Sicky

Finals week is finally here and I'm SO excited! NOT!! Every semester during finals week I have been sick and it never fails.... I'm sick again. I'm starting to think I'm allergic to finals. Do you think my professors will take that as a legit excuse? Probably not.

This morning I got up and went to walmart and bought... an onion, lemons, lysol, gatorade, cold medicine, vitamin c drops, and peppermint tea all to try and cure myself before Thursday. If I am not better before Thursday I will have to postpone my surgery and I don't want that. Right now I'm sitting in my room with a onion and a cinnamon candle lite. It's a weird combo to smell together but I'm trying anything and everything!!

I'm excited to be home in just a few days!!

A New Place to Live.....

Anna, Taylor, and I found the cutest apartments that we are going to live in next year as juniors. I am so excited to live with just the three of us it's going to be a TON of fun! We all get along well now and hang out all the time so we figured it would be a good living idea for next year too.

Our apartment has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a nice kitchen with a dishwasher and garbage disposal, a very nice sized living room, and a dinning room. Not only is our apartment nice but it is a great location too. We will actually be living closer to campus than we are now... and we aren't very far now. Also included in this package is free access to a weight/work out room, free tanning, free movie rental, free access to a computer and printer, $.25 16oz. Styrofoam cups to fill with fountain pop. (Pepsi or Coke Products) that is very important.. I need my Diet Coke :), a basketball court, a sand volley ball court, and a pool! We are also aloud to have pets but none of us want that responsibility while we are in school maybe I'll get a fish!

We are all really excited for next year already!

Long Time No Blog...

I know it's been awhile since I've blogged but I feel the need to update everyone on what's going on in my life right now because there sure is a lot.

To start off my computer crashed a few weeks ago losing all the documents and pictures because this ding dong didn't back her files up. :( Then after that my phone pretty much crashed as well and had to buy a new battery which put me out forty dollars (or mom and dad they just don't know it yet) guess now ya do! Thanks Love you! :) I have every intention to pay them back because I am trying to be self sufficient! This is why I got my-self a new job at school. I don't remember if I have blogged about it before or not but I now work at the football stadium for the head athletic trainer as his assistant. I love my job and I love going to work. I have met so many new people and what girl wouldn't want to be in my position! hehe Neal (my boss) is really good to me though he helps me out with whatever I need and I do the same for him. He took me to my doctors appointment last Friday so I wouldn't have to go alone just to hear that I will be having a 3rd surgery on my shoulder. Yes, the same one I've already had two on. I kind of new it would come to this so I wasn't really too bummed, don't get me wrong I am bummed but I just want my shoulder to be fixed! This time they are going to cut me all the way open and really get in there which I am okay with as long as it works better. I am going to a really great doctor recommended by Neal who works at Methodist Sports Medicine and everyone in there wears a Colts jersey! Who couldn't love a place like that. Speaking of the Colts how about that amazing 4th quarter on Sunday! :) The living situation is still going pretty well. I just bought a new picture a few weeks back that I love but it's still sitting on my floor because I tried to hang it and didn't find the stud first.... Oops! I have a nice new hole in the wall!

This week is so incredibly busy for me I can't wait for it to be over! Let me just give you a overview and see if anyone misses college studying... I have yet to go to sleep, stayed up all night writing a microbiology lab report (yes it's my own fault I'm a procrastinator) but I feel like its the best thing I've ever written so if I don't get an A on it I just might explode! I have an anatomy exam tomorrow. I have a microbiology exam on Friday along with an Edpsych exam. I have a group project due a week from today and our group has only met twice. Talk about stress! To be honest though I'm not all that stressed I just wish there were more hours in a day or I wasn't such a baby and could stay awake longer than 11:00 guess I proved that last night but I'm paying for it today.

