Day 78 - Kennedy Space Center

Today my mom and Liam and I took a day trip to go to Kennedy Space Center. That was exciting, actually. I dont think I have been there since elementary school. There was a rocket garden, with all of these ginormous rockets that were blasted into space, and we got to meet some astronauts and go on a flight simulation ride. Overall it was a very good day.

I watched Knowing tonight and it was amazing. Kind of. Okay not really. Some bits were really good but the ending was the dumbest thing ever.

Day 77 - Town Center, Emma

Today was pretty uneventful. Urban Outfitters was having a stock up sale so of course I went and spent too much money. Oh well. At least my collection of manly V-necks has grown. My mom and Liam and I had lunch at Maggiano's, then just a few hours later I went to Okinawa with Emma. I haven't been there in years, and it was a nice treat. We went to Publix, messed up all of the displays for Mikey to fix, then we went to the Town Center to participate in National Cheesecake Day. Of course. While there we went to Barnes and Noble and I got a couple books, including the I Ching, which I have been wanting to read for a long time. I am excited.

I didn't do anything else tonight aside from clean. It never ends.

Day 76 - Painting, Target, Night at the Roxbury

Today I helped paint Mrs. Risdon's classroom with a bunch of teachers and kids. that was fun, although it was more of a work out than it should have been. My hair is completely white from where I kept hitting my head on wet paint so now I look like I have the most intense dandruff ever.

I kept cleaning all this afternoon, and got rid of another chunk of stuff from in my room. I got rid of everything that was in the shadow boxes on my dresser and night stand and went to Target to get photos developed to replace them with. Wile there I got a frame to hang one of my prints above my bed. I was looking ROUGH while I was there. Sweaty, needing a shower, hair and legs covered in paint. So, of course, who do I see? Mike Woods. The first thing I said was a disclaimer about not having intense dandruff, and he grabbed my head and was like "let MEEEEE see!" Then we discussed how he can only wear a pair of socks once then throws them away. Then of course the conversation turned to Jenn and it was far less awkward. But STILL. Embarrassing.

Then tonight after I was showered got the majority of paint out of my hair, my friend Kevin came over and we watched Night at the Roxbury, since he has never seen it. Watching a movie with him tonight made me think of last summer and watching movies with Wyatt all the time. Not talking to him anymore still hurts. He went from being one of my best friends and talking 24/7 to never speaking again. I have seen him a few times but we still havent spoken. It still hurts.

Day 75 - Loop x2, Emma, IanBrannon, Milby

I babysat Liam all day again today. Awesome.... We met up with Ian and Brannon at the Loop for lunch. I haven't seen them in a long time, especially Brannon. Ever since she left for school in England she has rarely been home. That was nice to catch up with them and spend time together like we used to.

Liam and I hung out this afternoon, and we did a lot of cleaning. After everything I did today my room looks so different. I took down all of the Happening stuff I had on my walls, and everything on the back of my door. My room still looks like it belongs to a gender confused 10 year old, but I am working on that.

This evening my mom, Liam and I went over to Christy Milby's house for dinner. I have barely seen her since she and Brian moved from Churchwell years and years ago. Now she has teo adorable children. Skylar is 5 I suppose, and Hayden is about 3. Hayden is one of the most adorable children I have ever encountered. Along with Mary, I am going to steal them. He helped me make waffles, and I tried to teach him how to juggle. We had a delicious dinner of homemade waffles, bacon, and fruit. That is my third night in a row having breakfast for dinner. I am alright with this.

Tonight I went with Emma to the Loop and just sat with her while she ate. Then we came back to my house and sat around. Well, she sat around and I kept cleaning. My room is crazy different....

Colton's Words of Wisdom of the day: "Well Kate, you see sometimes you just have to push through that sleepiness so that you can hang out and have an awesome time."

Day 74 - Emma, Liam, Corbett, Bayside, Mikey

Today was a busy day, although it didn't feel like it. I woke this morning and worked on cleaning my room for a while, then Emma came and took Liam and I to lunch at Al's. Although when we were walking into Al's, Liam said, "I wonder if Mommy is here yet?" Then I had to tell him that Mommy wasn't meeting us up there, which I never said in the first place, and he lost it. Of course. 9 years old and cried like crazy because Mommy wasnt going to come have lunch with us. It was embarrassing. But Emma made it better because she said she would go across the street to Smoothie King and make him a free smoothie after lunch. That worked.

