Katie

i am having a horrible year.

i wonder if i'll ever feel human again.

it's not a bad thing for me. i'm not on livejournal because i don't really have any complaints. bikram yoga has absolutely changed my life. i have been humbled by the awesome power of something much greater than myself. i am on a path forward for the first time in a very long time. i am going to take what i learn in the next two years and use it to help and heal people. i am very, very happy.

how are you today?

we're in the house! now is the delightful time where we find out what all is REALLY wrong with it, heh. but it's fantastic to have some room to spread out! we haven't even spent time in every room yet! it just feels so big and spacious. and the man who designed the house was pretty effing smart about storage. there is a place for just about everything in this house, including shoe racks in every closet and a place to hide criminal friends on the lam up in the garage.

my quest to become healthy is working according to plan. i got on the scale today (fully dressed and while bloated from my period) and i discovered i've lost 24.6 pounds since christmas. fucking awesome. i still have a long way to go, but i saw a number on the scale today i haven't seen in years and it was an incredible feeling.

i ran my first 5k on saturday and finished with a chip time of 48:49 and a gun time of 52:27. it's abysmally slow, but i don't care because i finished the damn thing and i didn't even finish in last place. i was 2827 out of 3031 timed racers. for someone whose legs would go numb from stress after walking a quarter of a mile a few months ago, i'm incredibly proud. i'm running another one next month and jason is going to train with me as part of his "recover from surgery" plan. we went running together at the track last night and it was really, really cool. my goal is to be able to run the whole race next time. once i have a handle on actually completing the course while running, i'll start to focus on improving my time.

okay, i'm way too busy to be posting on livejournal, so imma gonna go.

i'm so happy to be getting out of this neighborhood. apparently there have been several home break-ins this week. my neighbor across the street got robbed WHILE SHE WAS HOME. the dudes came into her garage and stole a bunch of shit and messed her car up. the guy across from her on the other side got his plasma tv and a bunch of other stuff stolen in broad daylight. i'm getting pepper spray at wal-mart, and maybe a baseball bat. we have renter's insurance, but that ain't the point.

closing on the house friday (in theory). i'm excited and terrified. it's a big responsibility, but i think it will do really good things for both jason and myself. i'm finally going to have room to spread out! the thought of it is just tantalizing. the cats are not going to know what to do with so much space.

also, since switching to a (mainly) vegan diet around christmastime, i've lost 18 pounds. this is with a one-week vacation when my friend peggy came to town and i had to show off all the badass restaurants here and thusly ate like shit. i'm really fucking proud of this, because it has not felt like a diet at all. i think i'm headed in the right direction for sure. it's nice to see the numbers on the scale go down for once.

i drove a friend to the airport the other day. when she got out of the car, she neglected to lock the door. no biggie, happens all the time. but i didn't notice and some asshole crackhead did and got into my car and stole the radio. but s/he didn't just take the radio (it's easy to pop out), s/he cut a bunch of fucking wires and shit. thankfully, my insurance covers it, but it's a big giant pain in the ass. my neighbor's lawn mower (he's a landscaper) got jacked, too. i'm waiting for the police to come over now to fill out a report. blah.

i've been scarce on lj lately. i have a lot of shit i need to do (post gt feedback, including negative for b_g_l for the tawapa ondas she screwed me out of $55 for), but i've been busy with my businesses and the house buying process (which has hit quite a remarkable snag, there's some effed up ess going on with our bid but i probably shouldn't be posting about it publicly). and wouldn't you know, my grandmother died this morning. she was in her mid 90s and had been sick for quite some time so it wasn't unexpected, but it's still a difficult situation. i mostly just feel terrible for my dad. he's had such a shitty year. i'm sort of overwhelmed by all of it.

i cannot get an earskin through my septum to save my LIFE. any tips, friends with big noseholes?

jason and i have been pre-approved for a loan, which means the house hunting officially begins.... NOW.

jason and i are going to buy a house. we just sent in all our paperwork to our realtor's mortgage guy so that we can be pre-approved for a loan. i can't BELIEVE how cheap real estate is down here. we found a house that we love for 125k. it's 2000 square feet, 4 beds and 2 baths with a pool and a huge backyard and is only 12 minutes from where we live now, just on the other side of fair park. there's a new DART rail station (dallas' public transport) in walking distance. jason's mother grew up in the same neighborhood, maybe 7 houses away. there is something about this that just feels right, but i'm not letting that take me out of my uber-practicality. but honestly, when our other options are to either stay in this postage stamp of an apartment or to move into a bigger apartment for more money monthly than our mortgage would be... the decision kind of makes itself.

but still, this is a huge step; it's a commitment. commence freak-out.