Fun!

Recent pics from a few events of James and I.

James got me tickets

to go see CATS

and we dressed up fancy

and went to a nice restaurant in

downtown Denver....:)

dressed up

James and I(really I are working on his smile face) and this is what he did when

I asked him to smile nice for the picture.

nice huh?? :)

Salida

View from our FRONT ROW seats!!

for CATS.

the actors came out and would like stare at us

for like 5 minutes.

It made you hot inside

and feel a little awkward.

but so fun!

laughing a little too hard in this one:)

salida, CO

Again you can see James' awesome skills at looking hot ;o)

Blogging

I want to do it more.

Maybe it is because I am thinking/analyzing/pondering

more

now that I am in grad school.

I have done a bad job at blogging as of late.

Due mostly because

I think it is too much

and

I have nothing good to say.

Well that's the whole point of blogs

they aren't really important

rather

random

ramblings.

As I am rambling right now

I look out of my office window

and

the snow is creeping over pikes peak

and moving eastward

like a heavy blanket.

I love that I can see that outside my window

conversely

at lunch it was sunny and 50 on the 27th of January.

Tonight I will zumba

and do research

for a research proposal.

Dear Grad school:

please don't be

too mean

to me

and

I promise

to be nice

to you

love katie :)

School

So I have started my Masters career

in Social work.

This past weekend I was up in Ft. Collins from friday am to sunday pm.

It was long to be in class

however

I love being in school again.

To walk on campus

surrounded by

old buildings

and students

and academia.

It was great.

It made me miss my college days.

Life as a distance student who is only there on

weekends is totally different.

But it was fun to feel like I was back in college.

It made me remember the library at Grand Valley State University.

Where I was would always sit on the 4th floor in a window and study

and how I LOVED the smell of that library.

the books

and the elevator.

The elevator smelled like old books and I loved it!

It was also a joy

to be surrounded by like minded people

who care about the things I care about

and think

like me :)

Social workers

we are a strange breed

of people

but we truly do

make the world a better place.

We advocate

for those who don't have a voice

we educate those who have not had the chance at education

We love

those whom society throws away

We pause to listen

to those

people

don't want to listen to

We help people

stand up

after they have been

knocked down.

We are people who pick you up and help you find hope

when there

seems to be

nothing

to hope for.

So being surrounded by these same fish who swim in the same pond as me.

Makes me feel happy.

I feel like I have found my home again.

It has been so long.

Now with that said working full time.

going to school part time

doing 12-15 hours of an internship per week

and doing life

is going to be challenging.

But I think I can do it.

I am excited/anxious for this next phase.

However good things are on the horizon.
God has not forgotten me.

One step in front of the other :)

Here we go....