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Katie
22 Years Old
In love with my Danny
Chemist
Coffee Addict
Proud Norwegian
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I like spending time with my family and my love Danny, reading, playing cello, starbucks, sushi, polka dotted things, clean things, color coordinated things
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Dirty things, the president, learning fluid mechanics, going to good will for anything besides donations
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| Hands off OUR wedding! |
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Tuesday, 06//09//09 @ 9:45am
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So my wedding is in less than 2 months now, which I am super excited about... but I wish people could just leave our arrangements in place.
When I could have REALLY used help about 6 months ago, no one was there to help. We already put our wedding off when we would have liked April 18th, but we apparently couldn't have it within one year of my brother's wedding. I mean, I guess if my parents really wanted to help, I could understand with saving up and all, it costs more than a pretty penny. Anyway though, even though I didn't know how much we'd have and all, I went out on a limb and reserved some things and places hoping it would work and could happen this summer.
So they had a shower/party for us in Birmingham last Saturday. Sunday my parents came over to his Dad and step mom's for brunch and my parents wanted the breakdown of all costs and the info for the places I had reserved.
They called last night, and even though they haven't been to the place, tried the food, or even talked the people even on the phone, they apparently think the caterer I picked out is crap. And apparently no buffet style can be okay, it can only be good if it's a sit down dinner. I was very upset. This is a little family run thing and they're out in the boonies, but Dan and I liked the food we tried, they were very personable, and we're both happy with it.
We had no idea about what kind of financial help we would get, and I went making my plans assuming we might have to do it all ourselves. We liked this place, and we could afford it. Everywhere else starts at $10 a plate more.... If they want to look and they find something that's "not crap" to them, they can drive up here to meet with them, make all the arrangments themselves, and pay the difference between that and the place we picked.
They other fun thing we've had is that apparently everyone thought with us both only getting 2 weeks off a year that we were going to wait 2 days after our wedding to leave on our honeymoon. Umm... no! If it were up to me, we'd leave from the reception to the airport and be on our merry way. But for my brother's wedding they had a brunch thing and get together at her parent's house the day after. So my mom wants us all to go to my brother and his wife's house and do the same thing. Those two I guess didn't leave until the Monday after and they were there until 7 or 8 pm on Sunday...
So our flight got changed to later in the evening on Sunday to where we'd miss our dinner reservation. The only other option is at 2:20. I talked to my mom and she was obviously not pleased by that or even that we're leaving Sunday, so I guess we're sticking with the evening flight.
But honestly, I feel like the reception caterer thing is about showing up my brother's wife's mom for my mom and I feel like the shin dig on Sunday is more about showing off my brother and his wife's new house than about being nice to us. Isn't this our day? Isn't this supposed to be about us and shouldn't it be more about our wishes for how it should be done?
I swear to God if they cancel or change anything without asking first we're eloping.
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Monday, 04//20//09 @ 11:52am
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Some days, like today, I really hate being an adult. To avoid going into the annoying and long details, I've basically been dealing with bills and battling insurance companies today (yes, plural). I had relatively few problems before, but since it's changed this January EVERYTHING has somehow been a huge ordeal with them. Apparently when I'm coughing up blood and in severe pain I'm supposed to call my insurance company to make sure it falls under their perceived definition of a medical emergency before I can be covered at the hospital. So now they want extra info from the hospital to see if it falls under that category...
Also, my dental x-ray wasn't covered because I had some done last summer through my old insurance company when an oral surgeon poked a hole in my sinus cavity and I had to have sinus surgery. Thanks guys.
Another reason why I can't wait to marry Daniel in July: I can go under his medical insurance through his work which is with the company I had in 2007-2008 and had few problems with.
I think I did a pretty good job at staying calm with the people who weren't to blame for the messes, but man was it tough to keep the temper in line. I feel like what insurance companies pull and get away with a lot of the time is basically legalized theft.
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| I think I found my wedding dress! |
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Saturday, 12//06//08 @ 6:39pm
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Here it is! (It's a bit too big and is clipped and needs to be taken in, but you get the idea). I'm so excited now!
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Friday, 11//21//08 @ 8:14am
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Does anyone ever just fall asleep a lot when they don't want to do something?
Basically I have tests in all 3 of my graduate courses within a 1 week time span. I realized this morning that it wasn't sleepy keeping me in bed, it was reluctance. I just don't want to get up and go take that test and be told how much I suck. Basically, everyone fails them and the people who are almost not failing get an A and the people who fail a little more get a B so long as they tried.
