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May 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42:35 -0400

Got to spend the weekend in Newport with someone I have missed A LOT!!!

My mom just texted me to let me know she made brownies and that I can have some when I get...

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:53:43 -0400

My mom just texted me to let me know she made brownies and that I can have some when I get home…as if I wouldn’t smell them and eat them on my own.

Wednesday.

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:44:36 -0400

Saturday I leave for Chelan for two nights with Shawn, Seena, and Kacia. Going to celebrate Cinco De Drinko! It’s also going to be 80 all weekend and my body is REJOICING at the thought of possibly getting tan. Bring on the sunshine!!!

kateoplis: Happy Spring

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:48:49 -0400

kateoplis:

Happy Spring

I’m old.

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:17:28 -0400

I’m old.

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:25:12 -0400

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:03:51 -0400

Trippy.

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:52:09 -0400

Portland Friday. Chelan for Cinco De Mayo, Leavenworth for Memorial Day, Portland in July. Planned.

“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:19:46 -0500

“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.” —Marc Hack

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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:19:22 -0500

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Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:22:10 -0500

Leavenworth, Wa

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:32:00 -0500

Last Saturday Shawn and I went up to Leavenworth! There was a living social adventure for a day trip up to Leavenworth to experience the Christmas tree lighting! Shawn and I woke up very early and had coffee together and exchanged gifts, even though the Leavenworth adventure WAS technically my gift, he still surprised me with a beautiful scarf and earrings! I gave him his present and off we went to Bellevue where we would catch our bus up to Leavenworth! Living Social had assigned us to the “Winter Wheels” bus which was awesome! We watched elf and played trivia on the way up and they provided us with snack packs and vitamin water. Once we got there we were free to roam the town until the tree lighting at 4:30. We walked around and first things first, had some latte’s and truffles from my new favorite coffee shop ever! Normally we hit up Starbucks when we go there but we will never be doing that again after how great our coffee was from this little hidden espresso and chocolate shop! After our dessert we headed to Icicle Brewing Co. for some beer! I had a raspberry wheat to start and then we also got a sampling tray! It was awesome! Everyone was crowded in there and we shared a table with a couple other groups and it was so much fun! After our beer we obviously had to pee…so on our way to the bathrooms we saw Amy Roloff signing copies of her new cook book! We got our photo with her and proceeded on to the sausage garden! We scored a great spot right under a heater with a few other folks and we both got Kielbasa dogs to start followed by a pretzel for me, a bratwurst for Shawn and a pitcher of beer to split. We were dunzo (or so I thought) after that and decided to walk around before the lighting. We visited some shops and bought a bunch of huge, leavenworth made, peanut butter cups from the chocolate factory! 4:30 rolled around and the lighting was beautiful! We loaded up the bus at 5:30 and headed home! We got to watch a Christmas Story on the way home, too! Overall, great day! Wish I could do that every weekend! Best Christmas gift I have ever received, so much more meaningful than a tangible gift.

T.G.I.F

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:20:12 -0500

It’s Friday! Yay! That means: I get to sleep in tomorrow. Hallelujah! I am very excited for this week because I will be celebrating my Birthday (yes, all week long…)! Sunday I am having a little gathering of friends at Shawn’s, Monday we are celebrating Christmas by going to Barking Frog for dinner with Teresa and Spencer, Tuesday I get my hair done, Wednesday I work but then we are having a little family gathering for my birthday, Thursday is my ACTUAL birthday so Shawn is taking me out to lunch and we are going to spend the day together, maybe get some last minute Christmas shopping done if we have any left! Friday I have the day off which means i will get to sleep in, Saturday Gwen and I are going to lunch/shopping to celebrate our birthday together like we do every year and Sunday, after church, Gwen and I are getting our make-up done (like we do every year) and going to Ruth’s Chris happy hour with Shawn and Kyle. It’s going to be an excellent week! So excited for Christmas!

