well it has been quite a few months since i have updated as fudge most recently pointed out. I thought i might make a quick blog to let anyone who actually still checks my blog (i hope they haven't been holding their breath) know what i've been up to lately.

first off, for anyone that didn't know, i went to work as a travel nurse in Los Angeles, CA last august. During my 4.5 month contract i dated a couple actors and models. The one which I was most interested in is now on the show "Entourage" on HBO. His name is Adam. I broke up with him because we have much different lifestyles and plus I had to come home eventually and he wasn't going to be able to support me. Then I met Mike. He was a complete sweetheart to me. He is an architect and lived above Joey Lawrence (whoa!) in a penthouse suite in ONE of the condominium complexes he had designed and built. Although he offered me a free place to stay in one of his extra bedrooms (and when i turned it down he offered me a condo all for myself just across the atrium from his). I hated working as nurse out there. Travel nursing is not all its cracked up to be in those L.A. hospitals. So when i argued i would not work as a nurse any longer than my contract lasted he offered to let me be his personal secretary and walk his dog or either get me a job working for his dad who is also a bigtime architect. soooo i'm a complete weirdo and because i wasn't feeling the butterflies for him, i stopped seeing him and came home at the end of my contract. sometimes i wonder if i made the right choice because he really was so sweet to me and really showed me how much he cared.... it was something i had not experienced from other guys i had dated.

so anyways, i also met jay leno and was on the show, and i met johnny knoxville at santa monica pier and had my picture made with him. one night while hanging out with adam for a fashion show at Privilege we saw hugh heffner (sp?) and his girlfriends! it was pretty cool but he looked half dead and just sat there all night while the girls danced with each other. seemed like a pretty boring lifestyle to me.

well so my parents came out at the end of my contract and we all drove cross-country home. it was so fun! we got to see so many things and got to spend A LOT of time together. i had wanted to do that so badly since watching "Elizabethtown." we bonded a lot. we all tried some california wine together (something i never thought my parents would not object to!) and then dad gave me 20 bucks to gamble with in Vegas. lol... again... something i never imagined doing with my parents. momma didn't gamble much, she just walked around the casinos the entire time while daddy and i went to work on the slot machines. at one point dad won 20 bucks and then i lost all but 4 cents... i have the cash-out voucher that i keep in my wallet for goodluck. i don't know why i consider it goodluck since i lost $19.96. oh well. when we got done (it only took about 30 minutes to do that much damage so we figured we better get outta there pretty quick and none of us were interested in shows) we were getting back in the car and mom said "so paul newman was sitting at one of those card tables in there." lol instantly daddy and i were fussing with her why she didn't come and get us so we could see him too. she said didn't think it was a big deal.

well so to make a long story even longer, those almost 5 months were a lot of fun and very interesting. i learned a lot about life and myself... and things i thought i knew about myself, i am having to try to figure out all over again. life... it's so crazy.

now i'm back working at cullman regional in the CCU. it's nice being back with all the folks i know and love however i hang out with very few of my friends now. they are mostly all married and starting families and i find that i just don't relate to them like when we were younger. so i hang out with such an eclective group of people. my mom is my best friend which i like a lot. i know i can always trust her and when i have something to get off my chest, she really listens to me. that's really nice because here lately i've got so many feelings i have got to figure out and she always wants to help me and helps to influence me to make the right decisions when i probably wouldn't otherwise.

