Do you believe in love at first sight? Yeah, I bet you don't, you're too sensible for that.... Or, have you ever like seen somebody, and you know that, if only that person realllly knew you, they would, well of course dump the perfect model they were with and realize that YOU were the one that they wanted to grow old with.. -while you were sleeping

Update on Katelyn, the Insomniac!

As is half of my journals, I am sitting up at night wide awake when I should be dreaming. I am pretty much an undiagnosed insomniac I assume. But I'm sure there are plenty of people worse off than I am. At least I don't have to worry about being awakened by an earthquake, like the poor people in Haiti. But anyways, I just started nursing school last week and it looks like it is going to be very hard. I knew it was going to be hard to begin with, but this is like, next to impossible hard. I really want to be a nurse, which is the only reason why I'm not throwing everything down and walking in the other direction. I keep reading chapters of my textbook, all the while thinking, oh my gosh, how am I going to make this information stick into my head. My blackboard has all eight of my classes on it, not in any specific order. As all my classes are now named nurs(insertrandomnumberhere), it is impossible for me to even find the course I'm looking for without having to go through several others in the process. It's overwhelming. I believe that God will be the ONLY reason I can get through this without loosing my sanity! Other than school, though, I am really excited because my little nephew Colton will be here any day now. As I may have said before, I'm not one of those people who are known for being a 'baby person', but I love babies and I get so excited when I see the little baby clothes and smell the baby soap!!!!!!!!EEE I can't wait! ((I just got really scared because someone just knocked on my dorm door and it's 2:17 AM)) I just read the Mark of the Lion series and they were, hands down, the best books I have ever read in my life. Hadassah, the main character, is pretty much the most amazing christian example I have ever read of in a book. She makes me want to be a better person. Well, I would write more but now I'm terrified thanks to whoever knocked on my door. I'm out!

Sitting in bed thinking and talking to God... Kinda wondering why he never speaks to me audibly/directly. then i was thanking him for the amazing parents, sister, friends, and mentors i have and i thought... Well maybe this is why. perhaps he put all these wonderful people around me to guide me in the path he has given me. maybe that is even him speaking to my heart. you know i feel like i say say the wrong things a lot, i do the dumbest and most awkward things sometimes. Maybe I should be paying more attention to the people in my life than myself and stop living so selfishly! God is probably just trying to get me to remember that the world does not revolve around me.. Because, if I face it, too much of the things I do are for myself. I need to get past that and live my life for God and others, not myself!

The Details in the Health Bill That Aren't Advertised...

Everyone needs health care, I get that. I understand. Really, I do. My point is that there are things in place for people who can't afford health care. So, why don't we fix the programs they have so they actually help the people they are supposed to help, rather than just go and make another program that will just make health care horrible for everyone except the elites? Of course, the elites don't care BECAUSE THEY'RE THE CONGRESSMEN making the bill! All of these people are rich, they don't care about you obviously!
So, do you want to know what they don't want you to know about the new health bill?

First of all, here is the bill itself:http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf

"The health care bill (HR 3200) is 1,017 pages, 12 pounds and six inches deep, with 190,000 words of great complexity and legalese."

I will add to these as I read HR 3200.

Sec. 246. No Federal payment for undocumented aliens.

Sec. 401. Tax on individuals without acceptable health care coverage.

Sec. 441. Surcharge on high income individuals.

- It will open the door to state funded abortions.

- The bill says it will not pay for undocumented illegal aliens... (So does this mean that they will pay for documented illegal aliens... so this means that Obama DID in fact lie!)

"If you are not confused about the Health Care legislation before Congress, you must not be paying attention. There is a bill of over 1000 pages. No member of Congress has read all of it. Many have read none of it.

Now Congresspeople are going home to explain to their Districts what is in the bill. But they don't know. Or if they do know, some would rather not say.

So they must face people who know things about the bill and are angry about it. Mostly all they can say is "I haven't read it" but "trust me." Or they may deny that what is actually written in the bill is there. The public is losing patience with that approach.

What Americans need to know is what the situation is in regard to health care in the U.S., now and in the future. They want the truth, not propaganda, not lies, and not being lectured by people who don't know."

Learn a lot about the healthcare plan here:

http://daylightsmark.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-care-those-who-are-not-liberal.html

Very few people, when you see them up close, fall neatly into categories. The selfish can show compassion, poets can be heartless, warriors can be gentle, the wise can make stupid mistakes, charmers can be sincere, heroes can save the world only to succumb to emotional stage fright at home. When you see peple only through the eyes of others, your impressions get flattened into caricatures...

