Sex and the what????

Soooo, I'm still stuck somewhere between Virginia and California in my timing. My body is still out of whack and I tend to be awake when I should be sleeping and sleeping when I should be awake. It has never affected me like this...hopefully it will correct itself soon :)

Ok, so I couldn't be more excited about this weekend. Tomorrow night we're going to see Sex and the City!!!! I can't wait to see this movie. I don't think I've been this excited about a new movie in a long time. I know me and the girls will have a blast..and then it's out to celebrate Sarah's birthday. Also, sure to be a great time. I know it will be a fantastic evening :)

Then Sat night I'm hanging out w/ the girls from my old work and I can't wait! Love the grown up slumber parties - always a blast!

Sunday is Country Fest and since I'm a huge Sugarland fan, I couldn't be more excited about this either. So, all in all it should shape up to be a fantastic weekend. I usually don't say that b/c I ultimately end up disappointed...but I'm sure it will all be great!

Hope that you have a great weekend as well and I'm sure I'll have stories at the end of all this :) Until then...

Heading Home...

Sadly, I'm down to my last 15 hours in Cali. Tomorrow I head back to the East Coast. I've had tons of fun spending time with the Macniders :) The weather has been not so desirable but I'll trade that for good company.

Don't worry, more to come, but for now it's off to bed before my long trip home tomorrow!

CALIFORNIA

So, I finally made it out to Cali...after a cancelled flight and a long day! Apparently, I also brought the rain with me! Though it gives me lots of bonding time with Jen and Colton :)

Have no fear, I'm having a blast and I'll be home next week! Love you, mean it!

Leaving on a Jet Plane..

So, tomorrow morning @ 6:40 my flight leaves for Cali...yay :)

It's time for me to get away for a while! Call if you need me!!

I must be wishing on someone else's star....

10:00 on a friday night and I'm at home...crazy life I'm living here. It has, however, been a crazy day...so I think I deserve a relaxing night in :) I watched my nephew, Conner, this afternoon...we've been bonding a lot lately! We played outside...which he loved. A 1.5 yr old is so easy to please!

I've really enjoyed spending so much time with all the kids lately. It has definitely made me refocus on how lucky I am to have such an amazing family. I also never realized how long you can keep 4 children occupied with an air mattress. All I had to do was jump around on it with them and them pull the plug, let it deflate and blow it back up again...they thought it was a ride. A definite hit :)

This afternoon, my niece fell out of a tree! Luckily she is ok...a few cuts and bruises but nothing broken. She's sore and spending her evening on the couch..but as my mom always said, it will be better before she's married!

I guess that's really all for today. T minus 5 days until I head to Cali and it couldn't be coming at a better time. Besides the fact that I haven't seen my best friend since January (and I can't be more excited about seeing her) I think I just need a break from worrying about everything and wondering what's going to happen next and just get away and have fun.

So, here's to another weekend...hope it's a good one! I'll be spending my Saturday night in a tent ;) Don't be too jealous...

There's no place like home...

So, I'm at home for the first night in 5 days...and I'm so excited to sleep in my bed! There's really not much to update...I mean, how many times can I write about how I still don't have a job!?!?!?!?!

I'm just looking forward to this weekend and spending some time with friends :) Then I get to start packing and I head out to Cali next Wednesday - definitely time to get away for a while! I can't wait to hang out with my Jenny :) And, of course, her new little one and Robert!!!

Well, I guess that's really all for today...still working on the nursing school application. Have to work on my essay next...should be fun! And I'm trying to get that in ASAP! Keep your fingers crossed :)

Until next time....

Snow White? Not so much....

I've been spending the last few nights with my sister-in-law and the kids. I've been sleeping in the guest room surrounded by the seven dwarfs. Yes, 7 gigantic stuffed animals...hence the Snow White reference :) It's kind of frightening to wake up to that...

Not much new on the job front. I've just been playing nanny for the past few weeks. Doing a lot of "soul searching" I guess you'd call it. I have, however, decided to apply to nursing school...that's my big news. So, cross your fingers. I want to do something where I help people...not constantly feel like I'm getting stabbed in the back. So, we'll see...I've been working on my application and essay and i'll definitely keep you updated on what happens.

Not much interesting to report today. The weekend was pretty low key and this week just holds some babysitting and house cleaning. Next week is my big adventure when I head off to Cali...OC here I come, can't wait!!!!

So, I'll leave you with my thought for today...I just keep telling myself this to help me get through everything:

"Life has a lot of surprises in store for you; sometimes it just takes time for the gift wrapping to come off..."

Happy Tuesday!

When the day is done...

So, my new favorite person in the world is Chelsea Handler...from the show, Chelsea Lately. She's hilarious. She has written 2 books, has a show on E! and is a comedian. You should check her out... I'm currently readiing her book "My Horizontal Life; A Collection of One Night Stands" and I've pretty much laughed my whole way through. (I'm sure you're glad to hear that this is how I'm spending my time..I say, whatever works!) Definitely a riot.

So, let's see how my week has been....pretty uneventful actually. The constant emailing of resumes gets old when you're hearing nothing back! However, I have no choice but to keep trying. It definitely is hard though. I have my moments where I wonder how long this is going to take. It's very disheartening when all you want is to go back to work and do something where you feel like you're contributing to the world in some way. But, I just keep on truckin'....

I have, however, spent a lot of time with my niece and nephews and that has been great. I love those kids to death...they are my everything! There is nothing better than walking into a house and having one of them yell "It's Katy" and run at me and give me a big hug. Makes me feel like there actually are people in this world right now who are excited to see me! So, I thought I would share them with you...



