I Am Me

Saturday, June 26

Here's my sister on a tricycle.... on a 40 foot wall!!!! 

Kim 2:49 PM |

Here are some self-portraits of my Jenny...:-) 

Kim 2:48 PM |

While I'm posting bunches of pictures, here's one of my sister's art gallery pieces. 

Kim 2:47 PM |

Here's 2 yahoo's being silly, goofing off. 

Kim 2:43 PM |

Here's a bigger shot of the puppy. 

Kim 2:42 PM |

Here's a shot of Gen & her dog. excuse me, puppy... 

Kim 2:42 PM |

Here's the 3 of us, Sheryl, Dawn, and me, outside the airport waiting for our ride. 

Kim 2:40 PM |

Here's Sheryl's older sister on the bus seat she broke... 

Kim 2:38 PM |

Those are the mountains, near where the tour bus broke down... typical Randall vacation, right? 

Kim 2:38 PM |

Here's the Randall parental units in front of the Ranch. 

Kim 2:37 PM |

Here's the noose at the Ponderosa Ranch. 

Kim 2:36 PM |

Another nice lake shot.. that's a rock, not a dolphin... 

Kim 2:35 PM |

Here's a beautiful shot of the Lake 

Kim 2:34 PM |

Here's some cattle. 

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Here's a bunch of pictures at the Ponderosa Ranch and at Lake Tahoe. 

Kim 2:33 PM |

Here's all of us at the airport on our way home.... 

Kim 2:27 PM |

Wednesday, June 9

I'm making spiced kidney bean curry from scratch today! I guess that means I'm one ambitious cook. Anyhoo, YAY FOR HAVING THE ENTIRE DAY OFF!!!!!

Too bad I've got so much shit to do for errands....
I don't like using my blog as a to-do list of mundane things, but every once in awhile. . . so bear with me. Heh, or bare with me, hehehe OR beer with me :-)

Oooook. What to do, what to do....
I need to go yell at my eye doctor because she thought both my eyes are the same prescrip, and they are so NOT. I'm friggin going blind trying to drive home last night, and I'm getting headaches from straining my eyes so much. Oh and bonus prize to me, I've lost my eyeglasses since I got them bent back into place on friday. So I need to either massively clean my room and find them, or just get a new pair like I was planning on at the end of the summer. Oh and when I finally get my presciption straightened out, I need to order new contacts.
I need to get a new swim suit today, and a new pair of navy heels, preferably really low heels, cause my feet have been dog tired from work. I need them because my dad is getting married on sunday and I get to swim at the hotel. oh yeah, did I mention MY DAD IS GETTING MARRIED SUNDAY, JUNE 13!
I need to go to village hall and pick up two recycle bins because my new family is moving in on July 1st-ish.
I need to do the dishes, wash some laundry, go to the bank, ummm, oh yeah...
I need to pay off a bill, call into my high school with update info for the alumni, and the info for the national deans list. yeah, I randomly made the national dean's list this term. go me :-)
I need to cancel a doctor's appt out in tinley park because I found a comparable doctor right here in bolingbrook.
I need to finish reading Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining by Judge Judy and I need to get back to finishing up making my siblings' graduation gifts.

Bah. Some day off. I sure can get really busy really fast... Argh!

Kim 7:50 AM |

Aren't you just so excited to see me update so soon from my last entry? I know it's all you could think about for the past 3 days...

So yeah. Lots of news.

While I do have the day off tomorrow, my day is already filling up. I have to go swimsuit shopping, the bane of my very existence. However, I do get to go shoe shopping, too. Yay!

I know I don't post thoughts as much as random quotes lately. For that, I apologize. From now on, this shall be a no-holds-barred-but-names-shall-be-changed-to-protect-the-innocent - or not-so-innocent - ranting journal. Just, be aware of that.

Well, in case you wanted to know more about me that you don't already know, here's a few recent "fun" facts...

1) I've not touched a drop of alcohol since I got home from college, except for cooking wines, which I don't count.
2) I'm leaving for Reno in 1 week. I get to hang out in Nevada for a whole week! :-)
3) My older sister gradumatated from college, and my brother gradumatated from high school, within 1 week of each other this month.
4) I finally feel good about myself, in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. I don't feel fabulous all the time, but my perception of my body and myself has improved dramatically.
5) I love numbering things. Cause I enjoy numbers. Cause I like math. Cause I'm absolutely crazy. But somebody's gotta do it, right?
6) When I get hungry, I turn into a completely different person with no impulse control, no will power, no nothing. I attack the nearest source of sustenance and eat until I'm sick. Or, at least I used to eat until I was sick. Now, since I'm no longer "allowed," I just get really cranky.
7) I think surgery is a cop-out compared to working out & eating right, which is why I'm really so proud of myself, and petty about a certain person's recent huge weight loss.
8) I really hate job-hunting. I don't like networking, I don't really ever want to enter the real world. I just want to be a kid, where life has no worries except where & when I'm getting my next sugar fix from.

Well, I'm really tired. So, I'll go to bed now, while I remember not to pass out at the pc desk, and drool all over my keyboard. . .

Kim 12:08 AM |

Sunday, June 6

Oh I just found out two things. One, my friend is coming in tonight, not tomorrow, I misunderstood, as usual. And, two, my work pants don't fit since I washed them. Yay for being in a weird stage of pantwear.

Kim 5:47 AM |

Ohhhhh, goodness, I don't know why I'm starting this when I have to leave for work in half an hour. We all know I lack the skill of good timing. Ah well.

But anyways.

So, lots of huge changes are a-comin'. My siblings have graduated from their respective schools, my dad will no longer be single in 7 days, and I'm trying to hold down my job at Meijer.
I'm also going to Reno, Nevada for a week, 10 days from now.

I love my life, but sometimes, I worry. I know that you are gonna tell me I worry too much, and I just need to trust that things are gonna work out. I hope they do. And yet, I think I'll still worry, maybe just for shits and giggles. I worry that my dad's marriage might not succeed. I worry that I'll lose my job over so many numerous changes in my schedule. I worry that my friends and I won't see enough of each other this summer.

I'm mainly worried at the moment about one of my oldest bestest friends. She is very dear to me, and helped me as best she could through a lot of shit in school, in my family life. I still remember the two of us in biology class, I think it was bio. We had to be able to name all the physical parts, inside and outside a frog's body to pass this test. And she blew up a balloon, and drew the frog's head on it so we could memorize the parts of the brain. Now, although neither of us aced that test, we still passed. We struggled together. We are survivors and have a lot of war stories. I miss her very much. I'm excited that she's coming to vist me Monday night, though! I'm willing to drop everything for her. We've known each other since 5th grade. We'd do anything for each other. She was there for me through lots of trauma, especially in my family life.

Hang in there, girl. We're Spacetakers. If we can defeat the SPITH, we can do anything. ;-)

Kim 5:14 AM |