once upon a time...

Once upon a time there was a girl named Katie who created a blog and used to be very good at updating regularly.

Then, the real world happened and Katie was forced to pay attention to her school work, her clinical rotations, and her future.

She spent 8 full weeks in a PT clinic, then had a 6 week vacation in which she worked at a jewelry store, spent time with her boyfriend, and went on an incredible ski vacation with her best friends to Utah.

Now the real world has started again and this poor girl has no choice but to do school work, study for her licensure exam and spend hours fretting about life and her future in general. Hopefully so she can get a good job in a cool place (:) ?!?!?!) and live happily ever after.

Ski trip post to come soon!

november was hard.

I apologize for my lack of presence around here, November was a hard month.

In addition to working 55+ hours a week at my clinical site and James Avery, 2 of my grandparents passed away within 3 weeks of each other.

I lost my paternal great-grandmother (Grandma VoVo) the first week of the month...4 days after her 102nd birthday.

Then last week, my maternal grandfather (Papa) lost his lengthy battle with Parkinson's.

Needless to say, it was a month full of little sleep, lots of kids, silver jewelry, and funerals. Also needless to say, I am ready for December to kick start my severely lacking Christmas cheer.

But on the bright side of things, there is only 2 school days left until a glorious 5 week vacation, 12 days until Trace comes home and only 1 month until SKI TRIP 2010!!!

i am second.

This is one of the most amazing things I've seen recently. Please take the short time to watch...it holds a great message for all of us!




If you want to see a slightly different but still amazing version of this video with Sammy B and Texas QB Colt McCoy, head over to http://www.iamsecond.com/.

PS- MARRY ME, SAMMY!!!!!

i don't know about you...

I realize that I won't be gone for long....
















And I really am not that far away...














And I just saw them 4 days ago...















But I really really REALLY....














ALREADY MISS MY FRIENDS!!!

in which i complain about professors and politics.

**WARNING** This blog post WILL contain a rant about Barack Obama and professors at my school. If this bothers you, go read something else, because I don't really care.


So, a couple of things have really irked me today. And by irked I mean they might have made me say the F-word a few times. It's just been one of those weeks.

Firstly, I have been dealing with a really annoying situation involving a lot of money at school. I have made EVERY attempt to deal with it both professionally and responsibly, while maintaining a polite air.

Unfortunately, the very same teachers that PREACH constant professionalism to me are apparently UNWILLING to extend me the same courtesies. In my attempts to rectify this situation, the 3 different professors have DELIBERATELY and PURPOSEFULLY ignored my emails, phone calls and messages, AND attempts at a face to face meeting.

How in the world can a group of PROFESSIONAL ADULTS handle a situation so POORLY. It's ridiculous and disgraceful, and honestly, I have lost all of my respect for all of them. I received a response email to one I sent Monday afternoon REQUESTING IMMEDIATE ACTION because I am leaving campus for 2 months for a clinical rotation. It was sent at 1:30pm, which sent me into a tizzy trying to get BACK to campus and deal with what I had to before 5pm. It's pissed me off and those teachers are pretty much dead to me. Thanks a lot for all your help and quick feedback! NOT!!! BITCHES.

Anywhoo, moving on... I'm sure you've all heard that President Obama has ridiculously been named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for......oh right, NOTHING.

I am completely ashamed that he would accept an award that is so OBVIOUSLY UNDESERVED and ridiculous. The committee chose him for this award Feb. 1, 2009, which was 11 FREAKING DAYS after he took office on Jan. 20, 2009. What could this moron have done in 11 days to deserve one of the (previously) most prestigious awards in the world. ABSO-FRICKING-LUTELY NOTHING.

(Obviously I am very heated up about this, so I apologize.)

Summing up my opinion nicely is FoxNews:

And Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican Party, said Obama won the prize because of his "star power," rather than meaningful accomplishments. "The real question Americans are asking is, What has President Obama actually accomplished?" Steele said in a statement. Steele, who took over the reins of the GOP earlier this year, said he thought it was "unfortunate that the president's 'star power' has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights." He said he doesn't think Obama will be "receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action."

In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."

And if you think that Barack Obama (America's biggest mistake) is the person to fit that bill, then you are FULL OF SHIT.

[End of rampage.]

it's beginning to feel a lot like...

AUTUMN!

And I couldn't be more thrilled!

physical therapists versus terrorists.

This morning at church, my pastor began his sermon as normal. But he quickly digressed to a story about why his arm is in a sling...

He recently tore ligaments in his shoulder and had surgery 10 days ago and began physical therapy treatments this week.

Anyways, he's standing at the pulpit in front of the entire congregation and says:

"You know, this week I figured out how to tell the difference between physical therapists and terrorists...you can ALWAYS negotiate with terrorists!"

Ba-dum-ching!