Kate's Journal

10:47AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


abbalicious i hope you have a wonderful splendid absolutely fabulous 18th birthday

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11:57AM

I should know by now to not get my hopes up about things that I'm really excited for.

This week has been SO boring. If I wasnt at work all day, then I was sitting on my butt at home being all depressed because no one is around and there is nothing to do. Almost everyone gets home sometime this week so maybe things will get back to normal?? yeah I dont know...myabe my hopes are too high for this summer too. Spring classes start next week, and I'm working 4 days a week. Its exhausting....but on the other hand, my brain is getting a rest :)

I saw a picture yesterday and it made me laugh so hard that I was crying, but then I realized that I wasn't just crying because of what I was looking at, but also because I was missing the person in the picture. I feel like everything has been taken from me suddenly, and I feel so weak for feeling like this. I hope I dont keep feeling like this for the next 4 months. We need to plan some road trips, ice cream outtings, and bonfires.

Current mood: bored

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2:37PM

I had the best 18th birthday that I could imagine ... thank you everyone who made it so amazing!

lent is officially over today and so far i've had:

-cookie for breakfast
-my birthday cake for lunch!!
-easter candy snack
-jelly beans from my roommate right now!

I kinda feel sick to be honest...haha

later Niebal, Cathryn and I are going to get ice cream from Stucchi's yummm


well I'm done with classes on Monday, and then I have finals thurs, fri, mon and I'll be home monday night. Just thinking about leaving school is making me sick to my stomach (or is that the sugar?). I think this summer is going to be amazing, but there's going to be a lot of readjusting to life back home. It doesnt feel like we've been away from everyone from high school for so long, but I know that during the past few months I've changed and grown up and met different people and had a different experience than most of my other friends. I'm so scared to leave my friends but at the same time, there's so much to look forward to at home...new job, catching up with everyone, all that summer fun from last year... As scared/excited as I am, I keep thinking about a really important lesson I've learned this year: I need to take life as it comes because God has my back and his plan doesnt need to be questioned. I spend way too much time analyzing and not enough time trusting. The people I love will always be there for me and I'll always be there for them...distance and time become unimportant eventually. We'll be in a constant struggle with time and distance and the emotions that we can't keep back, but thats life...and thats where God gets me through. yep.


I wish I could show everyone what I've been up to, but it takes way too long to get pictures on here so I might do it after my finals. I've been having a lot of fun lately. I went to Wisconson 3 weeks ago and California last week for Club Gymnastics. I had the greatest time doing that this year, so its really sad to probably be leaving gymnastics for good. Better things are always to come though.

well...let me know how ya'll are doing

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2:42PM

sooo

I have a gymnastics meet this saturday at Eastern if anyone wants to come...starts a 2

kldann@umich.edu if you want more info

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11:50PM

happy Valentine's Day

I don't have much to say besides I love everyone andddd I really miss a lot of things and people right now. I wish I could be home. people don't give hugs in college. thats the conclusion i've come to.

ehh yeeeah

hope everyone's well/happy/loved

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1:33PM

Romans 12:17-21

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6:22PM

AHHH HAHA!! ( the worst pickup lines ever )

I wouldn't recommend these :)

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5:26PM

I almost stepped on a squirl.
that was so frightning.



it was like

*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _* (_)
me here ------> squirl there <------my foot there


yeah.

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10:12PM - the smell the leather and the soft chalk between my fingers...

Relationships are the tests of a lifetime.
no one ever passes
no one is perfect
God doesn't make us perfect people
He sets us up to fail.
We take His exams with black (non-eraseable) pens
and fail everytime.
still, He lets us retake it
knowing that we will fail again next time
but learn something valuable along the way.
we'll study harder
study our lives
and we'll make changes to our approach.
the next exam may be harder
but nothing we can't handle
they maybe easier
or longer
or taken in a new "classroom"
but they all cover the same chaper in our lives: relationships.
want to do something impressive for your Teacher?
take your next test with more patience, courage, obedience and love.
you have all the time in the world.

After enough of these tests in my life I can tell that the questions on this test; the choices in my life, are not there to trick me. He wants us to learn why we didn't pass last time. He wants me to see that people are there for a reason--they hurt me, confuse me, challenge me for a reason but they are the answers I'm looking for. I bet He thinks I'm a pretty bad test taker though.

( if you want...but mostly for amusement )

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6:40AM

happy birthday
************************happy birthday!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
**************************************************HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY



LOVE YA!

happy frickin birthday judge :D

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11:21PM

I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
My scars remind me that the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel

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4:39PM

maybe my past is haunting me for a reason.


-LoOoVe-

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11:43AM

I saw a squirl taking a shower this morning.
The squirls here are smart too.



IM COMING HOME FOR THE WEEKEND!
first time since I got here...can't wait to see EVERYONE.
for serious.
it's going to be great.
give me a call :)

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9:54PM - Just a little update...because I'm not procrastinating or anything

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love
But it came too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels

As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come Whatever
We will still be
Friends Forever

So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels

La, la, la, la:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la:
We will still be friends forever

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

I'm also feeling a little cynical.

anyways....good thing I'm gonna be an engineer. I hate writing...yet I sit here and post a journal or talk to people for hours and put about one logical sentence together for my paper.

ohhh .love.

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2:12PM - the game yesterday was awesome...check out my pictures in my profile

Friendships are the spice that make live worth living. They give us hope and confidence to face whatever tomorrow may bring. But if we cling too tightly to those we care for, we underestimate the power of the bond. Time forges great friendships that will not wither in a season. There is something wonderful to be found in friendships that have stood the test of distance and age. Good friends have the amazing ability to go through long times apart and then pick up right were they left off. Trust your friendships to be enduring. Value the bonds that have been built over time. Keep inventing in those relationships: call, write, visit. Above all else, believe in the commitment of caring, and trust the integrity of love. It will prove hardier than tough times and mightier than miles.

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11:29PM

( Songs from the past )

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11:26AM - ask me [but you wont] why I respect you so much [you wont believe me].

I'm such a CHICKEN

and I wish I could still speak french.

"you laugh like a horse"

"you look like a horse"

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10:30PM

Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.


Nothing's impossible...
live the truth.

less than a month...
summer isnt over yet,
but its sure been great

:D

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10:42PM - sigh. well guys...I hope you don't run out of gummy bears

Oh hey...

This is me being extremely jealous that I'm not going to Mississippi tomorrow.

So please have a good time. Surprise yourself. Do good.

thanks

Love ya

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8:17AM

your life really isn't so bad unless you have it good.

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