Day 40

Wow, 40 days down already! AND only 35 days until I get to have my boy in my arms for 4 days :) EECK.

I'm sorry I've been so mia recently, it's been busy, but I have some new followers, (not that I had many to begin with since I recently just started this blog), so I figured I would give some facts about myself..

First off, I'm obviously a military girlfriend, Army National Guard to be specific. My special person is Jon, and we have been together since January of O-eight [almost 3 years!]. As a couple, and as best friends, we have been through SO much...so many bad times, so many hard times, yet so many good times...in the end we somehow always managed to work through our issues, major and minor, and stayed together through everything.
And now we are dealing with our first deployment. He's stateside currently until December, but he's far away from home..and is "technically deployed" aka in training, and so he can't have visitors. In December I will see him for four days, and then it's off to Iraqiland he goes.

In the meantime, I am keeping extremely busy (especially the past few weeks!).  I work, at a lousy pretzel place, but I control my work schedule and it pays the bills..so I can't complain.  I am a sophomore in college, Nursing is my major. I will graduate with my RN, and the more that Jon gets deployed, the more I'll go to school. School is my love/hate relationship. I hate it...yet deep down I love it.

Also the reason I've been so busy this week (besides all the work, classes, homework, tests, midterms), is that I'm MOVING this weekend. I'm quite excited..moving into an apartment/condo with two other chicks. I think it will be a great environment for me. Jon isn't too thrilled of the idea yet, but I'm sure he will come around with time.

Random things about me: I'm almost 20, I love scrapbooking, photography, reading, drawing, games, fashion, shopping, designing, and being creative.  I ESPECIALLY love reading, so any readers out there, feel free to suggest some good books...I haven't read a book in quite awhile, but here soon once I get settled into my new place, I should have more time..atleast some!  It seems I dont have much time for all my fun hobbies I enjoy.
I absolutely love my siblings, and mother. I'm extremely close to them. Growing up, a lot of my family members haven't acted much like "family"..but that's only made me stronger. I have four younger siblings, all half. and the youngest is my two year old sister. I'm her second mom pretty much and love spending time with her. I'm enjoying her being cute and fun before she gets to that annoying sibling stage :)

I'm not afraid of what others think or say about me, as that only makes me stronger too. I'm tatted up, a tom boy, girly girl, funny, smart, Christian, devoted, tall, and blonde girl all in one.

My package

So my last entry was a picture of me holding a package I had received from Jon :)

it was.....an IPHONE! Say whattt? yeah! I was so surprised and excited and happy. And so was he. I stayed up half the night downloading apps and music and everything else. Then I spent the next day in class playing on it lol.
Thank you Jon :)

Anyways, I haven't updated in awhile..I've been really busy. School has me slammed with class and homework..and I'm also back to work now (sigh). Plus, I'm moving soon into an apartment with two lovely ladies..I'm very excited...but busy with packing and going through stuff as well. It's just been crazyy.
This week my uncle was in town which was nice. Hanging out with him was fun.

Needless to say, I've just been busy...and no complaints because it's helping the days go by quicker. I'm ready to get out of the house I live in..I hate it here. So that's something I'm really looking forward to. I just wish I could get that job at the bank...it would be so much better of a job! Fingers crossed still.

Also, my great aunt passed away, so I've had that stuff going on as well. it's just been crazy.

Back to a happy note, Im gonna see if my mom will bring my brothers and lil sis up to where I live to go trick-or-treating. I have no plans for halloween because I don't want to go to crazy college parties, especially with Jon deployed. So I think it would be fun to take my siblings trick-or-treating...and possibly stealing some of their candy :)

Jon and I are doing good...some stuff is going on, but we'll get through it. And not toooooo much longer till I see him! I'm so lucky part of his deployment time is training state-side, which means I will get to see him after his training, but before he goes to Iraqiland. FOUR days of being with him in PERSON. We will be doing our christmas stuff then too...which reminds me..what in the world are you supposed to get your lover for Christmas & birthday when they are going to be deployed for the next year!? Help!

Wordless Wednesday

Will update y'all later. But for now, here's my "wordless wednesday for ya". Any guessers of whats inside?

3 months from 3 years

AND 50 days (well 49 now) till I see Jon on his four day pass :)

I love this man with all my heart, words cannot express. I'm so happy I have him in my life, and always will. I know this sounds corny, but it's true...and sometimes I have to just break down and be mushy. I LOVE JONATHAN. with everything I have.