Over the past few weeks I've been up, I've been down...I'm like a roller coaster at an amusement park....But, if after I get through all of this I have figured out where I want my life to go - then it all will have been worth it.

So, with that...it's almost the weekend again, can't believe another week has gone by. Hope you're all doing well!

P.S. I Love...

Everything about this day! Gavin Degraw's new album dropped today - yay! AND, the best movie ever...P.S. I Love You...came out today :) Guess I know what me and the roomies will be doing tonight!

In other news, this whole job searching thing is tough. You'd think it would be so easy - not so much. I just send out resume after resume and get no phone calls! Craziness. I have a pretty stacked resume too...so weird. Oh well, guess I just have to wait and it will work out eventually.

I've spent the majority of this morning searching and applying so I think I'll take advantage of the beautiful day and get out of the house this afternoon. Amanda had the day off and was venturing to the river - I was not ready to go back yet! Didn't want anymore near death experiences this week...1 was enough.

Thanks for all the phone calls and texts lately...I have been getting them, sorry I've been slow at responding. But I do appreciate you all thinking of me :)

Happy Tuesday...

And, remember..."You can't steal second with your foot on first"....Hope you make the most out of your day!

I feel lucky...

So, this weekend has been crazy...I don't even know where to begin!

Saturday started off with kickball practice. It was actually quite fun. I did better than I expected. After kickball I spent some time with my girl Jen and then went out for a little bit that night. Soooooo, this is where the fun begins. I come home and go to bed around 1 AM...around 3:50 I start getting phone calls and texts from the roomie, Amanda...saying that she's locked out of the house. I was completely out of it but stumbled downstairs and found the door unlocked and cracked open. A little puzzled, I pulled the door open and saw Marley (the puppy) run towards me...I peek around the corner and there is Amanda, sitting on the front porch of the house next door. She looks at me, a little confused, and says "oh my gosh, I'm at the wrong house." Now, at 4 AM when you're out of it, it wasn't that funny...but we had quite a few laughs about it this morning. Luckily it was one of the models...not someones actual house...since she had been ringing the doorbell and banging on the door....hehe!

Sooooo, after getting some sleep we all decided to venture to the river Sunday afternoon. Sarah, Emily and Pat got there first. Upon hearing that we were going to have to practically swim to get to "our" rock...I was a little skeptical but after a little persuading, decided to go ahead and give it a try. We get down to the rocks and start to "wade" through the water to get to our rock. I step down in the water and it immediately drops down. Now, on a normal person it would have come up to your stomach...but on me, it came up to my chest/shoulders. So, I step down and lose my balance a little, try to get myself up and it was just not happening. So, I get swept away by the current, down a little drop. At this point, I'm thinking I'm a gonner...I was convinced I was going to hit my head on something or get trapped under the water. I could hear everyone screaming and was watching everyone run to try and get to me. I probably went about 25 ft. downstream and this guy who was fishing off the side yelled for me to grab his hand and luckily I was able to get to him and he pulled me out....but not before I, thinking my bathing suit was falling off, yelled..."I think my butt is hanging out"...typical! Luckily it all worked out and we've definitely had some laughs about it this afternoon...but I won't lie, I was quite scared! I handled it with grace, of course :) But...it definitely was frightening! So with a bruised up leg...and a little bit of a bruised ego...I'm happy to say that I'm doing just fine.

So after weekened filled with friends, fun and lots of stories...it's off to bed for me! Back to some serious job searching this week :) Hope your weekend was a little less eventful...but just as fun!

TGIF!

So, it's probably not fair of me to say TGIF considering I don't have a job right now, but it's still Friday! That means there will actually be people around :)

Alright, so this week has been a complete whirlwind...lots and lots of babysitting. Baby Jack has settled in nicely at home and his big brothers and sister are having lots of fun with him! Shayne..the 2 yr old...loves him to death, watches over him constantly..hes definitely taking on the role of big brother very nicely. Keeley and Zach adore him as well and all they want to do is hold the little guy! His cousin, Conner, hasn't quite figured out what to think of him yet...but hopefully he'll get used to the idea since he'll have a little brother of his own in about 2 months.

As for me, its been an emotional week. I've been exhausted and trying to help out wherever I can. I've been nauseated for about 3 days straight...don't know whether its from medicines im on, dehydration, exhaustion...or all of the above! I think its been nice to be preoccupied and not thinking about all of the hurdles that have popped up in my life right now. Guess I'll be back to those soon enough. As for the rest of today, its over to my sister's to watch C then who knows! Just trying to take everything minute by minute...at this point that's all that I can do :)

Hope you have a great weekend!!

A Cinematic Adventure...

Just a thought...

So, Sarah and I watched 27 Dresses last night...great movie, by the way, if you haven't seen it.

Have you ever realized that in movies like that everything always works out?? They always get the guy or girl, the villian boss always gets what is coming to them and life is just perfect. No wonder we are so easily disappointed with things in our lives.

I mean, think about it...in real life, usually the jerky boss wins and you end up quitting your job. There are usually never any huge romantic gestures to win over a guy or girl...at least not in my history book. I mean, don't get me wrong, I know a movie is just a movie and real life is real life...but wouldn't it be nice, if just once something actually worked out like that?

I guess I'm just a huge romantic...a girl's gotta believe in something!!

Happy Thursday...almost the weekend :)