New Room and Pina Coladas

Finally got my new curtains hung and pillows placed (all courtesy of my incredibly talented mom and her 16+ hours on the sewing machine!) So....here's the pictures!! (I know you've all been waiting with baited breath!)





^^PT books in the closet!

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On another note, the other day my group of PT friends were walking out of the building after a particularly grueling day of lecture and lab (5 hours worth). We emerged into a cloudless, sunny, perfect summer day....and we started lamenting the fact that we were stuck in class and not out by the pool. Someone mentioned that we needed to lay out by the pool and drink pina coladas...which prompted the entire group (no joke, there were at least 7 of us) spontaneously burst into a rousing rendition of "Escape". (Also known as "If you like pina coladas-bum bum bum- and gettin caught in the rain...")

It was straight out of a movie...7 girls singing cheesy kareoke randomly!

Then today, I'm only half listening to the TV and all of a sudden I hear...

"If you like pina coladas...."

I look up to notice that Taco Bell has taken the song and changed the words into this:




My personal favorite? The falsetto "if you hate fillin' out your timesheets!"

Update on Life

• I'm finally all moved in, but still struggling with feeling "normal" living here. I'm not particularly happy right now...but I'm sure it will get better. I'm immensely looking forward to a relaxing weekend in Tulsa with my family (minus studying for an electro midterm).
• As soon as my mom finishes my curtains, I'm going to post pictures of my new room. I've got it decorated quite cute (if I do say so myself), but want to wait for the final touches to share!
• Suprisingly enough, I'm completely ready to start in the clinic. I can't wait to remember WHY I want to be a PT again.
  

Finally, a bit of news:

• If I can manage to get tickets online, I will be attending THIS in July.

Wish me luck--Paul's last US concert in April sold out online in a record-shattering 7 seconds.

Dear God: Please give me the speedy fingers. And a fast internet connection. Amen.

25 Things You Never Wanted To Know About Katie!

Because I am dreadfully bored and trying HARD not to do homework, I though I'd post this fun "25 random things about Katie" survey for your reading pleasure!!

1. I am a space nerd. I went to US Space Camp when I was 16 (I won a scholarship!) I also met some awesome people there that I still keep in contact with.

2. Due to aforementioned space nerdiness, one of the highlights of my entire life was meeting and getting my picture taken with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first two men to walk on the moon.

3. I still owe Jessica Abbey 1/2 a bag of Tart 'N Tinies from high school. Or was it middle school?

4. I read the entire Twilight series twice last semester, and I'm seriously considering restarting them because I love them so much and I need my Edward Cullen fix.

5. Carrots make my mouth itch.

6. Everything bad thats happened to me or my family has happened in an odd-numbered year. Therefore, I am terrified of 2009.

7. When we were little, Molly puked all over my VTech play computer on the way home from a ski trip. I've never forgotten it. That's also the trip when we began belting Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now." We still do that.

8. I got to go to Hanson's house in Tulsa in the 2nd grade. Isaac and Taylor came out and played with me, Molly, Leigh and Griffin on their tree house. Zac was sick, but it was ok because Taylor was my "boyfriend".

9. For a while, Molly and I thought that we were going to start a music group. We wrote a song called "Never Again". Kelly Clarkson totally stole our idea. It even has the same tune.

10. I don't have to make my bed every morning, but if I do, I HATE it when people sit on, jump on, or otherwise rumple the covers. It drives me absolutely crazy, therefore people aren't allowed on my bed once its made.

11. The sound nail files make makes me want to cut my ears off. I won't let anyone file their nails within about 100 yards of me. I can still hear it no matter how quiet you say it is.

12. With my upcoming wrist surgery, my surgery count will be at 7. I'll have almost caught up with Molly, who's at 9.

13. I can quote every single episode of Friends.

14. When I was little, I wanted to grow up to be Shamu's trainer. I still love that whale.

15. Molly and I used to think that the sunlight on the bottom of our pool was diamonds. We would pretend we were mermaids and dive down to collect them.

16. In my head, I categorize all my groups of friends. My PT friends are my "grown-up" friends, because I'm the youngest and they are doing things like getting married and buying their own health insurance.

17. I have an unhealthy obsession with The Beatles. My life goal is to meet one of them. (And funny sidenote- I actually dreamed that I made cupcakes with Paul McCartney last night.)

18. I'm terrified of actually graduating and getting a job as a physical therapist. I spend a lot of time in class wondering when I'll actually feel competent in what I'm supposed to know.

19. I'm a member of a secret society made up of Outback Ex-Togo Girls. We don't accept new members and we're probably cooler than you. We still get together and have slumber parties every Christmas.

20. I still dream about picking up my life and moving to Chicago. I'm completely in love with that town.

21. Until I was about 8, I hated taking baths. I would go into the bathroom, run the water, but not get in. My mom finally caught on and started feeling my skin to see if it had been wet/washed. I realize this is gross. Thankfully, I'm a big fan of hygeine now.

