FOORRRREEEEVVVVVEERRRRR.

Well, I'm getting another tattoo. I've done a ton of research, thought about it, talked about it, and decided on it. It's happening. It's going to be on my ribs, yes, it's going to hurt, and yes, it's going to be meaningful. I'm just not exactly sure how I should handle the healing process. I don't want to ruin the tattoo by wearing a bra too soon so it won't heal properly. Obviously, I have to wear SOMETHING for the week or so it will take to heal so I'm trying to figure out some options! I know, this is a random "dilemma" to have...I'm also a little bit more nervous for this one than I was for my first one. This will be a wayyy more sensitive area to get tattoed and I'm a little anxious. Also, my first tattoo was kind of a "given". It was pretty obvious that it was my perfect first tattoo and it's so sentimental that I would never ever regret it. This one is more out of my own head and that leaves more room for doubts and regret. It is very meaningful to me and has been for awhile, but then again, I also thought Dave Matthews Band was meaningful and what I wanted! Ha! Thank god I grew out of THAT phase or else I may have a fire dancer or something random permanently inked on my body! Anyway, I just felt the need to share my thoughts, as they're swirling around my head. I'm getting excited to do this! Mom, Dad, you just wait, by the time you get out here for christmas, I'll show it to you!! Heading to Denver this Tuesday...maybe I should just bit the bullet and do it then....Deep Thoughts, by Katie.

Today

So, catching up my blog from all that time away is proving to be a difficult thing to accomplish. I feel like, in hindsight, all the stupid stories and events that have happened, aren't such good stories after the fact. So, here I am at work, trying desperately to finish the work week without dying. My normal schedule is 4 days a week, 10 and a half hour shifts. Well, this week I had extra days to fill in and I am on day 4 of 6 and I it's proving to be difficult. It's not that I'm busy with work related things, It's just a long day to fill up with activities when you are limited to an office and a computer. Needless to say, I am very caught up on all things internet. I am on facebook wayyy more than I'd like to admit, MSN is my go-to website for anything happening OUTSIDE our little Vail bubble, and random google searches are where most of my knowledge is acquired. This latter activity is where I got my most recent idea. I'm thinking of taking the GRE. (cue the dramatic musical tones).
Mom! Mom? Did you hear me? I SAID I'm thinking of taking the GRE. Which essentially means grad school. Come to think of it, I was GOOD in school. Really, I had no troubles and enjoyed it more than quite a lot of my classmates, but when I got to college, I had no direction. I just didn't know what I wanted to do. Well, sitting here, pushing 30 years old, I may have finally figured it out. Kind of. I mean, I want to do EVERYTHING! I want to be a marine biologist, and a phys. ed. teacher, and an archeologist, and a museum curator, but since no one offers a degree to umbrella all of those topics I've settled on one. A master's in english and literature.

I actually used to be really good at english, literature, writing etc. Still am, for that matter. I'm not saying this in any way to be vain, or cocky, I am just good at these topics. Always have been. Not only that, I enjoy them. Not many people know about my side as a closet nerd. Books make me excited, I love to write (yes, even poetry), and I aspire to write a book someday. To top that off, I actually want to encourage people to love literature as much as I do! I am a proud owner of not 1, but 2 library cards in this valley! Yes, this is the next step that I am...debating. GRE: where, when, how, and what next?
These are my ponderings of the moment. Now, off to lunch.

UNICORNS ARE REAL!!

So, I have been away from my blog for way way too long lately. The stresses of a wedding, showers, honeymooon (although amazing), and travel are A LOT TO HANDLE! Anyone who hasn't done it, just take my word for it. Growing up, I was the girl who has been dreaming of her wedding since age 5. Not the crazy, picked out the ring and dress girl, but I had a good idea of what I wanted. It was traditional, family, friends, church, reception, the whole 9 yards. Was it the day I dreamt of? Absolutely! Would I ever do it again? No way. After the fact, elopement or destination would have been MUCH MUCH easier. Regardless, I've been busy.

Now, back to the topic of today. I am obsessed with unicorns. Always have been, just ask one of my childhood friends. I had books (probably still do at my parents house), stuffed animals, stickers...Anyway, I just always KNEW they were real. And I found some proof! These are all unicorns. Maybe not the image that we have all pictured, but, what's the difference? See, I told you.

just hitched!

Glad this idea worked! I can't believe I found socks for Ryan that matched my shoes EXACTLY!! Pretty happy about that!