back by popular demand...

and by popular demand...i am pretty sure i mean, one person. regardless, here i am. so, my computer completely crashed and burned a week ago and i have been playing phone tag with the guy from dell to get it fixed...stupid dell. bottom line is that it still isnt working and i borrowed alyssa's computer while she is honeymooning it in costa rica and i am on the internet at work right now. i love to beat the system...you wont get me down dell!!

thanksgiving was pretty uneventful, i had to work the day before, the day of, and the day after. the families up at work were really sweet in sharing their meals with us and it was a good day and fairly slow. the weather turned super cold that day too it actually seemed like it was a holiday. unfortunately, the weather has stayed really cold and i am ready for it to warm up again...i hate going outside in the mornings to walk lexi.

and speaking of cold weather, that brings me to my next topic...my heat in my house. it is so amazing and so nice and toasty warm to the point where sometimes i even get to hot and i sleep in a tank top and underwear most of the time...well, of course it gets freezing cold this weekend and rainy and yucky and decides to stop working. saturday night my heat just went out. miserable. it was 61 degrees in my house at one point. luckily i had space heaters from when i lived in philly so i put one facing my bed upstairs and one facing my dog downstairs. it was bearable, but not at all comfortable.

so...the weekend that my heat went out was also the weekend i had a houseguest. of course. hahaha. this past weekend was alyssa's wedding and so andy came to visit me and go to the wedding with me...super fun. he had to drive through crappy rain and sit in traffic, but he made it! we had a great time and ate awesome food and had free drinks and even danced a little bit. excellent wedding all around...then we went back to my house...my freezing house, and hung out and then he had to get up and drive home sunday morning cause of some stupid school meeting. being a graduating senior is tough.

sunday was the perfect day off - i cant remember the last sunday i had off so i was able to just lay around and nap and hang out on my couch watching football...it was amazing. i had the best time and the weather was gross and cold and rainy again so it was the perfect day to stay inside. i really dont think i did one single productive thing all day.

and now here i am in the middle of another busy week...computer still isnt fixed, but my heat is...i guess i am more appreciative of that anyway. i have 2 tests this week and a speech due...and by this week, i mean they are all due tomorrow. oops. i just remembered. and i am registering for classes for next semester. crazy.

tomorrow is a big day...2 weeks until my birthday, 3 weeks until i go home...and of course...the dallas/green bay game tomorrow night. HUGE game. i cant wait to watch it - i actually have the day off so it is gonna be pretty exciting!! go cowboys!!

new bed!!

well, it finally happened. i bought my new bed. after talking about it non-stop for a month now, i finally went out and bought a nice new bed. i am so ridiculously excited about it. unfortunately it just means that now i have no excuse for not cleaning my room. thats okay though, i am spending the day cleaning up around my apartment and its gonna look awesome by the end of the day. i am convinced. i have already cleaned my kitchen...thats something.

so last night, work was so slow on our unit. we only had 10 kids on the whole floor and so i got floated down to the ER to help out with the craziness that was going on down there. at first i thought this sounded promising and kind of interesting, but alas, i was wrong. i got stuck in triage which basically means snotty noses and vomiting kids. super great. i took so many rectal temperatures last night, it was unreal. it was the longest 4 hours and i was so happy when it was over. triage is definitely not for me. i could probably do the cool part of the ER, the trauma part, but not the triage.

i had a huge headache so i got home and took a vicodin and went to sleep on my new bed. slept like a dream until 10am this morning. i have the day off - which is rare and amazing - and i am planning on sitting on this couch as long as possible. the cowboys play the redskins today and we all know how that is going to end. i havent been able to watch football in about 5 sundays. and i am gong to get queso and clean and just relax...thats what days off are all about.

remember when...

i apparently still suck at blogging?? i go really strong for like 2 weeks and then its all over. its not like i am doing anything that great at the end of my day where i cant write, its just moreso i am distracted by whatever is on my tivo and i forget to do it. lazy me.

so...i went to philly. loved it. i am glad i live in the south where it is nice and toasty warm most of the time cause walking around philly, i couldnt feel my toes most of the time...but, i missed the walking around part. i love that about philadelphia. i love being in a city and people on the street and taking cabs and walking everywhere and tall buildings. i love austin too, but i definitely missed that aspect. i saw everyone i loved in philly...that number is very small these days, but it was worth the trip and i was sad to leave. happy to be home, but sad to go.

i think i probably havent blogged this week because it has officially been crappy. it was just one horrible thing after another this week...lots of financial things coming my way, electricity being turned off, people at work annoying me, school stuff...just lots going on. its okay, its friday now and that means the week is over and i am looking forward to many things next week so i know i am going to have better days and be in a much better mood.

i bought my new bed finally!!!! so excited...tomorrow night will be my first night to sleep on it cause i am babysitting overnight tonight. i cannot wait...the only downside is that means i actually have to start cleaning up my apartment and organizing my room again. ugh...what a project that is going to be. i have the day off on sunday so that is my goal for the day, but unfortunately, i think it is going to be a more than a one day ordeal. thats really too bad for myself. oh well, its gonna be worth it.