After lunch I came home, took a shower, and waited for my mom to come back from work. When she got back I drove out to the beach to see the acoustic Bayside show outside at Aqua East. I have never really listened to Bayside, but Corbett was pestering me to go, so I did. It was beautiful weather, and just a bit rainy. There were a lot of people there, and it was a good show. I saw Kevin and a bunch of other people. I was glad I went, even though I wasn't thrilled originally.

I went from Aqua East to Fugi Sushi, and pretty much just sat there for almost two hours with my mom, Liam, Mrs. Haramis and a bunch of other people I really didn't know, all the while starving to death. Then finally it was time for my dinner. I went and picked up Mikey and we went to Dennys. Seriously, I have had Dennys 2 days in a row. I am going to drop dead. Never eating there again. We sat across from the largest woman I have ever seen, and not only did she look like a while, but she was making whale sound effects. It was hilarious.

And now I am home and in bed. Tomorrow I am babysitting Liam again, going to the pool and lunch with Ian. Hoorah.

Day 73 - Trickery, Rob, Kevin

I woke up this morning to trickery. My phone rang, waking me up, and I saw it was my dad. "Come over we are making chocolate fondue!" Alright, how am I supposed to pass that one up? I scurried on over there, and then as I am pulling in I see it: Kathleen's car in the driveway. So I was tricked into spending the morning with her. Great.

Rob and I went to the Loop for lunch. Then he got a ca rwash. That's pretty much all we do anymore. It's getting pretty pathetic. We need to actually do something soon.

Tonight I finally saw Harry Potter. Kevin took me to see that, and it was really good. I am sick of everyone saying it was really bad because it didn't follow the book. But really, if he movies were going to follow the books, the movies would be 10 hours long. I really liked it. Afterwards, we went to Dennys and I had delicious french toast. Then we drove out to the beach to walk on the beach for a while. I have never really hung out with Kevin, but it was a lot of fun, and really nice. He is a sweet guy and really easy to talk to. As we were walking, we kept seeing huge black blobs running across the sand, but we couldn't tell what they were. A bit later, we passed a couple walking in the opposite direction, chasing one of the blobs and taking pictures. They were armadillos. WHY were there armadillos at the beach? and in the water? It was crazy. We walked from the plaza, down under neath the pier and well past the pier. I think we walked for about two hours. Then when we were walking back, we lost the car. Of course neither of us payed attention to which street we parked on, so we walked for what felt like another hour before we found his car again. Tonight was a very good adventure.

Day 72 - Ponte Vedra, Corbett, Emma's Birthday

This morning was glorious. Since Granny is feeling better, she treated me, my mom, Marsha, Roise, and Petal to a spa day at Ponte Vedra. Everyone else got manicures and pedicure, but I got a facial since I hate getting my nails done. The spa was gorgeous. I haven't been there since they built the new one. We had a yummy champagne lunch, then everyone went to get their nails done, and I went off for my facial. It was amazing. I haven't gotten a facial in years, and it was amazing. Afterwards I had to wait an hour for everyone else to be done, so I just lounged about the spa, drinking tea and playing Tradewinds.

I came home and met Corbett for dinner at Chickfila. We witnessed the most pathetic date ever while we were there. Two Chickfila employees, sitting in the back corner booth on the same side, all snuggled up together. Seriously? That would be the worst. Grim.

Afterwards we came back to my house and YouTubed and whatnot. Then we called Emma, since it's her birthday, and we hung out with her for a while. We all went to the Casbah where I saw more people I havent seen in years, including AJ Andruszkiewicz. After all these years, I still remember how to spell his last name, and for that I am proud. The whole time we were at the Casbah, Corbett and I were texting back and forth, laughing at every one who was there. Seriously, it was like a Virginia Dell reunion. Emma and I were there, then we saw Justina and Kenny. It was weird.

Day 71 - St. Augustine

This morning I woke up far too early after going to the Pearl, and my mom and Liam and I went to St. Augustine. We went to Ripley's first, but I went there last summer. Corbett said it best: "Yeah that's a place you can only handle once a decade." I agree. I hate it there, especially since once you walk in, and you go to read the very first placard, there are so many typos. It frustrates me. Thank god Liam can be a little wuss sometimes, since we only made it half way through Ripley's when he got spooked and we had to just walk through the rest of it. Score.