On a lighter note yesterday I received a care package in the mail from my grandma and it just brightened my day right up and all my roommates because it had lots of goodies in it like homemade hard candy which my roommates were more excited than I was I think haha and I was really excited! And the best cookies that I used to help make but had to grow up and go to school :( But I still get to enjoy them :) Speaking of growing up 15 more days and I will no longer be a teenage! WaHoo! The big 20... it's kind of weird I still feel like it was my first day of highschool!

Here are some fun pictures for ya...

I got asked last minute to go to a fraternity formal... same one I went to last year but with a different guy. This is Marcus in the picture (we are just friends for any curious people out there) But I had a blast with him we dance pretty much the whole time. It was at a country club and it was really nice. I just loved getting all dressed up.

Afterwards we went back to the frat and just hung out with a few people nothing big and I played with this snake... reminds me of when I was little and Matt, Ryan, and I and the neighbor boys would collect as many snakes as we could and put them in a pool. I of course named them all. Not your typical little girl...

One weekend Taylor, Chelsie, and I had ourselves a mini girls night and just stayed in being extremely goofy. Those are the funnest night I think. We all three slept on the futon and I called the middle thinking I would stay warm all night. BAD idea! Worst night of sleep I ever had in my life but it was fun.

Chelsie and I woke up that morning and made chocolate chip pancakes thinking we would be good friends and bring Taylor breakfast in bed. Bad idea number two! Talk about being grouchy in the morning! She didn't appreciate it and they were even in the shape of Mickey Mouse! Psh see if we ever do anything nice for her again! Okay she really did love it but it took her awhile and a bit of yelling and this sad face to make her actually want to get up and eat these delicious pancakes.

Well that's about all that has been going on with me... it's a load but I wouldn't know what to do if it wasn't. Hope everyone has a great week!

Sporcling!

If you want something fun to do that is challenging you should sporcle! It's fun I promise... you can sporcle by your self, you can sporcle with one or two people, or you can sporcle in a group! Check it out!

Study Break!

I'm sitting here studying thinking I need to update my blog. When I study every thing in the world seems a lot more important than studying! I even cleaned my room before I started to study because I felt like I couldn't learn in a messy room... honestly I think I just have a bad case of procrastination its a bad epidemic here at Ball State! Everyone has and it and its spreading rapidly!

Well, I've been studying since 3:00PM today and I've taken a few small breaks to get away from microbiology and get my mind off of it. Blogging will be my third break! I took a 20min nap at 6:00 then an hour break at 9:00 to watch Desperate Housewives (couldn't miss it) and now 12:51AM blogging.

My test is tomorrow morning at 10:00AM so I have been studying all day because I want to get a good grade on the test and class so I can one day become a nurse! But they make it so stinkin hard! You'd think since there is a shortage of nurses they wouldn't be so cruel when it comes to the stuff you are never gonna use again!!? But whatever...

Well on to other news.. My parents came down this weekend for parents weekend and it was fun I'm glad they came. I went and introduced them to Neal Hazen my boss and mentor guy kinda he's the Head Athletic trainer I've talked about him in previous posts. Then we went and toured the nursing building and it was really interesting. I got to see what I will be working with once I get into the program. They have these dummies that are pretty much real people. This one dummy can sweat, throw up, you can drawl blood from him, and they even talk back which is really cool. Then we went to Greek's pizza because my parents have never had it and its the best pizza place in my book. Then we went to the football game to watch Ball State lose yet again! GO CARDS! we go from undefeated to defeated! It was a pretty sucessful day.

That evening after my parents left I had a date. I was surprised to get asked out on a date because I thought all guys here were shallow and cheap. Maybe there is hope after all! I got a new outfit to so I was excited to wear it! I also got my hair chopped off you can kind of see in the picture!

I also have a job working for Neal. I mainly do insurance work for all the athletes and get to be in the football stadium all day... can't complain about that right! I'm pretty much Neals right hand woman TRYING to keep in organized. He's one of the most unorganized people I have ever met but it keeps me busy that's for sure.