anyway, this entry wasnt all that great, maybe i will get back in the groove of things and be more regular again, but dont hold your breath. i am done with my laundry and therefore headed to bed, i have a 7 year old waking me up bright and early in the morning...greeeeeat.

another long day...

i worked 12 hours again, but it went by so dang fast!! we were crazy busy at work...kicking people out of rooms so we could admit other kids, it was nuts. i actually like when we are busy because it goes by so fast. i didnt sit down all day and then all of the sudden, it was 11:20 and i was like, whoa, i need to leave. i seriously couldnt pick and place any better patients on our floor right now. literally every single one of my favorites are there - veronica, caitlyn, perla, kathy, and camryn. its amazing. i had the best time getting to hang out with all of them yesterday and talking and laughing...these are amazing girls. what a great job i have.

then i got home and studied cause i have a stupid test again today. seriously, is it normal to have a test like every other day?? how is that possible?? i am so over school. i cant believe that there is only like 6 weeks left though. that is insane. this semester has just flown by. hopefully they will all continue to do so...

i slept awesome - we got a cold front last night so i turned the heat up before i went to bed and i woke up all toasty warm and happy. this time change thing is still messing me up though because i keep trying to wake up at like 8 or 9am. now that is just silly, i like to stay in bed till 10 when i can. which is most mornings. i was freezing when i walked lexi though...i am glad, i love cold weather. it makes me happy. not cold weather like 10 degrees, just this cold weather...50 degrees.

blueberry muffins for breakfast - amazing. and now i have to go to class. blah. i am so tired and so not in the mood to sit in class, but i want to get all my tests back from last week and see how i did. my professor in my first class is just so annoying...the only reason i go to his class is because he takes attendance and adds points to your grade for perfect attendance. i guess that makes it worth it - at some point anyway. then i am going to my second class which is even worse then the first. so boring. then off to work again.

only 2 more days of work and then i get on a plane on thursday (after class of course) and i am headed back to philly...yea!! i cant wait to go back, i need a vacation, i need to see people, i need to sleep in, i need to not work...its gonna be great. a much needed break from responsibilities.

12 hours later...

and i am home from work. what a long day!! i worked 12 hour shifts all summer long and i forgot how long they really are. i am not sure how i did it for 3 months...regardless, i had to work 12 hours again today. it seemed like it was going to be a long day when i looked at the clock around 1:30, but it actually ended up going by pretty quickly and it was over faster than i realized. the sad thing is that i have to get up tomorrow morning, well, in about 9 hours to be exact...and do it all over again. 2 days in a row of this 12 hour business!?? big mistake katelynn.

anyway, the extra hour of sleep was extremely helpful, especially considering i stayed up till after 2am for some reason. therefore, i ended up in bed around 1:45am. i got up around 10 and just couldnt get moving. had every intention of showering before work, but i came downstairs and sat on the couch and looked up and it was 40 minutes later and i had to get dressed and leave. oops. guess that means i HAVE to shower before work tomorrow.

i had the best patients at work today...caitlin is back for a minor pain thing and a short stay (phew), but i love her and she is in my top favorites so i was glad to go sit in her room and play with her for a while. her hair is growing back and she looks so cute. i love that she remembers things about me and we both still had our friendship bracelets on...yea!! and then there was kathy. she is a 21 year old who just relapsed for the 3rd time. her story is encouraging and heartbreaking all at the same time. she is adorable and so fun. i met her a few days ago when she came in and all the nurses on our floor love her because they have known her since she was 15. and now i love her too. i laid in her bed for about an hour today and we read magazines and she told me the story of how she met her husband - she got married 3 months ago. she is amazing and such a fighter and she blessed me today in a million different ways. and her dad went out and got us mexican food and we had lunch together!! yea!! i cant wait to go in her room and lay in bed and watch 'fight club' with her tomorrow...

and now i am home, i hung out with lexi for a big and now i am gonna head to bed so i can do it all over again tomorrow. i got a smidgen of homework done at work tonight (maybe if i would quit laying around in patients beds i would get more done), but regardless i have to get the rest of it done tomorrow so i dont have to worry about coming home tomorrow night and doing it. then back into the mix of tons of homework and school for the rest of the week...ugh.

philly on thursday!!!!

another fun weekend in austin!!

so, once again, i had friday and saturday off work - kinda strange. strange and very nice. friday i laid around for most of the day and took naps, but i did manage to run a few important errands and get a couple of things done...so at least i was productive. somewhat. and then friday night was a lingerie shower for a bunch of the girls from work who are getting married in the next few months. i picked up alyssa and we went down to katie's house where the party was being held. we had so much fun. it was a great group of girls and lots of drinks and great food. mainly lots of laughing, and we all know thats my favorite thing to do. we played a hilarious game of pictionary (use your imagination here...bacherlorette/lingerie and pictionary). the girls all got some fun presents and then proceeded to model them for us. over their clothes of course. so it was a really great party and i was glad that i wasnt working and was able to go.

