Life

This week has been one of the hardest/worst weeks I have had in a while. I wake up each day praying it will turn around and be a good day but so far it hasn't yet. Hopefully tomorrow it will! Here's what I have dealt with so far this week:

Monday: It was Monday, that says it all. You know how most Monday's go, you don't want to start the week, something always seems to go wrong, it's a long day that seems to never end, and it just is a Monday. One of my friends said that Monday is Friday's evil twin. She was right about that!!

Tuesday: I had a great morning and I thought my week was going to get better until a tooth started bothering me in the afternoon. My first thought was why now and why me?? In the past month I have already had 2 root canals, 4 fillings, and a wisdom tooth pulled. Isn't that enough dental work for 1 month?!? Apparently not. (See Wednesday)

Wednesday: Went to the dentist to see about my tooth and ended up having a third root canal done this month. :( It should be my last! Yay!

Good things that have happened this week include: Father's Day movie with the family, my parents 35th Wedding anniversary, my car's air getting fixed (that's a must in Texas) and more!

I said all that to say this: I was really feeling down this week and wondering why I had to be the one to have the worst (to me) week ever until I found out a good friend of my was in ICU and not doing well. Even after I found that out, I was still upset about my week until this afternoon. As I was resting from my dental work, I realized that while this was the worst week for me it was MUCH better than the week my friend was having. I wasn't in ICU with slurred speech and signs of a stroke. I hadn't been in my house for 2 days alone and needed help. I was having a great week compared to my friend and many other people. I realized that I was truly not having a bad week, I was having a good week with just a few bumps in the road. I realized that you never know when something will happen that can change your life forever. I have to take these bumps in the road and just keep on trucking. I will be ok, I can survive the bumps.

Please pray for my friend David. It looks like he suffered a stroke this past weekend. He is now in ICU. I talked to him today and he seemed to be positive but he's not over this yet. He needs our prayers for recovery. Thank you friends!

May Update

It has been a while since I have done a real blog post so I'm just going to start with a update of what's been going on.

On May 13th I finished up with the Spring semester of college. Yay! I was so excited to get out of that class with my crazy teacher. To celebrate being out of school, on Friday I took the Amtrak train to Dallas to spend the weekend with my Mom's college friend. We always have a blast together! This time we got pedicures, did some shopping (always have to do that!), made a cake for her Mom's Birthday, & ended my visit with breakfast together & more shopping! :)

While I was gone on vacation, Mom & Dad had to put my cat of 17 years to sleep. Tiger was blind & hadn't been doing well so they took him to the vet & found out he had a tumor that was half his body weight. Not good. I miss he LOTS but I'm glad we caught it before he started suffering. That all happened on Friday. That previous Monday, my Grandma's dog that we took in when she passed away also had to be put to sleep. :( So now we are down to two dogs & two cats.

I got back from Dallas on Monday, May 17. That night around 10 Dad got a call from Hospice in OKC that my Grandfather wasn't doing well at all. They thought it would be best for my Dad to come ASAP. We decided we would all go & drive up to OKC during the night. We packed, went by Mom's school so she could leave notes & then went to Dad's school. While we were there we got a call just after midnight (Tues morn) that my Grandfather had passed away. I was SO upset that we didn't make it in time for me to say bye. I am thankful that he didn't have to suffer long & is now in a MUCH better place! Click here for his Obituary. Here is a picture of him when he was younger.

Papa~ I love you with all of my heart & I miss you lots! I'm so happy you are in a better place now & I don't have to worry or be upset anymore that you aren't getting the care you should be. Now, you are pain free & healthy! I can't wait until the day that I join you.

Love, Katrina :)

New Blog Design!

Oh my gosh!! I LOVE my brand new blog design!!! It is so fun, I love the colors & the design! I really just love it all! I have to give MANY thanks to Heidi from Only The Curious. She is the one that came up with this awesome design & did it all in about 2 hours (if that!). It all started when I was sick in bed from the three hours of dental work I had done & she offered to make me a design. I had NO idea she would come up with something this cute!! I was so surprised & excited when I saw the finished design. Her blog design is awesome as well but I just never imagined she would do something like this for me. She is the best! If you haven't been to her blog be sure & go visit. While your there, sign up for her very first giveaway!



Heidi~
Thank you again for all of your hard work!! I'm happy to say that I'm in love with my blog again! THANK YOU!! :)