Neal is also doing my therapy for me. I went to the doctor for my shoulder and we are going to try six weeks of therapy to strengthen it and see if that works. Pray that it does!! Basically I get paid to do therapy! :)

As for my cheerleading job... I quit! It was the first thing in my life that I ever really quit and I felt really bad about it but I had to. The job was so stressful and I felt like it was affecting my school work. There was alot of conflict with the athletic director and I guess I didn't realize or was never told there was alot of extra stuff that went along with it and I don't have time to plan fundraisers and events and all that. I loved my girls and they were all sad I was leaving which made it hard but right now only being 19 years old I'm not ready to be a head coach of something and try to get through nursing stuff at the same time. I decided to put my future first and everyone was very understanding.

This weekend is my fall break and I will be coming home on Wednesday! I'm really excited to get away and do nothing! I need a nice relaxing weekend!

Well wish me luck on my test :/ I've got to get back to studying!

Hair

I took my grandparents 50th anniversary pictures and I told them I would edited them and send them to them... My grandpa being the goof that he is said could you edit some hair in there and I said just wait for my blog

Here ya go Grandpa :)

Before

After

The good. The Bad, and The Ugly

The good.

I feel like I crossed a new milestone in my life...

I cooked my first steak and it was good!!!

Just think two short years ago I didn't even like the taste of a steak and now I can't get enough of it. I was very proud of my-self just thought I'd share that bit of excitement in my life

The BAD

So last night was a but of an exciting night....

9:00PM -Taylor, Anna, and I went out to Scotty's for 1/2 priced appetizers with Taylor's boyfriend and his roommates who are also our friends.

10:20PM - Taylor and Anna drop me off at the testing labs so I can take my anatomy exam they come home driving past the house first and Taylor looks at our house and says "Oh, Kate's home that's weird I thought she was at that birthday party..." She said this because her bedroom light was on and its at the front end of the house the first bedroom to the front door.

10:22PM Anna and Taylor forget their house key so they are pounding on the door saying Kate let us in or Charissa come to the door. (Charissa was downstairs sleeping) Charissa comes up and lets them in and goes back down to go to bed. Anna walks over to Kate's room saying Kate what are you doing home and she stops at the door... the light is off

10:30PM Taylor's boyfriend comes over to check the house no one is here

10:45PM I come home and they tell me the story and I'm really scared! We keep talking about it trying to figure it out and there is no solution other than someone was in our house and left when they heard Anna and Taylor pounding on the back door saying let me in.

11:00PM I make my friend Sean come over and stay the night because I'm too scared to sleep.

The scariest part of the whole thing is that our neighbors two doors down is a retired school teacher and he came over and said "Hey I just want to warn you girls I was up and out about 6:00AM this morning saw a tall black man about 6 foot tall wearing a black jacket with white fur on the hood walking around your house like he was scoping things out." Anna talked to the neighbor who said that, but I'm thinking why didn't he call the police? So we were worried about that and now we think someone was in our house... won't be sleeping too well the next couple of nights :/

The UGLY

Muncie, Indiana! Love Ball State... Muncie not so much!

The Weekend

My weekend more consisted of Thursday and Friday. My friend Ben from work came up to visit. Over labor day weekend I worked for him and really didn't want to and only made $12 that night so he said he would come up and take me out to dinner in return so where did we go... TEXAS ROAD HOUSE! It was a fun night.

Friday night I was planning on going to a Kings of Leon concert with Krista but she said he car wouldn't start and couldn't come. So Taylor and my other roommate Anna went with me and our friend Justin. Laura and a bunch of people were going too so we met up with them.
Walker was my singing partner because Taylor and Laura only knew a few of their songs

Taylor and I standing in the rain... it wasn't too bad but we were on the lawn and I had mud pretty much up to my knees.

***So I know I've already posted a few blogs about ripping the crotch out of my jeans well... It was raining the other day and I slipped and feel and that's right! Good bye pair of Jeans #3!