Today, Today, it's ALL or nothing.

In the past couple of weeks, something really bad happened... Our family friend, Mr. Bobby Glaser, got in an accident while on duty when a drunk driver with a suspended license ran into him. It killed his K9 partner, Philos, and put Mr. Bobby in the hospital for a while. He is okay, but I want to encourage everyone to pray for him to feel well again soon, for the peace of his family, and the safety for all the policemen as they serve and protect. Also, I hope people (including the drunk driver) can learn from this incident. It is so sad when people make choices that hurt and/or kill good people!

My brother is married! He and Natalie tied the knot this past Tuesday in a small ceremony with the Justice of the Peace with only immediate family present. Although small, it was completely endearing and it made me tear up! I am getting more and more emotional as I get older! HA
After they got married, we went out to eat at Ruth Chris, and then Luke stalled as we went and decorated their honeymoon suite with roses, candles, and a wedding cake! All in all, it was simple but veryy sweet!

School is still school, so nothing much to say on that except it is !HARD(er)! this semester...

I was delighted to learn the other day that my guh T-Sweezie will be visiting Baton Rouge on Memorial Day. Hollaaa!

Been feeling weird/confused about a lot of stuff lately. I really can't even describe it. It's not bad, (like I'm not having questions about my religion, straightness, haircolor, race, life,etc.) In fact, it's really not important enough to even type this. I should probably delete this whole paragraph. .. . But I'm not. HA

One thing I do know about right now, is that I am living WAY too much in the future. All I can think about right now is how I can not wait until this semester is over. I think I need to find the joy in now. Even Pastor Terry's sermon was about using the time you have now for good. So, I think I should do that. I will still live for tomorrow, but I have forgotten about today! Above all, I will live for God, that's what is important! It's hard to comprehend that one day I won't be in this world anymore, and the only things I will have left are what I have given to God and let him transform into treasures of his kingdom.

30th Post Finally Rolling In...

Well I haven't written in quite awhile... obviously because of what I warned would happen, I'm busy with school. This semester is quite the buttkicker, and though I know I would be able to continue my four point oh, I just don't really care anymore. I am thoroughly fed up with my prerequisite courses and am very eager to get into things that pertain directly to my profession. Another reason why I haven't written very much is because right now, honestly, my life is completely and utterly boring. Seriously. Like I have said, I never get to see my friends that go to LSU because they have had different breaks and of course we can't eat on campus together or anything. And I never see people from SELU because they are all living in Hammond, and I commute. Also, because I live in BR, I can't really be involved with any on campus stuff, which really stinks. Andd I am and probably always will be single, so yeah, that adds up to a boring life. Me and Rachel have discussed this summer about doing some outreach stuff. We didn't know really where to begin or how to even organize anything like that, so we never progressed beyond the discussion stage. Well, this Sunday in church I heard Jen and Kirby are organizing an outreach where we will be able to go to an orphanage and go see the children. I am really excited about that because I feel like so much of my life is lived selfishly and I want to be able to help people out. That is one reason I really want to be a nurse because my profession will be helping people who are at the low points in their life. And even if my patients are difficult, hard to please, rude, or even hateful, there will still be a reward for my job that goes beyond money or personal glory. I don't really come across as the most caring or compassionate person, but that doesn't mean I don't care and I don't have compassion. Same with children. I don't come across as being someone who loves kids and all, but I really do love kids. They make my heart happy, if you know what I mean. I believe they are one of God's greatest treasures and miracles. I just hate how fast they grow up and become assimilated with the world. Speaking of children, I am going to be an Aunt! My brother is going to have a son, Colton David Cowart! I am so excited that we are going to have a little one around here soon. I really love babies and I know I won't be having any, or if I do it will be at least five years from now :( So, it's exciting to be able to experience a little miracle from the Lord. Well, that's my update for now, I am already exhausted and I have a medical microbiology test and my med microlab midterm (both huge tests, very important and hard) which I have not even begun to study thanks to the massive amount of homework I had to take care of this weekend and fall break. If you read this please pray that I do well and that I am able to actually absorb the information I study! Have much more to write about so hopefully Thursday or so I can write about everything else, once I am done with those tests.