okay well ontop of work, i only had a two year RN degree so i decided last fall to take all online classes from JSU towards my BSN-RN. i'm on the president's list and all that fun stuff and will graduate this summer. although i only work 3 nights a week i am so sick of the crazy lifestyle that comes with nursing and especially working nights. i also don't like working in hospitals. nurses hardly ever get raises no matter how experienced or how accomplished they are. hospitals are always looking to cut back and typically the first people that see that, are the nurses. sure, they hire in at a great pay when they first start out, but it doesn't ever really change significantly after that. call me selfish, but i want a job that gives me incentive. sure seeing my patients get better and knowing i have played a huge role in saving many lives is a great feeling, but it doesn't pay for all the toys and the lifestyle i intend to have. it really isn't even what i love anyways. i love business and being in charge and persuading people to love the same things i am passionate about. so i just took my GMAT on 4/25 and have applied for my masters in science management at uah. i am wanting to have a concentration in marketing but i may choose project management. it will be a great opportunity for me to finally start the career i have always wanted.... and get out of hospitals forever!
so i'll be doing school full time at uah in the fall which is exciting since i will be moving up there with my two brothers and a lot of my very good and single friends.
well so i don't really know what other new stuff there is to say. i just wanted to update....
hope everyone has a wonderful summer!!! i may not write again for a few more months cause i fully expect to spend all my free time in the pool!
God bless all those who actually read all of this! ;-)

what does a nurse do when she needs someone to take care of her? seriously this is so unfair. i am sick with the nasties.... and no one to take care of me.... where is my someone to hold my hand and wipe my face with a cold wet rag while i'm hangin my head in a bucket? seriously.... i guess it's a good thing though cause i sure don't look pretty. if someone were here i'd have to worry about fixin myself up a little.

i just hate bein sick alone. i was sick a lot growin up. i caught EVERYTHING that came around. my brothers never got sick. it made me so mad. i'd drink out of the milk jug and lick the rims of their glasses when they weren't lookin just to try to make them sick so that i wouldn't be alone with my bug. it rarely ever worked though. then i'd hafta watch from my window as they played outside without a sniffle or sneeze. and i coudln't sleep in my own bed at night cause i had puked on my sheets and all the extra sheets and momma didn't want me to mess up the mattress so i had to sleep in the living room floor a lot in a sleeping bag atop garbage bags surrounded by buckets just in case i was able to wake up in time to hit one with my projectile puke.
when i got promoted to my own room it was because when sleeping on the top bunk, i suddenly got sick (had no signs of being sick before i went to bed), woke up felt a bad rumble in my belly, then throat then out it spewed over the side of the top bunk and wouldn't you know it landed right smack in my older brother's baseball glove. good catch! i was crying cause it had scared me and it woke him up, he smelled it cause his glove was laying in the floor beside his head and then he puked in the glove too.... it was a big glove. i think we burned it after that though. brad was not very happy with me for a while. but like i said, i got my own room after that little incident. :-D what are little sisters for?

usually the only person that ever caught what i had was Momma and she wouldn't catch it until i was about over it. then she was miserable and we all had to help her through it.

well i don't know what else to write.... i mainly just wanted to update this thing cause i haven't been doing to well at keeping my pleonast up. sorry this one is so colorful for all of you with weak bellies. maybe now i'm not sick all by myself! hahaha

my mom sent me this email just a few minutes ago... i found it very interesting and wanted to share. hope everyone's doing well! ~love, katie


Do you know the Preamble for your state? Very interesting....