Rivals

My best friend Taylor is a huge Miami Dolphins fan! So last Monday when the game was one it was on Colts vs. the Dolphins it was quit a time. Our friend Cameron who is also a Dolphins fan had a bet going with me that if the Colts won he would wear a Colts jersey around campus the next day and if the Dolphins won I would wear their jersey.

Taylor and I took a lot of crazy pictures to emphasize our rivalry

Some how we ended up with each others jerseys onAt the end of the game we were still friends:) I'm just glad I didn't have to wear teal and orange out in public! :-)

It's Tuesday!

Tuesday's are a very important day. Lots of fun events take place on Tuesdays....

This particular Tuesday was not so fun. I had an anatomy practical and a micro biology exam. Plus two labs to go to. Not so fun... BUT... tonight is fun.

Our neighbors down the road and our house have been going to Buffalo Wild Wings on Tuesdays for $.40 wings. It's a lot of fun to go with those guys. We call the the guys from 1128 because that is where they live (smart huh!) We have the same landlord and there are six of them but they are a blast and we have really gotten to know and love these guys.

Also on Tuesdays my friend Sean O'Connor has a bunch of people over at this house. It's always a good time because I literally laugh the whole night! It's a good get away for me! The guys who live there are just so funny!

That's my typical Tuesday.

My Room

I know I've been at school for quit some time now but my room finally has all its pieces. My parents came down today with my desk to top everything off and it is by far the coolest desk ever... but we'll get to that. Here is my bed... I debated on colors forever and I was planning on doing black and maroon but I feel in love with this quilt and couldn't say no. So I splurged a little and bought it.

I love my closet as well. It is pretty nice sized and it keeps me organizedtwo racks for clothes

I got this lovely dresser for free from a lady who lives right next to the Frog. She was going to throw it away and instead I gave the pieces to my dear old Dad and he fixed it right up for me. There was a leg missing and the wood pieces didn't really match but he took care of that. He made it a nice shiny black for me and slapped the leg right back on there.
As for the best part. I told my Dad at the beginning of the summer that I wanted him to build me a desk that would be perfect for me. We went through many ideas and many designs. Finally Dad brought home a picture similar to what you see below. He made a few modifications to accommodate what I wanted and WA LA we have a desk.

Its my book shelf and my desk all in one. Now I have a perfect place to blog and do homework :/ But it makes homework a bit more tolerable than having to go the library or sit on the floor. The sign above my desk my Dad didn't make. I got that nice little piece from Shipshewanna but it matches perfectly.

Thanks Dad. You did a great job! I'm sure I'll come up with something else for you to build!

Downer of a Day

This morning I went to see Ball State's head athletic trainer. He's kind of my go to guy down here when I need anything. I got this connection through working at The Frog (perks of the job). I called him up to catch up a little and ask for a favor... to look at my shoulder (Yes, the same one I've had two surgeries on).

Initial Injury

This summer when working at The Frog we had like 100 bikers come in one day and we were all busting out butts to make sure everyone was waited on plus our normal customers. It was fun running around and doing all this plus I made good money that day. So I usually work outside on the patio and there are three steps to walk up to get inside. I am running up those steps to get inside quickly and yes, as graceful as I am I tripped. When I did this I threw my arm around (like I was throwing a baseball) to catch myself. While I'm doing this I throw my shoulder out of socket or so I think because it went right back in. The rest of the day and days after my shoulder continues to bother me.

When I decided to do something about it...

Down here at school I have a cheerleading coaching job. I also donate plasma for a little extra money. Why not just sit there with a needle in my arm for 45mins while doing homework and get paid for it. So I went there to try and donate again and they told me I needed to get a physical again because you have to get one ever six months or something like that. I am there getting my physical and they ask me about my surgeries and I tell them I don't think my shoulder is better. BIG MISTAKE! Little did I know I can't donate because I need my own plamsa to help heal my bum shoulder even if I don't know its torn. SO... I have to get a doctors release to donate.

