Sunday's

Sunday's mean church. Getting to hang out with two year olds. Napping. And catching up with friends. I love Sunday's. During the school year I try really hard to make Sunday my sabbath day, no school, no stress (click here for an example!), just hanging out with the people I love. The week has a tendency of catching up with me on Sunday and forcing me to slow down and do the things I truly enjoy. Like saying how much I love my life to a friend and then spending the next few hours deciphering how best to deal with the hard stuff. So, enjoy the day as a Sabbath. Take a break, smell the coffee. All that good stuff.

Love,
Katy

P.S. I also love Sunday's for the cheesy afternoon movies that usually involve alien bugs taking over high school students. Just thought I would share this little tidbit:)

Summer Job Update

My job is cool. I love hanging out with kids and exploring Seattle. I don't love whining. Or kids kicking the back of my seat. It's amazing how much I understand my Mom now that I am the one in charge. These are some pictures from the past two weeks. Life is SO good right now:)

1. Seattle is so gorgeous. Even in not so great weather, the water is wonderful.

2. I love sitting on the beach while they play, they are incredibly inquisitive, it's great.

3. We went to the zoo this week and of course checked out the elephants!

4. Movie day! It was thundering (which I desperately miss from Colorado) so we decided to stay in and do a movie day. These were our supplies.

5. We found fish on the beach in the tide pools. So cool.

6. They were so tiny!

7. We also found crab. This was the prettiest.

8. At the zoo we fed the birds, this totally took me back to my childhood. Love it.

So, summer is good. I get to hang out with friends at night and on the weekend and play during the day. Eventually I will figure out a way to curb the whining. I completely suggest nannying to anyone who needs a job. Okay. That's all.

Love,
Katy

Slurpee Heaven

Coke and Wild Cherry. Best. Combo. Ever.

For your sake, I hope you know that reference.

Anyways, today was Slurpee day! So, of course, one of the kids I nanny and I went to get Slurpee's. They were delicious. As I have gotten older, I have grown more fond of silly days like these. For example, Pi day (3.14) is a BIG DEAL in my world. I really hope I'm not the only one. But it's cool if I am.

Love,


Katy


P.S. I love summer and friends and not doing school and having a job and all wonderful things like that. Just sayin'. 

Conversations.

I literally just had one of the best conversations I've had in a long time with one of my new roommates. Life, love and drama fuel conversations like flames to a paper. (Don't worry about the analogy, I'm a scientist, this is what we do!)

It's important to remember that nothing is ever as it seems. This photo from the Fourth taken by my remarkable friend Katelyn reminds me of just that.
Check her out at her very own blog here.

My new house finally feels like home. 

Love,

Katy

First Dates

So. Dating is weird. I'm finally 21 which means I can go out with  anyone, anywhere. It's cool.

However, the guy I went out with on Saturday was a no-go. Sometimes the vibe isn't there, and it wasn't. My girlfriends and I have been talking about gut feelings a lot lately, and this idea kept creeping into my thoughts. I took that as a sign. There wasn't anything particularly wrong about this guy, just not for me. No harm, no foul.

OH. And I learned something. I don't feel like I have to date everyone that is interested. And that is something even cooler about being 21.

The upside of the date was this super cool double shot glass I got from beer fest. One more example of 21-year-old perks!

Love,


Katy

The Trip from Hell

So, I was in Denver. My hometown. With my wonderful Mama. The place that was and is currently burning. So the trip was not as wonderful as expected. This trip can basically be split into four different parts. 

1. Traveling...

This is our luggage for two people over five days. We are such girls!          

We started my 21 trip off right with a Bloody Mary and a Rum and Coke.

2. Colorado Springs with my cousin and her two boys (where the fire was)

All of the cloud looking stuff in these photos is actually smoke. 

There was constant news coverage of the Waldo Canyon fire that threatened my Cousin's house.

Some of these pictures are tragically beautiful.  

 It almost looks peaceful...

This is taken from my Cousin's parents house on the opposite side of the highway from where she lives.  We literally watched the mountainside burn. The orange glow is flames. 

The smoke spread for miles. 

3. The Wedding of one of our friends. It was a beautiful wedding, they seem very happy. Oh. And this is my beautiful Mama. She's cool. 

4. Seeing people from Colorado

Which was hard because some of the relationships left in Colorado need a lot of work. More on that later:)

The one redeeming aspect of this trip was the many meals at El Tepehuan. My family has been going to this restaurant since before I was born. I like to tell people the salsa in this picture runs in my veins:) mmmm. Everyone needs a restaurant like this:)

Thanks for listening to me whine about my trip. Sorry about that.

Love,

Katy

High Five for Friday!

Well. I am obviously new to this whole blog thing, but I have loved reading these particular posts so I decided to link up today!

1. Fourth of July in Seattle was sooo cool. I will post about that soon. One of my favorite people took some amazing photos I can't wait to share!

2. I moved into my new house officially!

3. My family got a new kitty. We share a name. It's a little awkward. But she's cute:)

4. I went to Bath and Body works and spent a gift card I have had for years. It was satisfying.


5. The sun has been out in Seattle since I got here on Wednesday. Nothing beats that!

I hope your weekend is wonderful and I may or may not have a dating story to share on
Monday:) <--- That's what we call a teaser:)

Love,


Katy