writing as much as did for the Salt Lake Tribune. I have written steadily at least one article a week for the past 3 years and now that I write 30 second scripts instead I miss it. I miss doing interviews and seeing my name in the paper (shallow I know). But most of all I just miss writing, I think that is one reason I have been so good at blogging lately.
3. I am learning tons of new things. Despite missing writing, I am learning TONS of stuff. Little behind the scenes details I never would've thought about. I've learned skills I will no doubt use forever, whether I stay in TV or go back to newspaper someday.
That is really all I can think of for the time being. I do get to learn how to produce starting in March so I'll update you again then!! Hopefully that will involve more writing! Maybe now is the time to start working on that book I always wanted to publish....

I'm Obsessed

I have a new obsession.
In the past few weeks I have spent my spare time at work on the internet looking up work out routines and diet plans and fitness tips, basically if its about losing weight I have tried to find it.
I have emailed myself no less than 7 of these said plans.
I have a weekend workout, a 7-day workout plan, a 14-day personal trainer plan, a 14-day half marathon jump-start plan, a 14-day look better naked plan, a lose 10 pounds in 30 days plan and a get-a-better-body in 21 days plan. I also have a 400-calorie meal diet plan, which gives you recipes for 400 calorie meals (they have actually come in quite handy).
I mean really how many plans does one girl need? So this is what I am thinking if I do all the plans back to back to back I'll have a plan for 102 days.
Actually what really needs to happen is I need to channel my obsession for finding plans into an obsession for carrying out said plans. Instead of looking for more exercise plans I just need to pick one and go with it!
So starting today (even though today is Tuesday and I usually have an aversion to starting things on days that aren't Sunday or Monday) I am going to do the 7-day workout plan! That way in a week I'll have something new and exciting to look forward too.