At least it's not quite as bad as an organic class some of my friends have to take... one of them was proud of a 33 on a test.
Seriously? Seriously.
Don't want to go!
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Thursday, 10//30//08 @ 11:00pm
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I am feeling very moody and sullen right now.
I know that it will pass, but I still don't like feeling this way.
If I were a cartoon character, there would be a black wriggly squiggle above my head right now.
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| Stolen Purse |
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Monday, 07//07//08 @ 6:59am
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Dan and I were in downtown Indianapolis last night with a few friends and we went for coffee after dinner. I had my purse hanging on the back of my chair, and forgot it when we walked out. I turned back a block or two later when I remembered it, but it was already gone.....
Bad things:
-It had my drivers license and old school ID
-2 credit cards, 2 debit cards
-all of my health insurance cards
-phone and ipod
-birth control pills
Good things:
-My SS card was NOT in there! (I used to keep it in my wallet like a moron)
-My car keys were not in there
-It was not ripped off of my shoulder which would have made my sense of insecurity and violation even worse
-My phone was deactivated and an old one my parents had activated within 15 minutes.
-My parents got one of my credit cards deactivated within the hour
-I could cancel one of my debit cards online last night even though the bank wasn't open
My mom is calling my other credit card and me for my other debit card and more bc pills as soon as stuff opens. Hopefully it was a desperate homeless person who took the maybe $8-9 cash in my purse, phone, and ipod and chucked the purse and rest in a trash somewhere.
I'm shaken up still, I've never had anything stolen from me before, so I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders and get everything done. Pretty much everything in there is replaceable and thank God there was no physical confrontation and the person has no means of getting any pin numbers or my SS number from my purse.
We also got a police report and the case number for it, so if any fraudulent charges do come up, I have proof it was gone and I won't be held accountable.
FUCKIN' CROOK!
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Wednesday, 06//25//08 @ 11:55am
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So Dan works for a small mechanical engineering firm and when their company puts in a new machine, they watch it 24/7 for a week to make sure everything is working properly. Two guys take turns in 12 hours shifts watching it. Dan did this from 7am to 7pm at the end of May for a steel company. I guess something didn't work and they're doing it again now. This time however Dan has the 7pm to 7am shift. He started 7 pm on sunday, so this shitty schedule has gone on since Saturday. He stayed up all night saturday so he'd sleep during the day Sunday and be okay to stay up all night on sunday. At least this time it's 4 days of instead of a week of it.
I hate the schedule though. When I'm waking up, he's coming in to go to sleep. I go to bed about 4 hours after he leaves for work. It's weird to not really see him much, it's weird not to go to bed together at the same time, and it's weird to miss seeing him so much when he's right in the other room sleeping.
I just can't wait for it to be over :-/
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| getting healthy |
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Sunday, 06//15//08 @ 7:40pm
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So, this is out of the blue, but I've been unhappy with how I've felt lately I figured I could either be okay with how I am and the possibility that I may get bigger and may have more health issues, or I could do something about it. I have decided I'm going to do something about it and I'm going to do it now.
The first thing that will shock anyone who knows me is that I'm giving up coffee. I am addicted to caffeine (I get headaches when I don't have it), it's expensive, and the acidic nature is not helping with my acid reflux problems. So I'm weening myself now. I immediately went to the smallest size, which is half the espresso from what I've been getting. Gradually I will have less and less as my body adjusts.
Dan and I bought a pitcher/filter we keep in the fridge and both got one liter jugs with handles, and I carry the water around with me pretty much everywhere. I'm drinking about 2-3 liters a day now just taking sips here and there all day (really, it's just a matter of its convenience) and I've seen some differences pretty much overnight. I'm eating less junk, and I'm less hungry, which I think is because my stomach has quite a bit of water in it now.
I'm starting at the gym tomorrow as well. Mostly cardio, and it's not to get ripped, just to be healthy and get more toned.
I know it's 5 years off, but the main reason I'm doing this is for future kids- I realize this is more of a lifestyle change than anything else. I don't want to be large or put myself at more risk for diseases and when I have kids after grad school I just want that to be the way we do things already and for them to learn healthful habits. There are too many obese children, and it won't be my children if I can do anything about it. Plus, I'm starting to feel better already :)
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Friday, 04//18//08 @ 7:57am
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So, we had a freakin' earthquake this morning!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois.earthquake/index.html
It woke me up at maybe 5:42, but I thought I was imagining it, feeling something else, or dreaming. Dan called at 20 til 8 this morning to make sure I was okay since he had heard about it, and that's when I realized I hadn't imagined it.