OK, so anyways :)
A lot has been going on/changing in my life.  Today, I actually went and looked at a possible apartment...which I will now be moving into. I'm beyond excited.  Also, I talked to my old manager and she wants me to bring in my schedule and start back working there asap. School is the usual, but yes, a lot will be changing. I have so much to do within the next few months!
-organizing stuff, going through junk, packing, moving, school, midterms, early thanksgiving with dad, getting Christmas gifts ready, thanksgiving, Jon coming home, finals....and alll while working. oh my oh my! But atleast the time will go by super fast!!!! :)

I cannot wait to see him. eeeeck. I miss Jon so much...yet I'm doing really well. I still haven't cried since goodbye. I'm proud of myself. I'm sure it helps that I get to talk to him a lot still. And I know it will be harder later..but I'll soak it up while I can.

I still have to set up lots of dr. appointments and my wisdom teeth surgery, but luckily I'm still under my dad's insurance...

Anyways, here is one of my many favorite pics of Jon and I...this was back when he graduated from basic training...

Day 23

It's seemed like ages since I last posted, but it's only been two days! Agh. A lot has gone on.

Went to the dentist yesterday morning....to find out I have to get all four of my wisdom teeth cut out. AGH! Lol.

The other bad news...has to do with my shitty "family".
To give you some quick background, I lived with my mom and started college...then shortly after, my mom moved an hour and a half away, but I decided to stay in this town to continue school (since it was FREE!). So I called Shirley who used to be my step-grandma. She is my ex-step-grandma now. She owns a house literally just a few houses down from where my mom and I lived. She doesnt live in that house, but my uncle does and he pays her rent. So I asked if I could move in there. I did so. As soon as I found a job, I instantly started paying her rent. I was never late on giving it to her..but that first month I started paying rent, she instantly tried raising it $100. I'm like HELLO, I'm a 19 year old college student...I'm not a grown adult with a fulltime job! School is my full time priority with a job part-time. So she ended up keeping my rent the same. The whole reason I moved in with "family" is so that it would help save me money compared to having an apartment with a friend!
Also, I took off during the summer and stayed at Jon's and my dad's the entire summer (yet still paid her rent even though I wasnt there one day). I just got back to this house 2 weeks ago when Jon got deployed and school started back up..
So ANYWAYS--
Came home last night finally after a long weekend at my dad's and with my friends....Walked in and on my bedroom door was a note:

"To Katie--from owner. Rent is due NOW. But starting in November rent will increase to an extra $100 every month. this is a MUST, NOT joking, since you have been here electric gas AND water have all gone up..because of YOU. In fact I got a letter from electric company saying electric useage is the highest in the neighborhood. GIVE money to your uncle."

Not even signed by her. no please. no thank you. she couldnt even CALL me. she had to leave a note..and on my bedroom door at that. And to remind you, the utilities may go up a little because of me..but that is what my rent is for..and what family is for...and i have only been here the past TWO weeks! She hasn't even received the bills for that time period. so I'm irate about it.
And Theres no way in hell I'm paying that much to stay here when I hate living here...the only reason I suffered through living here with my uncle is because it was my cheapest way. Plus family is supposed to be understanding. But I'm done with her. I'm here the rest of this month, and then I'm gonna move out. I can't wait to be like "ha...theres your rent increase...NOT. back to not using your ex-step-grandaughter to make money". I'm so done with them.
Thats the other thing too...for the longest time it was just my uncle living here. two extra bedrooms. As soon as i move in though, she wants all the money she can get for "rent".....ok what if i didn't live here? We all know she's just using me to make money.

But anyways, I'm done talking about that because it makes me angry everytime I think about it..
on a good note, I got my first human pathophysiology exam back today..and got a 99 on it!!!!!!! EECK.

Working this week on getting my room together, going through the junk, and getting caught up on homework.

Thank goodness I'm still able to talk to Jon often, this week has not been fun..already.

Day 21

Twenty-One already! That means it's been THREE weeks. EEECK.  I don't know if it's been going fast, but I don't think it's been going slow...I think it's just going...lol. Which is good. This weekend has been pretty eventful for me...but soon I have to crack down on the homework and get caught up.


I got to Cambridge Thursday evening, went to dinner with a friend, Miranda. It was so nice to just be out and doing something (not by myself) and being with a friend. Then I went home (to my dad's house) and then went to this one gas station where all of Jon's friends hangout at. I brought my laptop and set it up so we could all skype with Jon that way Jon could see all of his friends! I was proud of myself for that idea, hehee.


Friday morning I got up early, and went out and about with my grandma and aunt. We were out half the day, went to a cheese factory, a winery (where we also ate lunch), then a few random places. As soon as I got back, I left and went straight to Jon's parent's house. I was with them the rest of the day! We went out of town and I just tagged along as they did random errands, then we went out to dinner. I'm glad I have such awesome, loving, and caring in-laws-to-be! We got back kinda late, then I went to sheetz where all of jon's friends were and Jon told me I should go "muddin" with his friends because I would have a fun time. So I went with them, but we were only out for like 15 mins. Then came home to sleeeeepppp!


