draggin' ass
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: bob schneider
Topic: insights from tired kate

had a great time in ABQ last weekend visiting the mike. :) jen (his sis) and i went out on friday and met some of his new friends, saw awesome balloons at the international balloon fiesta, ate a lot of really good food at tucanos, and just had an all-around good times. definitely wasn't easy to come back to college station for a variety of reasons. this semester is going really fast though. in some ways, it seems like it just started like last week, hence me being a dumbnut and not realizing i haven't bought all the books i need for class, etc. in other ways, it seems like summer was two years ago. wacky shi-at.

tomorrow is my mom's 55th birthday and my friend dennis' 30th birthday. send them happy thoughts. it's hard to believe that my 29th b'day is coming up in a few months. what's the deal with that? i'm almost 30 and still a student and staying up until 12:30 writing in blogs. it's totally weird to think about sometimes. other 28 year olds i'm sure have much different lives than i do. in fact, i sometimes meet people who are younger than me but seem so much older than me. is that a sign that i'm an immature poopyhead? no idea. it's weird how i get antzy for all the next stuff to happen, like having a real job and all that other grown up stuff like marriage and kids and stuff. yet despite my antziness, i'm not sure i'm ready for all that stuff either? it freaks me out enough that eventually and maybe even soon i will have to have a more normal schedule. no more staying up late and getting up late.

whoa..lots of rambling about crazy shit tonight. just feel weird and kinda happy and kinda antzy all at the same time. to my credit, there has been a lot of stuff going on with jobs and possible new opportunities and people i care about getting fired and just lots of crazy stuff this week. by monday night i was ready to get back on a plane. :) the week got better though and i'm looking forward to visitors next weekend. (mike and jody!!) hopefully i can get a lot done tomorrow and next week so i don't have to do anything but have fun with them.

enough word salad for tonight. thanks and gig 'em!

follow up
Mood:  silly
by the way, can someone explain to mike the difference between a diary and a journal? i have a few thoughts on it. one is that a diary is for pre-teen girls and involves a lock and key and a unicorn. journals are for adults and don't have locks and usually don't have unicorns. any other thoughts?

also, mike is dreamy but not my modern day david cassidy, contrary to what he seems to think. he's more like a modern day scott baio. except, he's not charles in charge, but i do call him a chach from time to time.(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000281/)

hmmm...have to think about this one.

"no, i'm not updating my weblog right now"
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: "in too deep" -hurricane jane
Topic: update time
boys are punks. they have insane theories about hair. see, for example, http://sooshie.org

not a lot going on here. my grades are improving and things are still pretty busy.

looking forward to going to visit mike next weekend with my LYLAS jen. we're going to see hot air balloons and eat food and i don't know what else, besides have a lot of fun.

aggie football this weekend and some buddies will be in town. should be good times.

oh..went to iowa a few weeks ago to see my parents which was totally awesome! :) miss them a lot.

yeah..that's enough for now. i'll try to post more often. take care kids!

Insert witty title here
Mood:  spacey
Topic: insights from tired kate
so, i was informed by mike that i needed to update my blog. and though he is not the boss of me, he is occassionally right about stuff, thus i update.

let's see. school has started and my classes are going to be really challenging but really interesting, which is a good combination i think. i may also have finally figured out a dissertation topic (yes, thanks mike for your help). i talked to my supervisor in sociology about my initial thoughts and he thought this could be something really big. so i'm antzy to talk to him more about it and hammer out a basic proposal.

the two jobs are keeping my busy and i think stuff in my personal life and school life is making me a big stress wad sometimes. it will all get figured out. i haven't really set my routine up yet for the fall so once i get that going i'm sure i'll be less of a psychopath. or at least back to my usual level.

i went with mike last weekend to albuquerque for his big move and sort of helped with unpacking and hanging art and that sort of stuff. it was a great weekend, even if it was sad when i had to leave on monday. abq is absolutely beautiful! it was not easy to come back to 'scenic' college station where we're awe-inspired by the size of someone's monster truck, rather than by a view of mountains and awesome sunsets and gorgeous weather. mike has a good thing going out there and i already have plans to go visit again. if you go visit him, make him take you to tucanos. its a great restaurant. all you can eat meat treats.

for this weekend i'm going to be a nerd tonight and do some reading for class and do laundry and stuff. tomorrow is aggie football action and hanging out with friends.

all ya'll have a great weekend. happy b'day michael j. fox!

lots of stuff
Mood:  not sure
Topic: insights from tired kate

i have not updated this in a while, because things have been super busy. sociology job is going great and i love it. tradition job is getting much better, especially now that my RAs are here. they are great.

i went home for a bit of break in iowa/chicago/milwaukee, which i really needed and was a lot of fun. got to see my family and lots of friends (like 10 in 3 days), so that was awesome. i drove up there which took forever and i decided i won't do again in a while. yay for flying.

my great friend shelley was here this weekend and it was AWESOME spending some time with her. miss that girl a ton!

also have been hanging out with mike pants a lot before he moves away. time is flying fast. school starts next week and i'm already having bad dreams about that. just a few too many things happenining at one time.

say a prayer or send good vibes or happy thoughts toward my mom who is going through some tough stuff this week.

more later.