Alabama 1901 , Preamble . We the people of the State of Alabama , invoking
the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the
following Constitution.
Alaska 1956, Preamble. We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to
those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land....
Arizona 1911, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful
to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
Arkansas 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas , grateful
to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
California 1879, Preamble. We, the People of the State of California ,
grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...
Colorado 1876, Preamble. We, the people of Colorado , with profound
reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with
gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.....
Delaware 1897, Preamble. Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature,
the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of
their consciences...
Florida 1885, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida , grateful to
Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...
Georgia 1777, Preamble . We, the people of Georgia , relying upon protection
and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
Hawaii 1959, Preamble. We, the people of Hawaii , Grateful for Divine
Guidance . Establish this Constitution...
Idaho 1889, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Idaho , grateful to
Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings...
Illinois 1870, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful
to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so
long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our
endeavors....
Indiana 1851, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Indiana , grateful
to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of
government....
Iowa 1857, Preamble. We, the People of the State of Iowa , grateful to the
Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on
Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution...
Kansas 1859, Preamble. We, the people of Kansas , grateful to Almighty God
for our civil and religious privileges, establish this Constitution...
Kentucky 1891, Preamble. We, the people of the Commonwealth, are grateful to
Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...
Louisiana 1921, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Louisiana ,
grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we
enjoy....
Maine 1820, Preamble. We, the People of Maine, acknowledging with grateful
hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an
opportunity .... And imploring His aid and direction.....
Maryland 1776, Preamble. We, the people of the state of Maryland , grateful
to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble. We...the people of Massachusetts ,
acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the
Universe .. In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring
His direction ..
Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan , grateful
to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, establish this Constitution.....
Minnesota 1857, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Minnesota ,
grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its
blessings:
Mississippi 1890, Preamble. We, the people of Mississippi in convention
assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work....
Missouri 1845, Preamble. We, the people of Missouri , with profound
reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness ..
Establish this Constitution.
Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana , grateful to Almighty God
for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution.
Nebraska 1875, Preamble. We, the people, grat eful to Almighty God for our
freedom Establish this Constitution.
Nevada 1864, Preamble. We the people of the State of Nevada , grateful to
Almighty God for our freedom establish this Constitution...
New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V. Every individual has a natural
and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own
conscience.
New Jersey 1844, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New Jersey,
grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long
permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors....
New Mexico 1911, Preamble. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to
Almighty God for the blessings of liberty...
New York 1846, Preamble. We, the people of the State of New York , grateful
to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.....
North Carolina 1868, Preamble. We the people of the State of North Carolina,
grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil,
political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for
the continuance of those....
North Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of North Dakota , grateful to
Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain.....
Ohio 1852, Preamble. We the people of the state of Ohio , grateful to
Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common ..
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble. Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to
secure and pe rpetuate the blessings of liberty.. establish this ...
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2. All men shall be
secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God accordin g to the dictates of
their consciences..
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble. We, the people of Pennsylvania , grateful to
Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly
invoking His guidance...
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island
grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long
permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing....
South Carolina, 1778, Preamble. We, the people of the State of South Carolina
grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this
Constitution....
South Dakota 1889, Preamble. We, the people of South Dakota , grateful to
Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties....
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Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible
right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas 1845, Preamble. We the People of the Republic of Texas ,
acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God....
Utah 1896, Preamble. Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we
establish this Constitution.
Vermont 1777, Preamble. Whereas all government ought to enable the
individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the
Author of Existence has bestowed on man.....

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI. Religion, or the Duty which we owe our
Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is themutual duty of all to
practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other....
Washington 1889, Preamble. We the People of the State of Washington ,
grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this
Constitution...
West Virginia 1872, Preamble. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the
blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West
Virginia , reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ..
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble. We, the people of Wisconsin , grateful to Almighty
God for our freedom, domestic tranquility ....
Wyoming 1890, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Wyoming , grateful to
God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this
Constitution.

After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one
is faced with the prospect that maybe, the ACLU and the out -of-control
federal courts are wrong! If you found this to be "Food for thought.." copy and
send to as many as you think will be enlightened as I hope you were .

i've probably repeated the story about 12 gazillion times today and frankly i'm gettin a little tired of it... soooooo here's a link to the pictures... they are a bit poor quality but oh well i did the best i could do. they would not allow us to take pictures with our own cameras inside the studios at either jay leno or jimmy kimmel (i was in the audience on kimmel on the 5th) :-) but anywho here are the pictures and hopefully the captions on them will tell the story well enough. :-D

http://jsu.facebook.com/photos.php?id=156806453&l=65b56

hope everyone's doin well! so far my only celebrity sighting includes hugh heffner and his girlfriends and a private tour of lindsey lohan's new movie set "georgia.." something... i forgot the exact name of the movie :-D i took a couple pictures of the movie but i could not get any pictures of heffner thanks to his body guards :-( oh well! maybe next time!