From there we went to the Lightner museum. At first I thought it would be a fun place to bring Ashley when she comes down to visit, but I don't thank I am going to take her there, since that involves me having to go back. It was terribly boring. From there we had lunch at the Columbia, and got some delicious Kilwins sorbet. We tried to get over to the lighthouse before it closed, but by the time we got there the weather was too bad and they had shut it down. So no lighthouse today.

I got home and took another terrible nap, then Jenn and I went to get dinner. Of course our first choice was Kickbacks, but it was 10:00 on a Friday night and it was ridiculous. When we walked in we saw Rob and Clay, but didn't talk to them and tried to find a table. No such luck. So we ended up at Sonic, listening to the Grease Soundtrack, and me wearing my Mitchell Davis glasses. Seriously, I cannot take them off. Especially in public. I look so stupid, but that's the best part. Jenn leaves tomorrow for Colorado. Bestfriendless until the first. Ugh.

Day 70 - Babysit, Pearl

Today was a lazy, but very good day. I woke up around noon and just meandered about the house. I rented Breakfast Club a while back and I just got around to watching it this morning. Then I worked on the pile of terrible movies I bought last week. So pretty much all day I cleaned, babysat Liam, and watched Breakfast Club, Perfect Score, and My Boss’s Daughter.

And, being a Thursday, Jenn and I went to the Pearl. We met up with Josh who bought us Joose, but the AP was out of Red, so he got me orange. Honestly, the orange tasted like the smell of our laundry room the time Liam played outside in the rain with shoes and socks on, then the socks mildewed at the bottom of the laundry hamper without anyone noticing. I was gagging trying to drink it. I have never noticed before, but apparently Joose is an energy drink, so technically I shouldn’t be drinking it because of my heart. And Josh knows this so each time he gets it for me he gives me a little talk about being careful. “Ok thanks Dad.”

Jenn and I have hilarious arguments that emphasize how reckless we are. “I thought you were going to open it for me!” “We are at a red light do it yourself!!”

When we got to the Pearl we just drove around for a bit, and we found a building on fire, and that was exciting. Although immediately afterwards both of us wanted barbeque… Went inside the Pearl, and the first person I saw was Jason Wagner. Awesome. We just stopped talking a few months ago and that was kind of awkward. Right away we went out back and Josh came up to us holding a PBR. Except Josh is 19, with big black X’s on his hands. We were in the middle of telling him to put it down, when he got kicked out. Bye, Josh. There were so many random people at the Pearl tonight. I saw Andrew Harper, who I haven’t seen in a long time. And Kevin. “Oh my god Kate! I haven’t seen you in like 6 years! Are you single?!” Oh my. Haha.

Otherwise it was a very fun, but uneventful night.

Day 69 - Beach, Naps, Kickbacks, Steamworks

This morning I woke up quite early, compared to my horrendous sleep schedule lately. Evan picked me up and we headed to the beach. Yet again, it was a very relaxing morning. It felt super empty though. It was a morning of just floating around and talking about music. Although I was hit by a surprise wave and the sunglasses that wear daily were stolen off my face by the ocean. I was very sad. At one point later on we were just laying on the sand and talking. There was a lull in conversation and I looked over and his GameBoy had appeared out of no where, and he was playing Pokemon. That, right there, is why we are friends.

We had lunch at Ponte Vedra, then I headed home and took the longest nap. It was one of those crap naps that when you wake up you are burning up and sweaty and gross. Anyways, I woke up and started to watch Breakfast Club, but I ended up going to Kickbacks with Jenn. Then to Starbucks/Steamworks with Amber. For some reason, tonight was one of those nights where everything hilarious that could be said was said. Yet it could never be understood by anyone else as to why it was so funny.

Walking past Al’s: Me – “I hate walking past the windows at Al’s when there are people sitting here.”
Jenn – “I like it.”
Amber – “I think it’s so-so.”

Then I think the flannel shirt I was wearing tonight impaired my speech. I was talking like a redneck accidentally, then my completely sober speech was slurring so badly I sounded black, even using words such as “fiddy” instead of “fifty.”

