Dear Future Husband,

If you make me.... correction: WHEN you make me mad, there is a simple solution that will (mostly) fix everything and get you out of the dog house.

Just buy me this. It equals instant happiness.

Forever yours,

Kelsie

Karma is a b*tch

I dressed up as the swine flu for Halloween.

The next day, I became ill. And was down and out with a badass flu for an entire week.

Do I think I got sick because I tempted the swine with my costume?

Absolutely.

If I had know my Halloween costume would come true then I would have dressed up as Vanna White. (can you say dream job!)

Grandpa love

It is time for a blog update. but I really have nothing to say. So to follow Tricia's lead, I am going to post an email from a grandparent.

I received this email from my grandpa last night.

Subject line: katz

"kels... i tried to promote a visitation to sat's game, but nana said to wait for hoops. i assume you were roaming the sidelines yest. nice win for ksu and if anyone had any lingering doubts about bill snyder's coaching prowess, they should be taken to the woodshed. happy halloween! pa"

taken to the woodshed?! that sounds totally creepy!

But I love my grandpa, so its fine.

Apathetic State of Mind

Is it terrible that I kind of don't want to graduate with a job lined up?

I know it is probably a little irresponsible but so far my life has been one planned thing lined up after another... and its making me crazy!

I love the thought of graduating with no plan. Taking the summer to enjoy my new found freedom and eventually finding a job. Having that deadline of: must find job by end of school year is really cramping my style...

I literally have no desire to start do anything in terms of finding a job. I've been ignoring my resume. Ignoring job fairs. And not even attempting to find jobs to apply for.

And it feels great.

Perhaps this feeling of apathy will pass as the year goes on.... then again, perhaps not.

We shall see!!

Simple pleasures

Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling completely defeated for no reason?

That was me this morning.

I had had a wonderful fall break and was in no way ready to return to my life. I woke up this morning feeling grouchy, blue and just generally unpleasant. I couldn't seem to think of a single positive thing about the day.

My head was swarming with thoughts of, "why is fall break over?", "why do i have to start the week off with my least favorite class?", "why is my alarm already going off?", "why is it cold outside?", "why is thanksgiving so far away" "why do i have nothing for breakfast...", etc.

Clearly, I was having a negative attitude. And as I embarked on my journey to class, I remember thinking, "okay, i can tell today is going to be a dismal day and there is nothing I can do it about it, so i'm just going to have to accept it and hope that it ends quickly".

However, as I'm cutting through the MCC campus, I see my friend Jess walking and she beckons me over. This little surprise meeting makes me smile, for now I have a friend to entertain me on my walk to class. Plus, she has a huge chocolate muffin that she couldn't possibly eat alone, so I help her dispose of it. and its delicious. And I arrive at (my most hated class) feeling marginally better.

From there, things only get better. My teacher announces that instead of having our test this Thursday, it has been moved to Tuesday. GREAT NEWS!! I was in no mood to study for that test this week and now I don't have too. What a surprise turn of events!!

I then head to the union for my usual break. I discover that I have forgotten my wallet and am very hungry... but Tricia is a pal and buys me a chicken sandwich. which always equals happiness :)

And then I go to the restroom and over the restroom speakers I hear they are playing the song, "The winner takes it all". Which is one of my favorite Abba/Mamma Mia songs. And because no on else is in the bathroom, I get to sing-a-long!

For the rest of the day I have a great attitude and feel 100x better than I did when I woke up.

I was amazed at how quickly and unexpectedly my day took a turn for the better. I couldn't help but think of how unexpected God is and how we shouldn't become discouraged, for we never know what he has in store for us, right around the corner.

Moral of the story: Ya never know when something great is going to happen. And never underestimate the simple pleasures in life. Sharing your chocolate muffin with a friend can go a long ways!

I Love Lucy

Just got back from the class with the chipotle give-a-way. Tonight she chose the winner by saying a random number. And if our seat had that number, then we won! She said number 73.... I was seat number 70. SO CLOSE!! Why didn't I sit 3 seats over?!

She said she has a bunch of gift certificates to chipotle as well, so she'll start handing them out.

If... no, WHEN, I get one. I promise to take you.

Tonight in class I learned that men have a fear of rejection.

Guys, is this true? If so, that poses a problem considering that females expect you to make the first move.

Take my advice on this one: Don't ever let the fear of rejection stop you.

OR if a sports analogy is more up your alley, then this could be applied as well: you will always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

On another note, here is a little nugget of information you may not know about me. Since I was a small child, I have LOVED the tv show "I Love Lucy". On Saturday nights they used to have 3 hours of Lucy. It was 2 episodes of I Love Lucy, one (hour long) episode of the Lucy/Desi Comedy hour, and 2 episodes of the Lucy Show. It was heaven for me. I remember in particular one birthday of mine fell on a Saturday. and i was soooo excited because it meant I got to spend my birthday watching Lucy. Which for me, was the perfect way to spend a day. So, even though many of you may not enjoy the show. Here is a little clip from one of her more famous episodes.

Enjoy :) (I know I did/still do!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q

As of late...

Sam was right. The blog post that had 'disappeared' was actually in my drafts. But I'm not going to post it now because all the info is old news and irrelevant.

But brownie points to sam for figuring that out!

Hmmm what is going on in my life right now:

I need to go to the dentist. I think a filling fell out and my tooth hurts because of it. I need to get it refilled otherwise, as my mom said: "your tooth will fall out"....

On the Saturday of Fall Break, a friend of the Dawson Family is throwing a party called 'Fall Festival' in Topeka. And my dad's band is performing. It should be quite the spectacle. The man throwing the party has a long curly mullet... and there is going to be inflatable things there.

My dad told me I am invited to come and should feel free to bring friends with me.

Who's in?

Pet peeve: I think it is very rude when people start packing up early in class before the teacher is done talking. It drives me crazy. I hope none of you faithful blog readers out there do this!

Well. That's all I have to report for now. Sorry this was all over the place.

I will leave you with these closing remarks:

Here is the only video I have of my dad performing. It was taken at my parent's 25th wedding anniversary. The picture is super dark and the sound quality is terrible. Plus the guy filming it was sitting next to my Grandpa (who was singing-a-long) so all you can really hear is my grandpa singing the whole time. You can't actually see or hear my dad's band.

I figured it was better than nothing though?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neZWu0tZY6k