Yesterday morning, my friend Dawn came down in the morning, and we spent the day together. She gave me a ton of jeans she can't fit into anymore, so hopefully I wont have to spend much money on clothes this winter! I went and got my phone replaced....got the new phone replace....then got that one replaced.. all in the afternoon yesterday! Yes, my new replaced phones kept screwing up! They think it was a virus I got through a picture message, and thats why it was screwing up the new phones. So finally after the 3rd NEW phone, it's working now LOL. Basically Dawn and I spent half our day in the verizon store. twas ridiculous. Then we met Brad & Sami. (Brad is Jon's like besttt friend, and Sami is his gf.  Up until Sami came along, it was always Jon, me, and Brad doing stuff together). So we all went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings (YUM) and then we went to the mall. It was a blast. We also all went muddin last night and had a blast. We were out for like an hour and a half...then our friend's tracker blew up LOL. It was eventful.


Now today I'm gonna go to Jon's parent's and hangout there and ride Jon's 4 wheeler for him. Then I'll head home-home and start catching up on school work.


I'm pretty bummed though. This was the first weekend I've gotten out and done stuff and kept busy with friends since Jon left...and I feel so horrible like the whole time doing it because it's like here I am out having fun, and Jon has to miss out on it....and then he hears about it from me and it depresses him in a way. It just seems like its a lose-lose situation. He wants me to go have fun, but then when I do, he just has to listen about it and gets down because he's missing out on all of it....And I enjoy being able to do stuff with friends, but then even while i'm having fun, I feel bad. ARGH deployments. Thats basically the entire point of this post...glad to update you on all my eventfulness but I'm just blah today...I just wanna go home and lay in bed.


oh and PS, my freakin wisdom teeth are coming in...I can actually feel the tooth on my left side thats already poking through..argh pain. Yay for my doc appts coming up. UGH.

Day 17

I had to go count the days again to see what day number it was :) LOL.

Things have been going the same as usual really, but here's all the updates I can think of..

Monday I decided to call the bank that I had a job interview at a week previously. I told the manager I was just checking in, and he was like "Yea! I sent all the information to HR and they should have called you by now..that's weird. But if they don't call you by the end of this week, Definitely call me and let me know!"........So in my opinion, I'd say I must of got the job if he sent my stuff to the home office (everything has to go through them)..and I mean come on, if you weren't planning on hiring the person, you wouldn't tell them to call you back later that week if they didn't hear anything. So I'm very excited, but still praying and keeping my fingers crossed that this actually works out for me!!!

Yesterday I had class...really the usual. Not too thrilled about having to go to school after the tragic, horrible incident that happened at my school the other day...but all the more reason to take some self-defense classes next quarter.
Today I didn't have classes, and Jon's mom and sister were up by where I live for a doctor's appointment, so his momma took me out to lunch :) She's my 2nd mother, I love bein with them. And mmm, it was scrumptious! There's leftovers in my fridge for tomorrow, hehe.
Tonight I have to finish studying..or well study some more, because I have my first Human Pathophysiology exam tomorrow morning. AGH! I think I'll do decent...hopefully I'll concentrate on studying so I do really well though lol. What sucks at my school is that theres NO PARKING like anywhere, there's way too many students and not enough parking spots. My first class isn't until 10:30 which I thought would be nice so I could sleep in (cos' I do only live 5 mins from school)..but NOOO, I have to get there before 9am to find a parking spot. The other day I got there at 9 and was in the over-flow parking lot in the farthest back corner away from my school. It is so ridiculous! However, that will be a good thing for me tomorrow because that will give me time to actually focus on studying.
So I guess it always works out someway :)

After tomorrow's classes is my weekend :) And a long one at that! woot woot! I'll come home, probably take a nap, pack all my clothes, eat, and head to my dad's. This weekend my friend is also coming home from college, and she'll be staying with me all weekend...finally some GIRL TIME! Eeeck. very excited for that, I'm getting sick of being alone! I will also go to Jon's parent's house one day and ride Jon's 4 wheeler and play with the animals and just visit with his parents. He wants me to ride his 4-wheeler because he says it needs to be rode pretty often...which is fine with me, no complaints here. (the advantage of him not being home is that he won't make fun of me or get frustrated with me if I stall the bike or something...bahaha. I'm new to that whole clutch thing...probably doesn't help that I'm blonde and a girl either, but I WILL accomplish it and get the hang of it LOL)

Tonight Jon and I had an awesome time on skype ;) Man do I miss him! Oh and another thing about tomorrow is that he should be getting a special letter from me. I know he will love it. hehe.

Well thats about all folks, hope everyone has a great weekend!