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:51:28 -0500

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:49:16 -0500

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15 Guaranteed Things That Will Happen In your 20's- Thought Catalog

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:02:58 -0500

1. Your social circle will narrow. In college, you’ll have lots of acquaintances and party friends but that will dissipate over time. Eventually, you’ll find yourself unable to spark up new friendships simply because you don’t have the time or desire. Now you’ll only make a new friend and let them into your life if you’re absolutely obsessed with them.

2. You’ll seriously consider going to grad school. You’ll call your mom up in a panic one day and explain that you’ve always enjoyed something like psychology and, well, maybe it’s time to start entertaining the idea of, um, being a therapist. Mom? Stop sighing!

3. You will hate your job at some point, even if it’s better than 99% of your other friends’ jobs. You will be overworked and underpaid presumably until you’re 40. Then, you’ll suddenly be overpaid and not do much of anything. Right? That’s how it works?

4. Someone will betray your trust — a friend or a lover — and it will change the way you view people forever.

5. You will do things that hurt you just because you’re not ready to feel good yet.

6. You will sleep with people who you genuinely like, have a great time with, but never want to date. Ever.

7. After learning your age, someone will say to you, “Wow, you’re so young!” and occasionally you’ll believe them.

8. You’ll miss certain days before they even end.

9. You’ll spend an entire day hungover in bed and nothing will make you feel more like a fucking idiot. Not even taxes or putting the fitted sheet on your bed.

10. You’ll read a book that will change your life. People say that all the time, especially your grandma and your mom and your professors in college, and it always made you roll your eyes but now you get it. Life is changed. You are this book’s bitch. You fell in love with it in the same way you fell in love with someone in high school: blindly and all-consuming. I’m talking about the book that became the lens from which you chose to see the world. You were just waiting for something to come along and explain to you how the world works, to make it all easier for you. and it came. You will remember this book more vividly than some of the people you dated for three months in college.

11. You’ll meet people who are vultures, who were literally sent to this world just to annoy you, to work half as hard and somehow become more successful. They’re networking leeches. Don’t take their business card! Save yourself!

12. Some days you will wake up and be astounded by how ugly you are. People are always saying things like, “OMG, I look like shit right now!” but they don’t. You’re the one who looks like shit (truly!) so shut up everyone else!

13. That being said, there’ll be some days when you look in the mirror and think to yourself, “Okay, I’d fuck me.” That’s good. It’s healthy to want to fuck yourself.

14. The Internet will hurt your feelings. You will find out information you wish you never knew and maybe you’ll go so far as to even cry! Imagine that: a machine you spent over a grand on is making you weep. Screw the Internet.

15. You will understand that the biggest battle you fight in your twenties is the one you’re in with yourself. The most important thing you can learn in this decade is how to love yourself. Without that knowledge, your life will always be a little bit terrible. You will always be dating someone who’s a little bit rotten and you’ll always be working a job that sucks. It affects everything so be sure to make yourself a priority. Work on liking yourself before working on getting someone else to like you.