It's just to strange for the midwest, I've never felt one before.
I'm so excited for this weekend. Dan and I have been (officially) dating for ONE YEAR since yesterday! Woo! And it's been an awesome year. So we'll get to celebrate this weekend :) yay
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Sunday, 04//13//08 @ 10:52pm
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Just 4 more weeks of Rose left, I can't believe it. I can definitely sense that it will be a new chapter in my life, but I'm not quite sure about what that means for me exactly. I'm excited though. I visited schools and have accepted the offer at Notre Dame. Dan and I will move inbetween my school and his work and I can't wait to make a place really feel like home again. A place hasn't really seriously felt lived in and worked enough to feel like home since... Iowa (2nd-6th grade...).
(warning: stop reading here if you are a bitter single)
I'm just really happy with how things are working out and kind of falling into place. I'm very in love with Dan and I feel beyond any doubt that this is the way it was meant to be. The relationship is very good for me mentally and physically (no ulcers really since we've dated). I have a sense of it being nearly unconditional (unless I did some things that I'd never dream of doing). Being with him is just very calming and comforting for me. I remember when we first became friends sitting in my room talking until 3 or 4 in the morning and I enjoyed it so much because it was such a sense of calm. It just feels very right and there's a lot to look forward to.
This thursday will be one year. It feels like we've known each other for years now.
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Friday, 02//22//08 @ 7:52am
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I got into Notre Dame for graduate school!!!
It's really good news for both me and Dan. It's a good school and program for me, we'll move inbetween so he gets to stay with the job he's happy with and well, we'll get to live together.
So happy!!
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Wednesday, 02//13//08 @ 10:42am
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Jesus, Joseph, and Mary!... How can a personal statement that was attached online and necessary for the computer to let you complete the application process online be missing!? I'd take IU over the Chicago schools any day, so I guess it doesn't matter now.. but SHEESH!
I don't want to go to your school anyway if your admissions is that incompetent. I e-mailed them WEEKS ago when I got an e-mail about it and confirmed that they didn't need a hard copy, so what's their mother f'n problem? I was a bit snippy in my reply back, but what do I care now since IU is better and acutually has competent staff?
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Tuesday, 02//12//08 @ 10:04pm
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I just want this quarter to be over with. It's been so stressful and annoying and 3 out of 4 classes.... I just... really don't care or find it worthwhile. I feel like I spend so much time with this stuff and don't really get too far. On the bright side, I got into a grad school I'm happy about now (IU), so as long as I pass, no real harm done.
And for some reason I'm really really annoyed that I don't really get to talk to Dan tonight. He's at some dinner thing for work. How long can that take, seriously? I feel stuck again. My nice suitemate isn't here, my friend Kayla is out of town celebrating her birthday... this would just be one of those nights that I'd go sit my ass in starbucks and have 2 or 3 drinks while I looked over stuff if I had a car.
As dumb as it sounds, part of why I think I feel annoyed stems from looking at a blog of Dan's. He used to update it more frequently back towards the end of high school... When he liked this girl who used him as a doormat. It really just makes me want to contact her and tell her what I think about how she treats people. There's been no contact since last summer though, so there's just really no need. Dan was really a different person then.. one I probably wouldn't have liked so much. I think that terrible Jordan girl was a big influence on that. She just kind of normalized him with things that would normally really piss most people off. The other aspect of this is that she's the superficial, boy crazy, party type of girl. As a result, the relationship was superficial and since he liked her so much and spent so much time with her, some of it seemed to rub off on him. It took unintentionally hurting at least two other people for him to realize Jordan's "relationship etiquette" just isn't normal or acceptable to most people.
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Thursday, 01//10//08 @ 5:05pm
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Ladies,
Never complain loudly about waiting an hour right before a pap smear in a doctor's office. You and your cervix will regret it.
I can't take it back, but I can warn others.
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Friday, 12//28//07 @ 2:47pm
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Christmas was wonderful again this year. I was glad to get to spend it with Daniel, I don't want any without him in the future.
We were with his mom and that part of his family on the 23rd, my family on the 24th, and his Dad's family on the 25th. At his granny's (his dad's mom) there was already an embroided stocking with my name on it, it made me feel so good and a part of the family :)
I'm filling out grad school applications now. If I get into a Chicago school then the plan is to move halfway between Dan's work and my school. I'm just so excited for everything coming up. We planned out my engagement ring, I just don't know when I'll be getting it. My mom and dad gave us their old wedding rings, and I'm using four diamonds from those. The two leftover diamonds were made into a necklace for my mother and she got that for Christmas :) I couldn't wait to give that to her. She loved it. I can't wait to be married to him and to live together. So much to look forward to.
