Hospital Visit

I am WAY behind in posting. Life has been crazy, as you will see in the next few posts. But I'll catch you all up!

It began last Thursday with a stomach ache.
A BAD stomach ache.
One that ended me up in the hospital.
Luckily, I have some pretty amazing roommates that were willing to take me to the ER,
even though we had only known each other for less than a week and a half!
Thanks Ally and Steph!

Yeah, I look terrible. 

Pay no mind.

I'm in the hospital!

My best friend came to visit me too!

He basically HAD to. 

You see, I was in the hospital with a similar condition 4 years ago, and was conversing with him THAT night, 

but he was an hour away and couldn't come.

And then, 3 1/2 years later when I said something about it-he didn't remember! 

So he had to make up for it.

[disclaimer: this was somewhat sarcastic. he actually wanted to be there for me too!]

What a great guy!

Wow. Even worse than the first picture.

And I'm paler than a ginger...yikes...

So anywho.

The doctor didn't know what was wrong with me. 

I have chronic stomach pains so it could have been related to that, 

or I might have had some virus.

We may never know!

Good news is that I am no longer hooked up to an IV!

Inspiration

Soon I will be crafting something like one of these...

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What do you think?

Which one is your favorite?

Dear blog,

I am sorry I have been neglecting you, and all my wonderful readers. I hope you can forgive me.

You see, life has been a little crazy and by the end of the day I just haven't had the energy or the creative capacity to blog. 

The craziness started a couple weeks ago, when I decided I needed to move out of my aunt's basement. I spent every evening look at houses to rent closer to my work, and finally found a fantastic one with awesome roommates! I moved in last Saturday.

I have no dresser (unless you count cardboard boxes turned on their side and stuffed with clothes) and so my room is a disaster. I have been spending a lot of time trying to thrift a dresser, with no luck so far. 

Work has been busy as well. I have been trying to plan the summer and let my employees know whether we will even be open. We still don't know. What a mess. I also have been dealing with some serious and very scary things with some parents, and have had to put on the hat of a case worker. Sad thing is, I have no training in that area, so I hope I, along with some colleagues, were able to point the parents in the right direction. 

This week, though, I pulled some strings (ok I just make on phone call) and got the Living Planet Aquarium to bring animals into my class! The kids loved it!

Then yesterday.

Remember, blog, how a few weeks ago my dear grandma passed away? Well, her and my grandpa had been living with my grandma's daughter, my step-aunt. So when she left us, my mom and her siblings decided to move my grandpa to California to his son's house. My parents were flying into town yesterday to pick him up and bring him to California. Well, grandpa got really sick. So my parents stayed and I spend much of the day yesterday (the time I had planned looking for a dresser) to help take care of my sweet grandpa. 

So blog, I again apologize for not spending more time with you, but after all, you are simply a program. I needed to change some things in my life, and I needed to put a lot of focus into some people that really need me. I won't promise to "write so much more" because I do not know what life will bring the next few weeks, but I will make an effort.

Love,

Katie

Teacher Appreciation Week- A Quote A Day

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Teacher Appreciation Week- A Quote A Day

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Remember how I am TWENTY-THREE years old?

And a college graduate?

Well, a couple days ago a salesman came to my door.

I opened it and said, "hello."

He said, "Are your parents home?"

I still can't decide whether to take this as a compliment,
or be worried that people will think any man I'm hanging out with is a creeper...

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Learning How to Run...

I'm ready to go!