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Here are just a few photos from my Thanksgiving day. I ended up taking just a few, because I was too busy STUFFING MY FACE WITH PIE.

Rupert’s first Christmas tree!

Zachary, Sarah, and myself. (Cousins)

Kyle looking like a cute little muffin.

Me and my awesome fabulous MOM!

Just writing a quick post to let you all know I am PROMISING a picture post tomorrow evening. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! I’m planning to be conservative with my food inhalation, but we’ll see how that goes. I have a big problem with eating MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TASTY FATTENING FOOD when offered.

Again, killing time between classes. I got an A on my Anthropology exam this morning. It was refreshing really, considering I spent all of yesterday reading a book I had put off until the last moment. Kyle and I took a late night trip to Petco yesterday to stock up on goodies for the animal Christmas stockings. We ended the night with a game of Monopoly, a common occurrence as of late. I really need to take some photos. Perhaps that can happen this evening, we’ll see. I have been doing an obscene amount of shopping (for myself, mostly) and baking. My addictive personality traits have been popping up lately, which is an equal combination of exhausting and FUN.

It has been a few months now since I have relied on sleeping pills. I am far from well rested, but so grateful for the steady progress I have made. Perseverance is key in this game and I do believe I’m winning. Flannel sheets help, too Did I ever tell you that we sleep on flannel sheets with deer all over them? Yes. They have big deer all over them.

Hi, my name is Katelyn. I spend way too much money on clothes, handbags and hair products. But I also have a gun cabinet and sleep on deer patterned flannel sheets.

Rupert is currently away for the day getting neutered/microchipped. I feel bad for my little baby pants but at the same time, I am secretly excited to be able to clean my house and not have to worry about taking him outside 545943958430 times this afternoon. I plan on doing some shopping, tidying up, homework, and baking. I have been feeling ultra homemaker-ish lately, so I’ve got all these recipes I want to try out. Today I will be doing a chocolate cream pie. Yum. Hopefully it turns out totally disgusting so I am not tempted to stuff my face. I will let you know how that goes. As I am sure you all care.

Just a few more weeks of this semester, and then I have winter break. Which really isn’t so much of a break considering I am picking up quite a few more shifts at work. But alas, Katelyn is a poor poor college student. Money must be made!

Just a quick update today. GOODBYE!

Friday
-Work
-Dinner with another couple at Bravo
-Trip to Wal-Mart to buy aquarium supplies
-Game of Monopoly
-Bed

Saturday
-Coffee and newspaper
-Petco with Kyle to get fish for new aquarium
-Dinner at Boston Market (oh yes, I did wear sweatpants and rubber rain boots. In public.)
-Linens-N-Things because we are bored
-Craft store…we were still bored
-Game of monopoly
-Bed

Sunday (Today)
-Coffee and newspaper
-Off to a family birthday party
-Old high school to see a musical
-Grocery store with Kyle (I love the grocery store. Don’t know why…but I adore grocery shopping)
-Updating blog with useless bulleted information

This weekend turned out to be such a great one. I worked on Saturday but other than that, nothing particularly noteworthy. I just love eating ice cream, cleaning the house, going discount shopping, and sitting at home being goofy with Kyle. We went to Toys ‘R Us and bought some board games, came right home and started a very quiet, civilized game of monopoly. Kyle caught me off guard this morning with a surprising amount of affection which he carried into the evening. Not that he isn’t a loving fabulous hubby…he just doesn’t tend to show affection very often. So it always catches me a little off guard when he wakes up feeling extra lovey and cheerful. I love it.

I engaged in a little retail therapy today which was probably stupid and irresponsible, but hey…being bipolar is fun. I picked up two long sweaters from Macy’s (you know, the kind that are in style right now…long “boyfriend-style” that button down) and some new body wash and cream from Bath and Body. Oh yeah..and some leggings. And a new coffee pot. I have gone through three coffee pots in less than 6 months. Things that I touch just love to explode, or shatter, or die.

Off to watch House and try to kick my late night sugar cravings. The USUAL.

I am still processing the last 24 hours and words will surely fail me today. But I am so absolutely inspired, happy, and genuinely comforted by the massive wave of patriotism I witnessed yesterday. I kept tearing up as I drove around, passing tons of volunteers…voters…crowds of people. It was like being on a drug, one that lasted really long, with many peaks. I enjoyed my free Starbucks. I obsessed over the polls. Yesterday was exciting, jubilant, and memorable. I don’t really want to write a ton about it…and I just want to say that my sympathies go out to those who are in mourning today. I hope that we can truly unite, find even a speck of common ground, and work for good old fashioned justice.

Let’s keep it simple. How about we all just work hard to be good people. How about we make an effort to recognize our faults, realize when we are being too judgmental, and try to better our selves. It is a daunting task to fix the flaws of an entire nation without attempting to work on ourselves first.

Leaving shortly for the barn. Tomorrow will surely be a long and busy day. I already voted by abstenee ballot so that is one less worry. I have to work all afternoon, but you can bet I’ll be sneaking on the internet 4389859385943 times to obsess over the polls. Because I am stupid.

Will you be casting your vote tomorrow? I sure hope so!