This is where Neal the Athletic Trainer comes in. I called him up and we talked and just from talking he said it sounds like the surgical route will be the best option. :( Not something I want to hear first thing in the morning. So I'm thinking maybe I'm just being a baby or paranoid and my shoulder isn't really torn... or this is what I was praying for. Neal played with my shoulder just knowing from my description that it wasn't going to look good anyway. As he was assessing me his facial expressions didn't look too promising.

He's pretty sure that it is torn again and he said it was really weak and pinching in my shoulder and that it wasn't fully recovered from last time. He recommened some really good doctors and said that if I was going to get a third surgery that my best bet is to go to a really really good doctor... and Neal has good connections so I trust him. He said that since I've already had two surgeries that the third may be a bit tougher or at least the MRI would be a little harder to do. Neal also said that he would work with me on rehab if surgery was necessary. Not only is he the head athletic trainer but he is a Physical theorpists and has his own physical theory clinic.

I'm glad Neal is there to give me an honest and good opinion but I wish none of this was going on right now. I just feel like I have no time for this crap between coaching cheerleading and harder classes that I need to become a nurse it just frusterates me! Does this mean I can't coach and am I going to miss out on class stuff?

Neal did make a good point in saying that I am young so its good to get it done now otherwise my shoulder will be popping in and out the rest of my life and will only give me more trouble later in life. You'd think after two surgeries though... UGH!

Neal is going to make a few phone calls for me and I will hear back at the beginning of next week because this week is crazy because of our first football game! Go CARDS! I will keep you all updated! Hopefully with better news!

Busy Busy

So thinking that since i started school my schedule would be more structured and I'd have time to do fun things like blog again... WRONG!

I have been so extremely busy its just crazy! The reason for this is because I hosted my cheerleading tryout. Boy oh boy what this hard. The first three days I did a clinic so the girls could learn the material. I learned very quickly where the attitude issues would be. It was fun to watch the girls work over the couple of days and to get to know them a little bit. I'm really excited about coaching. The girls kept saying over and over we just love you and you are so cool we are excited about this year. I'm not trying to boost myself up here by telling you this but I was very happy to hear that because I was neverous they wouldn't like me or think the material I came up with was stupid. The girls all seem really fun.

I did this from 3 to 7 everyday after my classes so it was really a load but now it won't be that much work.

My classes are all going pretty well. I like them all which is a good thing but some will be challenging. I am taking MicoBiology, Anatomy, Dance History, and EdPsych. My profs. are all really helpful which is nice. But my work load is already piling up :/

Living with the all the girls is going pretty well. We all get along and for me I'm so busy I don't have time to have conficts with any of them. But we've been having fun so far just being silly.

I will be heading to huntington tonight to visit my friends Krista and Johanna and then I'll be home Saturday and Sunday. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Getting back into the Blog of things

Now that work is basically done for me and my summer classes are over I have a lot more time to blog, which I am excited about. The summers are a really hard time for me to blog with so much going on... but now I must fill you in.


Here are some of my favorite people that I work with at my last day at work. Brandon is my favorite bartender.
This is Shoey. He would do anything thing for anyone! Nicest guy award! One day I was having a bad time at work and he went and bought me chocolate cake and two bingo lotto scratch off tickets. I didn't win anything but it def. made my day a little better. Shoey said he'd be my pen pal while I'm away at school which really excites me because I LOVE getting mail!
Laura and I always had so much fun. She is actually Steve's (the old bf) sister. Brain Fanning (DJ Tanner) DJ's at the Frog and is hilarious... always having a good time.

Johanna just started working at the Frog this summer and I kind of knew her before but not really. I just love her now!! We were wakeboarding here in this picture.This is Ben. Everyone LOVES Ben! He's so nice and fun to be around! He is actually working on getting smoking banned in public places in Kosciusko County.

I'm definatly glad to be done working but I will miss the people I work with because they are so much fun!

