Sicky McSick

I had to break out the Emergen-C and the Theraflu. It's that time of the year, I suppose. I'm not sure if it's a cold or the beginning of the flu or what, but I have a terrible sore throat.

Yesterday I started to feel weird...I thought I had a bad taste in my mouth, I kept trying to eat chips or brush my teeth to get the taste out of my mouth...but it progressively turned into a sore throat. I felt horrible going to sleep, last night. I couldn't sleep. I woke up this morning at 6:30 with my throat screaming for relief. I went out and took some of that warming Theraflu cough syrup. That stuff is the best. It works. Plus it kinda tastes like a Jell-O shot. I drank some water and went back to sleep.

Woke up to my alarm. Took my Emergen-C. Popped in a cough drop. Took a steamy-hot shower. Took some more Theraflu. Got some hot tea. And went to class. And became more miserable as time went on. When I got home from Earth Science, I decided to stay home for the rest of the day. I hate missing class, especially an important one like law, but I seriously barely was able to sit up.

It was then that I thought a hot bubble bath and chicken noodle soup sounded good.
And it was good.

And...here I am. I can't get sick! I don't wanna be sick! I hate being sick. I hate being sick and having nobody to take care of me! :( I just hope I get better before this weekend. Devon has a big anniversary surprise weekend planned. I'm excited, anxious, and a little nervous to see what he has planned!

Love, Peace, & Vitamin C--

Until the end

Maybe I'm weird...but I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I finish something. Whether it's a book, or an assignment, or a coloring page, or my toothpaste, or my shampoo.

Yesterday I ran out of  hand soap in my bathroom. It's that awesome foamy pump soap from Bath & Body Works. Yeah. It's awesome. And I got such a bittersweet feeling. I mean...I saw that soap every day. It made my hands clean and smell real good!

However, some things must end so new things can begin!

So, you know what that means! I get to start the process all over again! :)

Love, Peace, & Pink Soap!

Two years.

Exactly two years ago today...I had never had a boyfriend. I didn't really date. I never really found someone quite right for me. However, I met this boy and got to know him. I had always thought he was cute ever since the first time I saw him. I even texted my mom the moment I first saw him and told her about this cute boy waiting to see the choir list, too.  We discovered we had a lot in common. Obviously we both liked to sing since we met through the choir...Our very first conversation was at The Roadhouse where we talked about how awesome our Blackberry Pearls were. I discovered he had Twitter...so we followed each other. Through Twitter, I learned that his favorite color was also my favorite color. We got to talking more and more...since we had math right next door to each other at the same time and days. Eventually we went on a lunch date, which led to a real date, which led to a couple of other dates which led to the moment he asked me to be his girlfriend on October 7! I remember it vividly! We were sitting there and he was about to leave my place and we had a little conversation that went like this.

"Katie. I need to ask you something."-Devon
"And that is...?" - Katie
"Will you be my girlfriend?" - Devon
"Well...only if you'll be my boyfriend." -Katie
After a little kiss, bam! It was official!

My first boyfriend.
My first love.
My everything.

Love, Peace, & Love!!

Things I'm thankful for...

So...every single day, I talk to Devon. One way or another. We've been doing this long-distance thing for close to two years now...and let me tell you...it sucks! I hate missing him...but I love having him to miss. If only that kid wasn't so lovable, it would make missing him much easier. But, I'm glad he's as lovable as he is...it's definitely worth it.

So anyway...we communicate in almost every way you can think of. 

Text messages.

Google chat.

Picture messages.

Phone calls.

Twitter.

Facebook.

And my favorite way...Skype! It's the next best thing to actually being with him! I can talk to him face to face! I'm so thankful I live in a time where technology allows me these opportunities! I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to try to do this like 20 years ago, even!

I love that kid. Have I ever mentioned that? :) 

Love, Peace, & Skype--

Something missing...

This school year just doesn't seem right to me for some reason. Maybe it's the fact that I'm living in a new apartment. Or maybe it's the fact that I have a roommate...haven't had one of those in a couple of years. But most likely it's the fact that it's the first time in my life I've not had music as a major part of my life....and I'm not sure I like it. While watching Glee tonight, I realized I really miss singing.

At the beginning of the school year I had made the decision to take a break from music ensembles altogether. I wanted time to focus on my studies and not stress about time commitments. 

Singing in the car is not enough for me. Mostly because half of the time I'm in the car I'm either with my brother or my boyfriend and they make these weird faces like they don't like my singing...I think it's mostly because I'm self conscious about my singing and I end up singing obnoxiously. 

Anyway. I'm just going to finish the semester out and next year join one of the ensembles. Once I graduate, I'll have to find some sort of community choir to join. Music is a huge part of my life and I hope it always will be. 

Hap-py DDays!

Today beings the week of DDays (Dakota Days for those of you who don't know). It's USD's homecoming week! An excuse to get drunk and go to class hungover and all that jazz.

Ok. So that's not exactly how I celebrate DDays..but I do enjoy the events during the week. Thursday, for example, is the Al Neuharth Awards. As a CMJ major, this is a big deal for the department, as well as all of campus!

Tonight the event was Doug Benson and Graham Elwood, two well-known comedians!

Whenever there's a well known person on campus performing, I'll make an effort to try to see them! Last year I saw Bo Burnham...(that was a disappointment that I'd rather not talk about).

Tonight's show wasn't too bad. It's not exactly my taste of comedy, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. They said they'd be doing a meet-and-greet after the show. When the show was over, John and I decided to see if the line was long. When we got there, there wans't a line at all. We walked right up to Graham Elwood and asked to get a photo taken with him! He was very nice and did. We turned around and Doug Benson was there. We snatched an autograph and a photo with him too! Overall, it turned out to be a good night.

Homework is dumb.

I hate that I missed a few days of blogging, but I went home this weekend and wasn't really on my computer much.

Okay. That's a lie.
I was on a lot.
But I wasn't on to blog.

I had a great weekend at home with my family and Devon. I like when he joins because then I am surrounded by everyone most important in my life! My parents, my brother, my puppies and my love. What could be better?

Not homework. That's for sure. I spent a majority of my Saturday working on my law exam. I felt so bad because I was working so much on homework and not enjoying my Saturday evening, but I needed to get it done. Don't worry--we did take a break to watch Hackers and play the card game, Golf!

We got back today and went to the play God of Carnage (kinda weird...mostly because the girl actually threw up and I am not a fan of vomit).

I was dreading going back home after the play because I knew I had so much homework to do! But I wanted to get it done before I went to bed!

I first worked on my pre-lab for Earth Science...easy peasy.
Then worked on my news reflections...usually entertaining. Most exciting news reflection I wrote about was that Arrested Development is coming back with a television show and a movie!! Happy Katie is happy!!
Then I wrote an extra credit paper about the play I saw today.
Then...the dreaded Law exam. I did, however, get done around 8:30!!!

And of course, right when I get caught up...I'm going to feel behind again in two days. Bleh.
Homework is dumb.

Love, Peace, & Papers--