Month: May 2007

  • Randoms

    I remember a time when I actually used to write in here. That seems long gone. Nothing to write. Nothing of importance. A few things have gone on so it looks like this is going to become a little thing I like to call: a bulleted post. (Sad, it took me about 30 seconds to type out “bulleted” because for some reason, my fingers screamed in agony over the fact of the typing that word out. Moving on…)

    • Found out that my lovely sister Anne is moving in with me THIS COMING FRIDAY. For approximately 8-9 weeks, her and I will be co-habiting in my apartment. It will either be good or bad. I already restocked on groceries, because no one likes moving in with someone who lets her food get down to the bare minimum (so much so, that she has to eat what’s left, and that’s usually crackers).
    • I went camping for the first time ever on Sunday night. It was quite alright until we had to sleep. There was six of us, and the tent was large enough – it was just the.. uh.. ground.. and the dampness, the coldness, the silence (could there be such a thing?).. and the whole thing about me thinking I hear 1000 noises every second. I barely slept, then the alarm went off at 5:45 am because some people had to be at work at 7 am (it was a work camping trip) so off we headed into the sunrise at 6:15 am.. where I promptly collapsed in my bed.
    • In the past three days, I have gotten approximately 12 hours of sleep. Yay. Two hours one night, four hours the next, and six the next. I think tomorrow tonight (durr..) I am totally going to sleep in…
    • Sasha got microchipped on Monday! It was such an awesome deal. $19.99 for the implantation, AND the vet paid for a full year of the service. Every year its $14.99 to keep it activated but it’s worth it if she gets lost. Normally microchips (the one she got was Home Again) are $42.99 + the $14.99 for the year service. And they didn’t even charge me an exam fee, which they quoted me over the phone as an extra $42.50. I really made out.
    • I’ve been kind of working on my writing lately. I have been running with this thing I wrote about a year ago which I really liked and been trying to add more to it. I think I’ll end up with four characters, I have two sketched out at this very moment but really need to work on the fine details and pull some things together. It’s mostly a messy jumbled mess of meaningless paragraphs/half chapters… so hopefully by the end of the summer I can really have it outlined to some extent.
    • It’s HOT here. Nothing like artificial air to keep mey cool at night. I kind of hate air conditioning because I do get so cold at night, but hey — it keeps me from sweating during sleep.
    • Andddddddd, I think it’s time for bed…

    Night kids.

  • More Changes, You Say?!

    My life keeps changing dramatically. At this point in time, I do not know where my life is headed. I am kind of unsure of what I will end up doing for the rest of my life, as I have changed my major a third time – and this time, it is not animal-related. Well, I guess eventually it could be, but I might as well face the facts now: I am a lot better at something else besides veterinary medicine. My grades were not cutting it, and rather than torture myself, I have “discovered” something else I can make a living with that will make me equally as happy, maybe even more so. I know some people who read this might already know what I’m talking about, after years of knowing me and reading even some of things that have not made it onto my weblog. Yes, I am switching my major to Journalism.


    I do not know where this degree will lead me, but I am actually moving back home to my parent’s at the end of July. I never wanted to move back in with them, but it’s inevitable. I had no live real physical support down in Lafayette, so it is back to my hometown once more. I am hoping to only stay there for a year and then find someplace to live in the area on my own. Something I can pay for on my own, or with someone else. I have no clue where my life is leading me, but this feels right.


    I have missed writing. I did it a lot in high school, a lot in my beginning college years, and after a while, it sort of just dwindled down to nothing. I may have lacked inspiration or drive, but I just know that writing makes me happy. Having the ability to tend to my feelings and emotions with words, to master the art of surprise or unexpectation, it’s a gift beyond all measures. Whether I end up writing articles for a newspaper, or a magazine, or freelancing my work, or being a novelist – I don’t know. It will all come in time.


    I have become an excellent typer for something…


    -Kate


    By the way, I am still looking for a new place to start a new blog. If anyone has ANY suggestions (besides Blogger, LiveJournal, etc.) I would greatly appreciate it. I would like something user-friendly, where it has the ability for anyone to leave a comment, and where I can customize my page INTENSELY. I want it to be my own. My little corner of the webiverse.

  • P8280114

    It’s the night before my last final of the semester, and although you might imagine I would be stressed, I am not. It’s hard for me to talk about grades, especially after the debacle last semester. Even though this semester will not be as bad, it is still not as great as I know I can be. I got a B in History, and will most likely end up with C’s in the rest of my other classes. Although I’d like to say that I tried my best in every class this semester, that’s obviously not the case. I could have gotten A’s in all my classes, but my lazy ass did just the bare minimum. That’s why I knock myself in the head at the end of the semester for being so stupid the past few months. But! I plan on ROCKING summer session. Straight A’s will pull my GPA back up by the bootstraps and set me down the right path.

    Enough about grades — depressing subject at the moment.

    I had one of the best nights at work today! I have been trying and trying and trying for months to get a request dog (where the owners always have you do their dog). I might have finally landed one. He’s a golden retriever, one of my favorite clients, and he is the sweetest dog ever. I’m the only one who has ever done him (by luck). His owner is REALLY nice and I told him tonight that the dog was one of my favorites. I hope that he will request me the next time. It does nothing for me money-wise but it builds my clientele and my reputation as a bather. It’s near impossible to get request dogs as a bather, but it happens from time to time. I really think I’m good at my job and I think I’m good with the people, so why should I not get a request dog soon? :)

    Next week I have no classes (Maymester starts May 14th) and I am only working on Monday! I wish I was working more days (they keep hiring more people, like wtf, I need hours ya know) but hey — my manager said I will get at least 4 days a week so I’m okay with that. I am working five days in a row, then I’m off for four days. I think I’m going to go see Anne one of the days, and then work on writing some articles for extra money on a few of the days I’m not working. I need to make money somehow! This is the month Mom isn’t helping me pay for rent. I have to prove to her that I can pay my rent without her help one month for her to pay for fall classes. Being an adult sucks! Ooooh well, I feel like I am going to be making some good money this month so I’m not so worried. I can do this!

    Okay, I never really write in here but I need to jump off so I can go check out the cost of plane tickets. Yes, this girl is going on vacation in August. No one can stop me!!!

    -Kate