It's been awhile

Hmm last post was on March 25th? Woops. The great roller-coaster that is life has grabbed a hold of me once again and this time I don't know if it is ever going to slow down! I have slowly realized since graduating college that each week and each day is just going to go faster and faster. Instead of trying hard to make things slow down, (because at this point having control of my life seems impossible) I am going to live each and every day to the fullest, accept invitations to do things whenever possible, forget about getting eight hours of sleep a night and try to enjoy time doing things I love with people I love. 

Last weekend was our four day AMAZING trip to the Big Apple. We saw many of the prime spots in New York. Corey's favorite location was Times Square. I must say that my favorite part was seeing all of the hidden spots that people without a sister for a tour guide would be able to see. We were able to see so many things without the wasted time of not knowing which subway train to get on and what stop to get off at. A special thanks to Daina who showed us so much! We had a wonderful trip! 

We got home late Sunday night and this past week flew by. I can't believe it is the weekend now and already Saturday morning! We have had great weather in MN and we are taking full advantage of that. Corey's friends, Brent and Lauren, live in St. Michael. After work yesterday, we headed to their house for our first BBQ of the spring season!!! We hung out outside all night and ventured to the bar later on. It felt so nice to just be outside and feel the fresh air all evening. 

Another plus to the weather being amazing- I can start going on a walk (and attempted run) around Rice Lake today! I am so excited for it. 

Have a great weekend everyone! 

Scary Movies

Corey and I saw Black Swan tonight. I know this movie isn't necessarily 'scary' but it was definitely creepy and made me scared! Besides that I thought it was really good. Natalie Portman was well deserving of Best Actress. She did well.

Whenever I see a scary movie, I am always jumpy and on edge when I am alone afterward. It usually lasts a few days and even more for a really scary movie (Paranormal Activity and The Sixth Sense for example). Corey would normally come inside and hang out for awhile on a night like tonight, but he isn't feeling very well so he went home (yet another reason why I am so anxious and ready to move in together). It is now 11:45 and I am wide awake- mostly due to a two hour nap I took when I got home from work. Corey asked if I wanted him to come inside and I told him I would want him to but I understand that he wants to get home and go to bed.

I would have felt silly telling him that I want him to come in because I was scared to walk in by myself. I want to get over this fear of being alone after a scary movie. I found myself scurrying to the front door tonight to turn the outside light off (as I was the last one home for the night) because I felt like somebody was right behind me. I am also afraid of opening the bathroom door after getting ready for bed. I always feel like someone is going to be standing right outside the door. I am not sure if I am expecting a ghost or a murderer or just someone that I know. Regardless, that intense moment as I hold my breath and squeeze my eyes shut right before I open the door is never fun.

I am going to watch a few episodes of Friends now to get my mind off feeling scared. That always does the trick.

Facebook

Is it weird that I decided to set my home page on my laptop to Facebook? Throughout college I had my gophermail site set to my homepage, but now that I use a Mac and my email is an application I didn't know what to set as the homepage, so Facebook it is.

Some day or week I want to track exactly how much time I spend on Facebook.

If time allows before work I usually jump on Facebook quick just to see if I have any updates and to look through the news feed quick. Throughout a work day I usually check the news feed through my phone at least twice. As soon as I get home I check it as well and that's when the serious creeping occurs.

I can honestly say that I have no desire to deactivate my Facebook account to 'see if I can live without it.' Let's be serious here, I can admit that I am probably addicted, but I have no desire to quit! Besides the annoying ads on the side that think they know me or something, I have no complaints! I love Facebook. It makes me happy.

That's all.

Busy busy busy

Wow life has been moving faster than usual lately.

Just a little catch up.

