Ice Cream Friday

It's Friday, it's Friday!!!! True I have a lot of work to do this weekend, but thank goodness I will at least have a little freedom to relax! Along with that it is time to make ICE CREAM!!! This weekend we (Max and I) are making Oreo and Butterfinger Ice cream. Hopefully it will be delicious! We'll post pictures soon.

School Again

The first three days of classes seem even more unorganized than last semester. We had one teacher forget we had lecture, no one knows what the heck is going on with classes or electives, and I feel very confused.

I was actually going to get on and complain about insurance and Diabetes. Mostly because I am going to have to make a 6 hour journey on Tuesday afternoon to reach a doctor that accepts my insurance, so that I can get a prescription, and be allowed to get my Diabetes supplies. Then I remembered what our Nutrition teacher told us this morning about how lucky we all are, so I feel bad complaining.

I'm really scared to go by myself. I have Map Quest directions, but I have no idea where I am going otherwise. I will also have to skip one of my classes to go, and I am hoping I don't run out of Diabetes supplies before then. Sigh. I always feel like I am getting more responsible, then I end up in situations like this and I remember just how awful I am at life. I guess I better study now before I get behind.

The Standard New Year Resolutions Post

Happy New Year every one! It's hard to believe it's January, and soon I will be 26! Old woman already, sheesh! The sad thing about turning 26 is that it really does make me feel old. Couple that with the fact that everyone else in the whole world seems to be either engaged, married, or having kids, and it's like, "Well pook! I'm going to die old and alone with a miserable, dry expanse of wasted life behind me." If you haven't noticed by now I have a real flare for the dramatic. My brain pretty much takes a normal event and expands it on a log scale to catastrophic proportions. Yeah. Luckily I have a lot of good friends and family in my life to help keep me grounded.

So, as everyone else is doing, I am posting my new years resolutions. I always try to make them challenging and amazing. Huge life changing goals!!! Then I fail, and sadly, don't care, because I just think, "Phht! That was stupidly impossible to do, I should know better." SO this year, we are making them doable! That doesn't mean they aren't important, but hopefully they will be little steps that make a difference in my life.

KATIE'S OFFICIAL NEW YEAR GOALS

Exercise 3 times a week - It's a classic!

Keep my room/Twitch clean - No more piles of laundry/books/papers! If my room is clean I feel much better about my life. Plus it will help me stay organized for school.

Have a spectacular last Spring Break - I have never had a fun Spring Break. I fantasize about doing the classic college Caribbean cruise with all of my friends, but alas that seems to be an unreachable dream. Max and I however are thinking about going somewhere cool, so if anyone has suggestions on cheap/exciting Spring Break locations please post it!

Study hard - If I study as hard as I did this past finals week I'll be getting B's for sure!!!

Start being selective about my thoughts - My mind is very easily distracted. Usually I have a montage of at least three worrisome things running through my head. I need to try to focus more on one thing at a time and remain calm when things get tough.

Read for Fun - I really miss reading for fun, and with a stack of about 25 books to read for fun, I need to get on it. By the way, if you like to read and are prone to impulse buying books, you should probably stay away from Half Price Books. OMG!!! Best store ever!!! I got so many cool books!!! I am very excited about all of them, I may list them later.

I feel those are all achievable, and will benefit me! So, I encourage you to make some easy goals, and pat yourself on the back as you accomplish them!!! Happy New Year!

The Best Day Ever???

I know I promised a cookie recipe today, but sadly my brother's camera is MIA, lost somewhere in the labyrinth that is his room. I really haven't talked about my brother much, despite him being probably the most awesome brother in the whole wide world!!! Here is a picture of him:

Haha, just kidding! Actually he looks like this:

Anyways, there are so many action figures, comics, posters, videos, manga volumes, video games, and artistic equipments that there is no longer even room for a bed. Instead he now sleeps in our guest room with two of our cats.
But I digress, yesterday was absolutely great! I made cookies and peanut butter cups. I also spent a large portion of the day on the couch in front of the fire doing this:

So yeah! Basically I did nothing but read, sleep, bake, and watch parts of two movies. The rest of the time my faithful brother did all of the hard work, and never complained once about it. What a great sibling!!! It was probably one of the best days of my life. I hope to repeat it again before I return to school, but I may have to wait until I go back to my apartment, as the next few days will be rife with Christmas activities!