Day 68 - Avenues, Town Center, Fancy Party

This morning Jenn and I went to the Avenues because Jenn needed new make up. that was uneventful for the most part. We did get pretzel dogs though, and that is always a highlight. (jennbundy: Me and @kgoreee eat pretzel dogs so often we have a dough-wrapping preference).

Tonight my dad and I went to Town Center and had dinner at Ted's. Then I went with Jenn to Courtney's friend Lauren's house. There was the most adorable gay couple there. Like, I wanted them for myself. They were so cute. I think every guy that was at her house that night was adorably gay. Matthew was feeling fancy so he was wearing his favorite 9 brooches all at once. He is adorable.

I had to be home tonight at one so I have been home, and video chatting with Luck, which is becoming part of my routine. I have to get to sleep early, since I have to be up early-ish in the morning to go to the beach with Evan. Hoorah.

Day 67 - Naps, Town Center, Kickbacks, HDD Frustration

This morning Jenn and I woke up and ate some Reeses for breakfast (!!!). Then she went home, and we made plans to go to the town center this afternoon. But you see the thing is, I was up until 5. And I fell back asleep. Until like, 5. So today was completely wasted. I ended up meeting Jenn at the town center once she left the doctor, and we walked around for a bit. I bought a new hard drive, since my old one is piece of crap. Jenn had plans to hang out with Mike, so I made plans to go to Rob's when I saw him at the Apple store.

I went home, grabbed my computer and old hard drive and went over to Rob and Clay's where we tried to salvage my hard drive. It ended up being the most frustrating thing ever. In the midst of all of it, we went to Kickbacks to get some dinner. I have realized that Twitter is far too present in my life, and that was just confirmed tonight. These thtree tweets were posted at the same tonight, without anyone mentioning that they were tweeting it:

kgoreee: Kickbacks with @omgitsrob and @clayhackett
omgitsrob: At kickbacks with @clayhackett and @kgoreee
clayhackett: At Kickbacks with @kgoreee, @omgitsrob, and @ashitloadofpeopleidontknow.

We all realized what happened, and it was awkward.

The Rob-and-Kate-isms were out in full force tonight. Hitting each other, dtealing each ther's silverwere, cracking my liscense in 2, and mixing his gross dinner into my pasta. I have always wondered what we look like to other people, and as we were leaving Jenn's friend Britney was sitting right across and had seen me. Great. That was funny.

I left Rob and Clay's shortly after getting back from Kickbacks. Clay was stumpted as to what was going on with my hard drives, so i just gave up. Currently it is 5 AM and I have just finished repairing my iTunes library, with some help from Luck. I am exhausted. this is two nights in a row I have been up until 5 AM.

Day 66 - Dr. Addo, MovieStop, Casbah, Steamworks

Today Dr. Addo ad his family drove up from West Palm to have lunch with us at Ponte Vedra, which is a tad crazy. I met Dr. Addo's wife and daughters today for the first time. My mom has had his youngest daughter as her Facebook profile picture for the longest time, and I have always thought that was kind of weird. Seeing as she is an African child and whatnot. But then I met these girls and I want to keep them for my own. And if you know me and my feelings towards children, you will know that that is really saying alot. My mom and I actually tried to kidnap Mari, but it didn't work.

This afternoon I pretty much just napped in Ponte Vedra. I wasn't feeling well most of the day. On our way home we took Marsha to the airport. We were on 295 heading towards the airport, and there was construction going on on the opposite side. then out of no where a shovel flew from the other side o the high way and hit the car. It came close to going through a window. It went under neath the car and somehow didn't cause any visible damage, and the car is running just fine. It was terrifying.

Tonight Jenn and I went to MovieStop, and somehow I have never been there before. I bought 8 movies for $22. It was awesome. Also, I decided to wear my Wayferer Readers out in public, and I looked quite ridiculous.