**I am moving down to Muncie on Friday so I will be posted pictures of my new house and new roommate**

Game #1

I got the privilege to go the first Colts gameThe seats were AMAZING!! 40yard line 2 second row in the West club of the Stadium right behind the Colts bench.

Even though the game was a bust I was having a great times seeing all the players up close and personal.

Freeney turned around and talked to us it was fun!

I had a great time! I was lucky to get to go!

Girls Night

A few of the girls I graduated with all decided to get dressed up and go out to dinner. For the past two weeks we have done this and it's the highlight of my week.

The first week we went to Cirilions (sorry for the spelling error) and got sushi. It was a lot of fun.

From Left to right: Me, Kristen Krizman, Kelsey Angel, Erin Wallace, Courtney Houston

The next week we all went to Ft. Wayne to the Takaoka House and it was delicious! The guy who cooked our food was hilarious!


Once again its: Me, Kelsey, Erin, Abby Cox, Kristen, and Carrie Kehoe This week we decided to go to science central because none of us have been there since we were really little and we all have great memories there! I'm so excited!

The Wedding

Matt and Lindsey's wedding turned out to be beautiful! We had so much fun...

My cousin Sophia was the flower girl and she was as cute as ever! On our way to the lake front where the wedding was we were going over everything we had.. hairspray extra makeup bobby pins... I said what more could a girl want. Sophia reply's "MONEY!" she is 7 years old. it was soo funny!
Everything in their wedding was beautiful! It turned out great!Nice huh? I had to do it... I come from a redneck family what can I say.

The wedding party

All the bride's maids

BIG thanks to Lindsay Maust for doing my makeup! I got lots of compliments!

Props to Breath of Life Photography! They did a great job and were very cool people check out their pictures!

Congrats Matt and Lindsey Dunithan!

Update on my life.....

I have been working like crazy at the Frog making lots of money which is good but kind of stressed cuz I don't get to go out on the lake much

If I am not working I am doing my school work. I am taking two online classes :/ doing great in one class a little behind in the other. but it all should turn out okay. Hopefully!

That's pretty much all i've been up to. Sorry for the lack of blogging when I have free time I usually just want to sit and do nothing. I'll try harder to keep it up to date... no promises though.

A Muddy Mess

Before
AfterI went out off roading with my brother and a bunch of his friends and it was sooo much fun! I rode in a jeep wrangler and as you can see I looked like a swamp monster afterwards.

This was the swamp that we were playing in.
As you can see my feet got a little dirty as well!

I figured hey people pay big money for mud baths when I just got one for free and had fun doing it! I had a BLAST!

Wedding #1

My cousin Tim Glassley just got married last night to his fiance Sara. It was a really pretty wedding and the reception was alot of fun. Here are Ryan and Lindsey dancing together. Ryan usually doesn't dance in public so it was fun that he got out there.

Sara and Tim chose to do something really cool for their father-daughter dance. Sara and her dad danced for a few minutes then asked all the other father-daughter couples to join in. It was fun to dance with my dad. We hadn't danced since our father-daughter dancing in girl scouts when I was really little.

They did the same thing for the mother-son dance. Here is mom and Ryan.

My Aunt Amy and her son Drew.

Here are Amy's other two kids... Sophia and Austin. They were all over me all night. I feel so loved when I am around them. Austin wouldn't dance with me but Sophia boy oh boy she never stopped dancing. Needless to say by the end of the night I was exhausted!

It was a very beautiful and fun wedding. Congrats Tim and Sara!

Scrapbook Factory Delux

Here are a few scrap book pages I made with my new scrapbooking kit for the computer. I got a $50 rebate last year when I bought my compture for school and told my parents they could just have the rebate for any software they wanted and they asked me if I was a scrapbooking kit and I gladly took the offer! I also got a new printer/scanner/copier in the deal... I made out pretty well!

The kit has a million and one templets to do whatever. I am still exploring the program but I made this dip a couple weekends ago and decided I wanted some good recipies to take to school with me next year and what's better than a yummy recipie on a fun recipie card!