I hope everyone has a great holiday! I may post something tomorrow, or I may not. It all depends on the great organizational matriarchs of this small family, and that does not include me! :)

Fun Pictures

This is a picture my friend Elizabeth asked me to draw. The first is when her team, the Nebraska Huskers, win. The second is when they lose, or when she hates vet school. It's called the Squinchy Face.

This is Shawnee, my friend Adrian's dog. She is probably the best dog in the world. She is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever that came from the shelter. She loves balls and her bowl. She carries bowl around with her all the time. She likes to bring people shoes when they come home, and she likes to eat ice, apples, carrots, and french fries when she gets the chance. She has many expressions, so you can always tell if she is concerned, happy, or bored.



This is me during finals week. 'Nuff said. :)

I Made It!!!

Yay!!! I'm finally done with this horrible semester!!! Our last grade got turned in today, and I managed to pass all of my classes!!! Wheewww. What a relief. Now I can start next semester fresh, and not have to worry about passing. Instead I will just do well! Yay!!!!! As of now I am enjoying a celebratory glass of wine! Deeelicious.

In other news, it is almost Christmas, and my efforts have been thwarted once more. I had ordered some nice K-State fleeces for my family and instead of five, I only got three! Noooo! I may or may not have misunderstood the web site and ordered too few. This is what the sign said:
Hopefully I did not misunderstand, but if I did, I will have to order more, which means a few people will be getting IOUs on Christmas. Boo.

Christmas break will be interesting this year. I have two weeks off before school starts again. In that two weeks I will do the following: go to the dentist, go to the eye doctor, find a new Diabetes doctor in Kansas, celebrate Christmas with my Mom at home, celebrate Christmas with my Dad and Step mom in Chicago, celebrate my birthday with my family at home, celebrate my birthday with my friends at school.....and do a million other things that I have wanted to do all semester but haven't had time for. However, that's good news for you because it means more cookie recipes, more blogging, and more stories of me watching my brother play video games. Oooh! How exciting. In case you're interested he is currently playing Ghost Busters and Bayoneta, both on X-Box. He just got done playing Mortal Kombat vs. DC, which I missed, sadly , due to school. If you are wondering if I play video games the answer is no, unless it's an RPG. Poke'mon and Nintendo were as far as I got, and of course simple Wii games. Any other games I inevitably end up failing at because I'm a button masher. I panic and start mashing every button on the controller, hoping to keep myself alive long enough to win the match. I also stand up and jump around wildly, moving my arms around in a vain attempt to make my character do what I want. Alas, it never works out. I lose and feel stupid for getting so excited.

Anywho.... I miss Max already. I can't wait to see him again! I almost cried when I left the airport. *Sniff* However, he is having loads of fun at home with his family, playing games, cooking, shopping, etc. so I am glad that he got to go home for Christmas.

That about ends my day long ramblings. I am throwing in some pictures I drew for fun, One is Max and I and the other is Christine and Tas. Enjoy! Tomorrow there will be a cookie recipe up. Yay!!!

Happy Post!!!

Three finals down, Three more to go!!! The hardest two are coming up, surgery tomorrow and then Food Animal on Wednesday. Eeeep! So short post, nothing exciting! By the way thanks to all the international folks that have been visiting! It's super exciting to see so many different countries have visited!!! Maybe soon I can post pictures from my previous trips abroad! If you have time you should head over to my friend Christine's blog, Merp, as it is very entertaining, and has fewer depressing posts!!! Anyways, have a great day everyone!!! I'm off to study surgery!!! Sixty lectures in ten hours sound feasible? Yeah, I thought not. Oooh! look an aardvark!!!! Yay!!!!!