the good and the bad

so i'm happy today because i was assigned to a pediatrician's office for ambulatory care this semester, but less happy about the 2 hour round trip it's going to take to get there. it's fine though, my excitement for the chance to actually interact with patients outweighs the bummer commute (the proximity of the office to a crate and barrel and a supermarket helps too).

i am unhappy today after visiting weather.com. blerghx100. the 5-day forecast basically just chilled me down to the bones. i'm so not jealous of my friends and family in the midwest and the rockies due to their snowstorms, but looks like i won't avoid it, either. at least there is an 80% chance i won't.

{oh my goodness i just turned around to find e chewing on my respiratory notes! what the what?! dogs do eat homework!}

ttfn! time to hunker down and learn things.

- k+e

so, so cute

study breaks, sleeping too much, etc

so last night i indulged myself in a too-fun study break. i went over to the boys' house where michelle prepared an ahhhmazing taco bar and a good time was had by all. here is what the yummy-ness looked like:

you should please head over to michelle's blog to read about her adventures in cooking awesome items and this month she's being a vegan. very interesting. she is my hero :)

here are my sweet friends that i got to spend some quality time with:

ok, maybe the pictures didn't turn out so hot. i think it must have been due to the photographer :)

then i went home last night after a few mugs of wine, and had a bizarre dream about having a baby. very strangely, everyone who was helping me with said baby kept leaving it places or not putting a diaper on it so it kept urinating on the carpet. it was very disconcerting. i don't know what that means, except maybe not to let any of my current friends and family take care of a baby if i should have one someday.

finally, e and i are settling down for a long day's study session, with brief intermissions to check on the chiefs in their playoff game. here's how cute we look in our study clothes:

with love, 

k and e 

(go kc!!!)

snapshots of my saturday

irritated

hi there! sorry i'm so lame at posting. ya know, its the back to school thing. and a test in 1 week. augh! so i may or may not be around much the next few days.

i decided to post today to whine about government. specifically, the silly little temper tantrum the right side of the aisle is throwing about the affordable care act. and the fact that they are trying to repeal it. even though that's not really possible with a still-left-side-controlled senate. i am not sure what they're trying to accomplish, except maybe to show from day one that there will be no bipartisanship and cooperation in this 112th congress. but what's new. blergh.

kate out.

(e is irritated too. she pretends like it's because she wants to play with the laser every waking second of the day, but i know it's actually because she is sad with the state of gov in the us)

(also, i'll post some pictures soon. the apartment is in the middle of some redecorating to beat the winter blues)

things that are funny

this morning i was blithely packing my bags, getting ready to fly on back to the district, reading leisure books, and basking in the comfort and laziness of vacation. i even spent some time pondering how lovely the sky looked (?!). upon returning home, however, i was greeted by a messy apartment (never leave your place messy before leaving for long periods of time!), a very uncomfortably full calendar for the week ahead, and rent due without the new semester's financial aid delivered. blergh. back to real life. time to take a deep breath and jump in.

however, in order to survive this new year i need to focus on the positives:
-i saw so much of my friends and family over the break which was so so therapeutic 
-e was a perfect airline-flying angel. just some little whines here and there, but by and large she was super easygoing and sleepy the whole time.
-i got to read 1.5 regular books
-the sky really did look pretty today
-i'm loved, and that makes everything worth it

missing you,

k & e

goals

just a lil list of what i'd love to do this year. not resolutions, and if i don't do them then whatev. but its nice to have a list to look at. and i really want to do each of these things like whoa.

1. make a cardboard deer head for my wall  ($58 online, but made from cardboard . . . i can do it!!)
2. get a high pass in at least one class
3. run a road race. can be any distance, but must achieve a non-embarrassing time
4. find a church that fits me
5. write a letter per month to someone that i love
6. watch fewer tv shows
7. hit all the museums in my awesome city