Spring Rocks My World

Ah, back again! I know you all can't get over how cool I am and how frequently I update this! Anyway, I had an amazing day yesterday (appropriate for the first day of spring--or at least pseudo spring) so I had to gush about it. First of all, the weather was amazing. Second, I decided pretty early that I just wasn't going to do any of my work (yay for sunshine). Third, I started a new phase of my workout program w/ interval training up and down the stairs by Ingram and it rocked (my calves are killing me today!). Fourth, I decided that if I live here next year (as opposed to in England--have I told ya'll 'bout that yet?) I'm going to live in Cole on the 3rd floor. Fifth, Uma and I went to State Street and Chipotle (which was a mistake--I ate way too much yesterday!) and had a rockin' good time being out and about after the brutal winter inside. Sixth (I know, I know--you can't believe more good stuff happened...me neither!) I went to Geneva Church's Vespers service (which rocked) and to dinner there afterwards (which also rocked--homemade food, really cool people, and got invited to dinner on Wed. at some guys house which I'm going to go to). Seventh, I got back to the dorm half intending to do my psych hmwk that I had blown off all day and ran into Dustin and his friend Eric in the den, which sparked a three hour country jam session (complete w/ singing outloud, talking about country music festivals, making everyone else in the den moan and eventually leave, and getting admonished by Callie for our loud music--which wasn't really the music at all but rather us singing really loud to Devil Went Down to Georgia) which was just the perfect ending of a perfectly enjoyable day.

In other important news: I've started using IM again recently after a long absence--so say hi to me! I'm going to Creede, CO this summer to work on a guest ranch there (yay for spending the summer in the beautiful mountains with the equally beautiful cowboys and getting tons of writing done on my book!). I might be going to Coventry, England for the fall semester and studying at the University of Warwick there (highly ranked business school). I'm kickin' ass and takin' names in my classes at the moment (w/ the exception of psych, which I trust will work itself out). Finally, I've just gotten my classes under control enough that I'm looking for a guy. I don't know if it's spring or what but just when I'd resigned myself to be that girl who never meets new guys b/c she's always studying for her huge coarse load, I met tons of new guys, several of whom I liked...most notably one guy, but who knows how that'll work out. I'm not going to be the pursuer I think, so it's up to him if he wants to make a move (I don't know him hardly at all--just met him). But he was probably the coolest guy i've met all semester, which is amazing...he was so cool...man, I've been thinking about him all day. Anyway, more on that (or not if nothing happens) later. I'm going to run off to the NAT now and pump some iron (I'm not kidding--I'm going to set foot inside the testosterone room today for the first real time this year...w/o taking Matt as my safety net! Yay for girls w/ courage! Oh, did I mention that going to church yesterday was by myself? Oh yeah, that took guts. And I'm thinking about joining Navigator's, although that obviously would be with people I already know, but it'd be cool nonethless.)

Hope ya'll have a great day, and I've listed some recently discovered quotes for your reading pleasure,
Katie

God always answers in the deeps, never in the shallows of our soul.
--Anonymous

And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
When you came walkin’ up to me with him
So I told you that I was happy for you
And given the chance I’d lie again
--Just to see you smile, Tim McGraw

“You are what you love, not what loves you.” –Adaptation

“For or all sad words, or tongue or pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been.” – John Greenleaf Whittier

“What do you do when the only person that can make you smile, is the one who makes you cry.” – Anonymous

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
--B. C. Forbes

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else
--Erma Bombeck

The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.
--Jacques Benigne Bossuet

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.
--Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
--Sir James M. Barrie

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear
--George Eliot

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. --Sam Keen

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
--Martha Graham