Things are going well and I'm content with all of the important things in my life.
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Friday, 10//19//07 @ 8:59am
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So I still can't believe I did it, but I signed a lease for an apartment yesterday and I'm gettin' the fuck outta there. In the past 8 days I have been in my own room for one hour. In the one hour I was there I was very agitated and uncomfortable - someone had used MY bath towel to mop up a puddle in the bathroom and left it on the floor and it was about 80 degrees. I just can't bear going back there anymore. I feel like they forgot I lived there even when I was around often and I couldn't really use any of the space. I was able to sit in the living room a total of 2 times... I have to spend 10 extra minutes in the mornings moving stuff to make breakfast... no kitchen table, that's covered with crap.... the bathroom is stuffed with stuff and there isn't really room to set anything down in there. Then there's my actual room: if I move stuff so that I can get to my things it's a huge ordeal. If I come in at midnight and want to go to bed it's a huge ordeal.
I don't have a car moving off campus.... I know, sounds dumb. But while Dan is here (until the end of november) I won't have any issues anyway. There are tons of Rose people in the area and I think I'll have no problems getting rides to and from class. Dan's stepdad is also a used car salesman and we're trying to figure out if there's something cheap I could get to go from point A to point B through him. I hope so, that would be nice. I think I'd get a part time job off campus (hopefully at one of the two starbucks) if a car is possible.
So I looked at the apartment tuesday, signed the lease yesterday, and I'm moving in tonight. Sounds fast? That's because it was. Tuesday morning I made tons of calls because I couldn't stand not having a comfortable place to go back to. I've been living at Dan's, and while that's comfortable enough it's still not my space, everyone else there has priority (as they should, since it their space), and I think I've imposed on his roommate quite enough. He hasn't said anything, and he's the type who would if he were annoyed, but I can't do it for another month.
I got upset and started crying after I got back from signing the lease. I couldn't figure out why... I know I'll be alright and more comfortable. But this will be a type of change I haven't experience before though.. and it was a change I didn't think would occur for about another year... life's funny like that though sometimes. I think I just got overwhelmed by having this change when so many will occur in the winter. (Dan is done early and I don't know where he's going to end up yet). And I don't know where I'll be next year yet. I'm applying of course, but I guess it's not knowing that makes some things tough. So I guess it was just having a big unexpected change on top of not knowing where Dan or I will be.
I think this change is for the better though. I will be happy to have a clean place to live and I will enjoy the dark and silence whenever I'm ready for sleep.
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Thursday, 09//20//07 @ 8:43am
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So I had the most amazing birthday ever.
First I was treated to sushi, dinner, and starbucks.
Then Dan and I went back to his room and he had me wait in the living room while he got something from his room. I got a nice card with a starbucks card in it. yay!
But he still had something behind his back.
I smirked when I saw it was a tiny little box wrapped in silver paper.
So, we're getting married in the white chapel at our school this saturday, you're all invited!
No, just kidding. But it WAS a ring!
A white gold and diamond promise ring :) It's very special to me too because he and his mom designed it and his mom (who is a jeweler and one of my favorite people) made it. It's very classy and simple, get extremely unique at the same time,
Pictures to come as soon as I can get a decent one.
The roommates and other annoying things just don't seem to matter so much. I'm in a little happy bubble of sorts :)
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Saturday, 09//08//07 @ 11:15am
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Dear You,
Please aim to shit into the water and not on the back of the toilet.
Mmmkay? Thanks.
Dear You,
Cover your fucking mouth when you cough! When I'm sick I'm going to go lick all of your food.
Dear You,
Everyone else raises their hand, you should too. By the way, I heard through the grapevine that thick black socks with shorts would be out this coming season, just thought I'd give you a little heads up.
Dear You,
Why aren't you at a state school? I can't wait for you to get your grades fail out.
Dear You,
Your medicine tastes like shit. Hire me and I'll make the tasty part less soluble so that it doesn't.
Dear You,
Thanks for not rehiring me. People who post pictures of their hickies are clearly more professional and responsible. You picked so well.
Dear You,
If I were Ivy from soul calibur (minus the outfit) I'd use my sword/blade thingie to beat the shit out of you!
Dear You,
Thank you for existing and keeping me sane.
Love,
Me
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