22. In the 8th grade, my friend Michelle convinced me that you had to lick the little sheets of white out to get it to work. I licked it and was really confused about why it wasn't working.

23. At every major holiday, my family has crazy Skip-Bo tournaments. I won at Christmas. Mike Beckham still has not won.

24. When I'm writing and concentrating really hard, I always lick my lips. I don't know why and I cannot help it!

25. My boyfriend is the love of my life. I didn't really believe in soulmates until we got together.

Now it's your turn!! And if you read all these, YOU WIN!!! CONGRATS!

Changes

I officially am no longer a resident of Norman, Oklahoma.

I officially miss my cute little apartment that I lived in for 2 years by myself.

I officially live in OKC with my 80 year old grandma.

I officially live in an 8ft x 8 ft room.

I officially feel unhappy and miserable.

I officially want to go back to Norman.

Home again...

After a much too long hiatus from the bloggy world, I am back (I know you were worried!)

The last 2 weeks were some of the busiest of my life...from 4 finals, my birthday, vacation...I haven't even had the time to breathe!

Speaking of finals....I thought I'd give you an update to my last post entitled "Dear Neuroscience".

• I most definitely did NOT kick Neuroscience in the cajones. In fact, the Neuro Final kicked me pretty swiftly in the cajones. I don't even have cajones.


• I actually felt pretty good going into the test AND after the test...too bad my grade doesn't reflect that confidence!
  
• But!! I PASSED THE CLASS!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!!!! That means NO MORE NEURO EVER! AND HELL SEMESTER IS OVER!!! AND I PULLED OVER A 3.0 FOR THE SEMESTER!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Anyways, enough about neuro and cajones. After finals my friends had a celebratory slumber party where my amazing friend Chelsea suprised me with a spectacularly fabulous Strawberry Shortcake Cake that she made from scratch for my birthday!!!! I wish I had pictures from the slumber party to share, but others do and I'm WAITING for them to be posted on Facebook!

Then I came home and celebrated my actual birthday with Trace (who took me shopping and let me pick out an amazing new "dressy watch" with a diamond in it!) and my family (we made tacos and margaritas). My mom didn't have time to make me a cake so she just stuck candles in the leftovers of Chelsea's cake and we ate all that! Yum!

At 6am the next morning, my family and I set out for Sunny Florida... where it was actually cloudy and quite chilly (not to mention the hurricane force winds) for the majority of our trip. There was one day that I actually sat on the beach in sweatpants, a heavy jacket, wrapped in a blanket, with the hood up! And was still cold! The good part is that our beach house offerd 2 balconies that overlooked the ocean completely (good for reading when the weather isn't cooperating!) and all we had to do when the weather cleared was run down the stairs to the sand! It was amazing and relaxing and EXACTLY what I needed to recover from this ridiculous semester!!

Now it's 3 more days of vacation in Tulsa with Trace before summer school starts on Tuesday!! BOO!!!

Dear Neuroscience.

Dear Neuroscience,

For the last 16 weeks, I have endured endless abuse from you. You have stolen my confidence in my own intelligence, my free time, and at times my will to live. You are nothing more than a big fat pain in my ass. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not conquer you. You are a stupid, stubborn bastard who lives to make others feel bad about themselves.

Now the time has come for our last meeting. In your typical fashion, you are trying to demean me and make me feel insignificant and stupid. But I simply will not allow it. You are the only thing that stands between me and fun with my friends, my boyfriend, my family, my birthday, and the beach. For that I hate and resent you.

But I have a new resolve and will not be beaten by you. I am ready to show you who's in charge here...ME. A soon-to-be third year PT student. Be ready, Neuro, because tomorrow morning at 10am, I am coming to kick you square in the nuts cajones*.

Love, Katie

*Cajones (cuh-hone-ez) noun; Spanish for "testicles".

PS- While you are seemingly proficient in all things related to the brain and nervous system, I seriously doubt that you are bilingual.

Copycat, copycat!

I'm going to take the lead from my friend Chelsea and blissfully imagine the top 15 things that I want to do over my "summer" break! Whoo!

1. Lay on the beach and get a kick ass tan (well, as "kick ass" of a tan as my fair complexion lets me get!!)
2. Read chick novels with absolutely no substance, but lots of drama while laying on said beach.
3. Go to the movies and see "Angels and Demons" (Tom Hanks' new one!) and "Night At The Museum 2".
4. Have a totally awesome 22nd birthday--filled with friends and margaritas!
5. Go to bed late and sleep in late! And not feel bad about it!!
6. Not think about Neuro EVER EVER AGAIN!
7. Spend as much time with Trace as I want until he has to leave me again!
8. Sleep
9. Sleep
10. Sleep
11. Sleep
12. Sleep
13. Lay out.
14. Sleep
15. Sleep

Well, needless to say, I completely ran out of things that I want to do after #7! That's how I'm going to spend my break! Doing nothing but laying around and sleeping! Whoo!!! I've got 2 finals down (the easy ones) and 2 left to go (the bitch ones). Almost there!!!