then alyssa, kristen and i went downtown. i was super tired and not feeling all that great so i wasnt really keen on going, but i give into peer pressure easily, so i went. it ended up being really fun actually...we got to dance to hip hop music - clearly i love that, i do it in my own house or car on a daily basis. i just hate dancing at bars cause skeevy guys think that it is an open invitation to come and dance with you...then i awkwardly run away. nice moves. we left semi-early cause i couldnt last till 2am and i came home and watched grey's anatomy and went to sleep.

saturday morning i could not get up for the life of me. i kept trying to wake up and get out of bed and my body just did not want to leave my cozy bed. so i ended up sleeping till 11!! thats crazy. and i got up and walked lexi and then was still so tired, i got all covered up back on the couch and dozed for like another hour. i am lazy! then i made up for the laziness because i had a soccer game to go play. i havent played soccer in so long, but somehow alyssa convinced me that i should join the team she plays on...so i did. at first when i got out there i was super hesitant and not sure about playing, but once i kicked the ball a few times, i ended up having so much fun. we lost 2-1, but i had a great time running around and getting sweaty.

home for a couple of hours and what do i do?? take a nap on the couch!! why all the sleeping?? then it was time for grub club! i havent seen sarah or kat in 3 weeks...that is far too long. sarah did drop by on friday and brought me a milkshake - which was awesome - and we were able to catch up a little, but i hadnt seen the whole group in forever. we all went to kat and TA's house and had an awesome meal. kat did a great job with dinner, i was wanting to eat seconds, but i was so full i couldnt fit any more food in my belly. it was so great to see them and talk and laugh and make fun and see what was going on in everyone's lives. like the fact that kat and TA are buying a house!! crazy!! so much is going on with everyone these days...all growing up and whatnot. so weird...and exciting.

got home and wanted to go to bed early, but somehow it was 2am and i was still awake. luckily we gained an hour so i ended up going to bed around 1:30...which didnt seem that late. hahaha. slept in and just got up and now i am headed to a long day at work. 12 hours. blah. i am a little sad because there are two really great games today that i wanted to watch. the two undefeated teams - indianapolis and new england - are playing and then the sunday night game is dallas versus philadelphia. ugh...work!!! i am going to sneak into an empty room and watch a lot of football today...or take a lot of bathroom breaks or something...

halloween....e

well, to state the obvious, its halloween. and seeing as how i am not a huge fan of halloween, nor do i care to celebrate it by dressing up in a costume - one that is expected to be slutty. so, i worked and came home. but since i was so behind, today is supposed to be about yesterday...a much more fun day and not nearly as exhausting.

yesterday was alyssa's birthday. yea!! i love birthdays...moreso my own, but i love pretty much all of them. so, i met alyssa out to get a pedicure - i was a little hesitant at first due to money issues and really needing to be studying and all of that, but i wanted to go and i wanted to celebrate her and it was amazing. i am was sitting there getting massaged and soaking my feet in a warm tub, drinking my chai tea, and all i could think was...so worth it. plus, i got my toes painted in the color 'belize it or not'. hahahaha. that made me day right there. so pedicures in the morning and then off to class...

class was okay, not a big deal, but i was glad i went because he canceled class on thursday and also gave us our 3rd test - to take home. nice. thats one less thing i have to worry about and now i dont have to go to school at all tomorrow...oh yeah, except to take that test i was supposed to be studying for and that i keep putting off. dang it.

after class i drove back over to 'shady grove' to meet up with alyssa and paul and katie for a birthday lunch. it was so much fun. the weather was so perfect so we ate outside and it was great. i was super late to work because it was such a great time. i made her wear a birthday crown and sash and everything. i am glad i was around to be able to celebrate and hopefully make her day special and memorable.

then work, per usual. it was a slow night so i was able to get a little homework done and that was nice since i didnt do any all day.

a quick rundown of today...got up and studied, went straight to school and took my test - got a pretty good grade on it so i was satisfied. now i only have one more, i must get up and take that one tomorrow morning. i actually must get up and study tomorrow morning and then go take the test. blah. after my test, i went to target to get some halloween socks to wear to work tonight. i came home and made halloween funfetti cupcakes to bring to work - amazing. i could seriously eat so many of those things.

work was crazy tonight. abnormally busy and everyone was running around and being grouchy and it wasnt really all that fun to be honest. it wasnt horrible, but i got a headache and there was just so much going on with new admits and phones ringing and it was chaos.

tomorrow holds the test and if i have time, i need to run a birthday errand and then i have work...then 2 days off!! well, not counting the certification class at 8am on friday morning. ugh. i am gonna try and go to sleep now so i can get up early and study...hopefully i can block out the noisy and drunk halloweeners outside my house...