This past weekend was full of spontaneous fun! On Friday night, after one of the busiest weeks at work for both of us, we were really needing a low key night. And that we had. Chad and Jamie weren't up to anything either, so they came over to Corey's house and we made Juicy Lucy's (a veggie burger for Jamie) on the grill! I LOVED my first burger on the grill of the spring season. We had a cocktail and just laid low after dinner. I was in bed by 11:30 which felt amazing! Saturday night, after an intense workout and much needed laying around, we got together with Corey's work friend, Cameron, and his wife, Leah. We went to Canterbury Casino. Corey and I played BlackJack and ended up coming out ahead $80! Woo hoo!!! Sunday was spent catching up with friends for me. I had breakfast with Briana and went shopping/ ran errands with Sarah and Shannon in the afternoon. So much fun! I had a great weekend before another overwhelmingly busy week at work.

Speaking of work. I really don't want to let work control my life. I don't feel I get paid enough to have that happen to me. A coworker of mine, who is on my team with me, has decided to move on to bigger and better things and put her two weeks notice in a week and a half ago. That leaves her with 3 more days left at our company and there is still so much to do before she leaves! I have taken over on her stuff on her 'desk/ plate' and I still have all my work I had before I took her stuff. This leaves me with two full time jobs to do and only 40 hours to do it. With that said, our client and my boss have decided to authorize overtime for me. I am pretty excited for the larger pay checks to come, but I must say working 10 hours today when I am used to 8 was very tiring. I wonder how I will ever handle a real stressful job that is more than 40 hours/ week. I found myself thinking all day about how nice it would be to just win the lottery so I can volunteer and do something more meaningful with my life.

Wine, Guac & Conversation- in no particular order

Hollie, Sarah and I had a girl's night on Friday. After doing some shopping and eating dinner, we went to Sarah's apartment with the plan to watch a movie. Well the movie never happened.

We made some guacamole- enough to feed 6 people- but we had no problem practically finishing it. We poured ourselves generous glasses of wine (3 Buck Chuck might I add) and didn't move from the couches for three hours. I absolutely love having friends that I can talk to about anything and everything. We talked about so much from past, present to the future. It is so great to have friends that I know I will continue to do this with for years and years to come. Normally Shannon would be with us too, but she had other plans. We used to call ourselves the 'Core Four' in high school. Sarah had something on Friday about how we have known each other for 8 or 9 years already. It is hard to believe that the four of us have been friends for almost a decade. I love having these girls as my friends and wouldn't know what I would do without them!

Experience Joy

Do you experience joy every day? I hope so.

I would like to consider myself a happy person, but I can often let myself get too wrapped up in the negative aspects of life. I know New Years was awhile ago, but I have decided to start a resolution now. I am going to try hard to experience joy every day. I also am going to reflect on my day before going to sleep and remember the things that gave me joy throughout that day.

I think this will help me become a more peaceful person.

How did I experience joy today?
- I laughed a lot at work today. My cube- mate, Jackie, and I were seriously meant to be friends. We find the most random things to talk about and always seem to make each other laugh everyday at work. It makes work more fun which I know is hard to do for a lot of people.
- I worked out and it was a good one. Somedays I am just not excited about a workout. Today was not one of those days. I put my ipod on shuffle and I was in the zone flying through 10 minutes on the elliptical for a warm up, interval training around the track (running/ walking) for 20 minutes as well as 100 lunges around the track followed by a great ab workout and ended with a 10 minute walking cool down on the treadmill. I am loving the endorphins right now.
- Corey and I ate Chinese food for dinner and watched Jersey Shore. I love just hanging out on weeknights.

Tomorrow is FRIDAY! Woo hoo. Excited for the weekend.

It's Pictures Time

I need to take more pictures. The last picture I took on my camera was from Valentine's Day. I used to take pictures ALL the time. I wonder if Corey's constant ("ugh Katie... another picture, really???") complaining has caused me to take less pictures of stuff. Well Corey, I am whipping out the camera a lot more now!! Get ready :)

(Corey is laying next to me while I am writing this and he just groaned and laughed about what I am writing)

Next post I hope to have some pictures included. More than just the one we took on photo booth just now! I am thinking since Spring is coming I will be more excited to take some pictures. Plus- New York is coming up and I know I will take MANY pictures there. Can't wait for that trip. Woo hoo-- 25 days!