Afterwards we went to the Casbah and sat around there for a while. We got the delicious mango hookah, but nether of us wanted to smoke it. So it pretty much went untouched. We decided to go to Steamworks for a bit, but first we stopped by Adam's new house. Jenn and I hadn't been drinking at all, but the second Adam said, "Isaac is sleeping, so be really quiet," we both felt drunk. We got really giggly and clumsy walking through Adams's house. We ended up waking Isaac up anyways. Adam went to the AP for us and got me a Joose and then we headed to Steamworks. Amber and Haley and some other random people that I have no clue who they are but they follow me on witter were there. Well, more like one person. But I have no clue how she knows me, but there she is, creepin my tweets. Oh well. Steamworks was fun and we ended the night there, sitting outside for the most part.

Came home, had a drunk video chat with Luck, and fell asleep while videochatting. Awesome.

Day 65 - Drive Home

This morning I woke up automatically at 8:00. No way Jose. I went back to sleep and woke up a bit before noon. Before even getting out of bed I watched Night at the Roxbury. You really cant go wrong by starting your day off with some Haddaway. I finished packing up and left.

The second I got onto 95, my Sunpass fell off my windshield and scared me half to death. It has never fallen off before, and I feel like it knew I was leaving and would no longer have any use for it. "Alright that's it! I'm out!"

I had an uneventful drive up, which is good. I got home and had dinner and that was that.

Day 64 - Last Day of Work

Today was my last day of work. Finally. I have loved working here, and I am actually sad to leave. Although I am ready to get home and have a life again. We went out to lunch today with Denise, Carrie, Shelley, Julia, and Jessica. They gave me gifts and it was really sweet. I bought Denise a baby gift earlier in the week and I gave that to her today as I was leaving. Apparently it was her first baby gift and she cried. Then she cried again when she walked me out. My newsletter is being printed now and they are going to send me copied when it is all done.

I came home tonight, and finished packing. Tomorrow I am going to wake up whenever then drive north. No rush. Time to relax.

Day 63 - Week Six, Thursday

This morning was a nightmare. Even though I got to sleep in, it was still not too great. I went to Delray to work today instead of Good Sam, and that is a half hour shorter drive than going to Good Sam. I got there ad as usual the little old ladies at the front desk wouldnt let me in. I have my Tenet badge and everything, but they wont let me pass. I always I have to stand there for about 10 minutes trying to get a hold of Julia to come and get me from the other side of the campus. Its ridiculous. Anyways, once I got inside Delray I went to the Heart Walk kick off breakfast, where I saw bob Krieger and he saud "Oh hello there Kate! Good morning!" Fuck. I cant remember if I wrote about this, but I saw him at the Jacksonville airport a few weeks ago and assumed he didnt recognize me and I blew him off. Apparently he did. So THAT was awkward.

After that I just sat around Julia's office with nothing to do, and I texted Jessica and I ended up being rescued by her and Shelley. I was supposed to meet them for lunch in Delray, but first I had to go and get some pictures developed for Julia. I went to 4 different CVS and Walgreens stores trying to find a place that could do one hour from one of the CD/card reader machines. Finally I found a place, but everyone that worked there was an asshole, AND it was pouring rain. So I was in full fledged bitch mode. When I finally figured all of that out I went to meet up with Jessica and Shelley. At Subway. Shoot me. All they said was "Subway on Jog Rd." So I got there, and apparently there are 2 Subways on Jog Rd. By the time I got to the other place I was so stressed and angry I was near tears. Jessica didnt realize just how frazzles I was until I sat down with my drink, which was full of ice. Her face was priceless. She knows about my deep set aversion to ice, and at that moment she knew my day was a wreck. So fixed my drink for me, then made plans for me to go back to Delray and get my stuff and tag along with her and Shelley for the afternoon meeting with physicians. That was so much better. We got my stuff and went to Starbucks, and I calmed down and enjoyed my afternoon.

Tonight I did nothing but watch Clueless for the first time ever. I fail at life, basically.

Day 62 - Week Six, Wednesday

Today was work. Usual. Then Jessica and I went out to dinner and shopping in Boca. I am going to miss her so much when I leave. She is adorable.

Although, I realized something very odd about myself this morning as I was blow drying my hair. Its one of things that I do all the time, and I am aware of it, but not AWARE aware. Whenever I am drying my hair, or taking a shower, or stuck in traffic, I find myself saying the same word over and over in my head, with different inflections each time: canapes. "Caaanapes. Canahhpes. Canapayyyys." I have a problem.

Day 61 - Week Six, Tuesday

Honestly, nothing happened today. At all. My ceiling leaked. I ate a grilled cheese for lunch. I wore pants. The End.