25 things I've Learned In My 20's by Thought Catalog

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:00:31 -0500

You can’t date a jerk and expect to turn them into a good person. Jerks are fully committed to being unpleasant. Those brief moments of tenderness they give you are designed to trip you up and give you false hope. It’s best to stay away altogether.
The rumors are true: your metabolism does slow down as you get older! That means if you’re still eating whatever you want, there’s a good chance you’ll start to gain an awkward amount of weight. It won’t be too drastic but your clothes will start to hang differently on your body and you’ll feel an overall feeling of unattractiveness. Start to be conscious of what you eat and strive to live a healthier lifestyle if you want to get your teen body back. (Let’s be real though, that might not ever come back.)
You’re going to lose touch with a lot of your friends. With some people, it will be expected but with others it will feel like a punch to the stomach. No friendship is truly safe in your twenties. You’re undergoing so many personal and professional changes that there’s bound to be some casualties along the way. Don’t worry though. You’ll end up with the ones that matter. If someone’s no longer in your life, it’s for a reason.
You’ll be jealous of everyone who’s more successful than you. That’s okay. Just transfer that jealousy into something productive, like working really hard so you can one day eclipse them and make them feel jealous of YOU.
You’ll question every decision you make and never feel completely certain that you made the right choice. It’s pointless to wonder though. You’re here now so you might as well make it be the right decision.
You’re going to give your heart to a few people who don’t deserve it. Then, one day you’ll come to your senses and ask them to give it back.
You’ll see your parents get older. You’ll come home during Christmas break and see new lines developing on their faces. One day it’ll just hit you that your parents are old and going to die. There’s nothing you can do about it, besides treat them with kindness and visit as much as your budget permits.
You’ll have a boss who makes you feel like you’re nothing. It doesn’t have to be in a Devil Wears Prada way. The cruelty can be much more subtle. Don’t let them get to you though. They have no idea who the hell you really are and you’re probably going to have their job someday so…
Doing drugs is fun until it’s not, until it starts affecting your life in negative ways and leaves you feeling guilty and wrecked. If that happens, you should stop doing them.
You’re going to puke in public. It’s fine. No one cares. Just puke.
You’ll know how to make twenty dollars last an entire week because you spent almost all of your paycheck on groceries at Whole Foods and drunk cab rides. This lesson in frugality will serve you well.
You’re going to betray your convictions. You’re going to feel shame. You’re going to continue to put yourself in situations that aren’t good for you. And then, slowly but surely, it will become less frequent. It might not ever go away completely but it won’t be as bad. In the meantime, stop shame spiraling about it. It gets you nowhere.
Loving yourself is hard. Hating yourself is harder.
You’re going to hook up with someone who you would never touch in the daylight sober. Just don’t freak out too much about it. Consider it to be your good deed for the day.
You’re going to have people in your life who are toxic. They may say that they love you, they may say that they have your back, but they don’t. Get rid of them.
You’ll have moments with someone that are so intense, it’ll feel like you’ve been electrocuted back to life. You’ll hold on to these moments for a long time. They’ll give you hope when you’re going through the motions.
You’ll always care about your first love. That doesn’t make you crazy, it just makes you human. When relationships end, it’s not so cut and dry. You carry everyone you’ve ever loved into every relationship thereafter.
You’ll enter your twenties as a fashion disaster and (hopefully) leave them looking fantastic. If you don’t know how to put yourself together by then, I really don’t know what to tell you.
You’ll realize that the Internet can be a cruel son of a bitch but, you know, www.whatever.com.
So much of what you think matters doesn’t actually matter at all. It’s kind of rude. Like, thanks for making me believe in things that are ultimately so inconsequential, you jerk.
You’ll treat someone terribly. Whether it to be a lover or your friend, there’ll be someone whose feelings you take for granted. We focus too much on whether or not someone is hurting us. The reality is that we might actually be the one who’s hurting someone.
Doing “grown-up things” doesn’t make you a grown up. Shopping for housewares, buying a plant, embracing domesticity — these things don’t create maturity. If you’re still a baby who hasn’t figured things out, you’ll remain a baby, no matter how many times you pay your rent on time.
Don’t force yourself into loving anyone. If it’s not working in the beginning, it’s probably not going to work ever.
You are so lucky to have everything that you have. Stop crying about an unreturned text message and get some perspective.
Don’t go too long without having sex. Ever.

I feel like poo.

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:39:46 -0500

Fever, sweating, freezing, coughing, aching, runny nose, headache, dizzy. Why, Saturday? Why?!

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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:11:16 -0400

"You took the time to memorize me, my feels, my hopes, and dreams. I just like hanging out with you..."

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:41:00 -0400

“You took the time to memorize me, my feels, my hopes, and dreams. I just like hanging out with you all the time, All those times that you didn’t leave it’s been occuring to me i’d like to hang out with you for my whole life…”

- TSWIFT