Day 60 - Jenn, Work (Week Six, Monday)

This morning Jenn and I woke up and went to get breakfast in West Palm at the Chickfila near Good Sam. Then I went to work. And that was that.


(650): the ice cream truck is coming omgomg
(1-650): dude, it's 2 am.
(650): but its COMING

Day 59 - West Palm, Breakers, Las Olas

Today was so much fun. It seriously felt like it was a week long. We woke up early this morning, at around 7:30, but we didn’t 100% wake up and get out of bed until 8:30. We headed up to West Palm so that we could go to the beach there and whatnot.

I wanted to take one of those Duck Boat tours of West Palm, so we drove there first, but the tours ended up being like $20 so we didn’t go on that. Instead we went to Palm Beach and to the Breakers. It is so pretty there. We walked around and took pictures and explored. Then we had lunch there, but I remembered it being pretty reasonable. Apparently not. Lunch was still fun. We had a good seat right by the window over looking the beach. Our waiter was so hot. Omg. Unfortunately he offered to bring us crayons so that we could color in our kid’s menus…. He took pictures of us and he was really sweet. He asked where we are from, and Jenn told him that I am interning here while she is from Jacksonville. Later on he asked me where I am “externing.” Um. Alright.

We left the Breakers and drove down Ocean and Worth Avenue, then got out and walked on the beach for a bit. The sand was scalding. I already had a small blister on the bottom of one of my feet but now it is so much worse. The water was beautiful though. The water at Ponte Vedra is brown and gross, but here is amazing and blue. I wanted to go swimming so badly.

We left Palm Beach and went to the mall at Boca, where I got a new dress and Jenn got a bunch of stuff. I thought about driving down to south Beach, but that takes a bit more planning. We ended up having a relaxing afternoon lying out by the pool and swimming on the roof.

We went to Samba Room tonight for dinner with Marsha. When we got there, there was music playing and all this cool art everywhere outside on the patio area. Apparently every Sunday night they have an art party right there. We ate our delicious dinners and I discovered that I love plantain chips, which I did not expect. Afterwards Jenn I went on a walk down to Yachtland and stopped in the shops along the way. And of course took more pictures. On the way back from Yachtland we were playing “Dare or Dare” but that just turned into doing a video project. We stopped random people and asked then what makes them happiest in life, and we got a lot of good answers. The very first couple we ask was two older gay men, and when I asked them one turned to the other and they kissed. And that was their answer. It was adorable. Some people said things like family, friends, etc. But there was this one guy who was walking along, holding a cup of coffee, and his eyes were about a mile wide. I stopped him and immediately h was like, “What? Can I help you? Do you need a picture?!” All in one breath and super fast. He was quite hyper. He and his wife were also a cute couple. His answer was “Good health, the people I love, and motorcycle racing. Yeah that’s about it.” Then he tried to get his wife to say motorcycle racing as well. Funny, she mentioned their kids and he didn’t.

We also asked a homeless man who had the most hilarious answer. Something about woman wearing pretty things and leaving a little bit to the imagination, and smoking cigarettes and throwing up on people that disagree. It was my turn to ask the question and Jenn had to jump in since I had no response to that one.

On the way back we walked back to Samba Room since we were going to buy some of the art. We met the guy that is in charge of all of it and he was really nice. He gestured to a table of drinks and was like, “go on have whatever, this is your house!” And we just got some water and he said, “oh that’s just water…” There were two pitchers on the table and one looked like wine. So Jenn was going to get some, but he said it was Mountain Dew. Ew. It did not look like Mountain Dew. We kept sipping the water and he brought us some cranberry juice and said, “Here this is to mix with the vodka!” Oooooh. So basically we ended up sitting on the artist’s couch, drinking the mango vodka reserved for the artist, and talking to the guy who is in charge of these events. He got my info and I may do it in December. That would be fun. As we were leaving he invited us to come with him to the Viper Room tonight, and it is gay night. He was like, “Yeah you come in, sit down in the back room, smoke a joint, enjoy a drag show and have fun!” We wanted to go, but I told him I had work in the morning. He said he would make sure that he kicked us out by 2:30, but I couldn’t do it. He was so sweet.

Today was so much fun. Seriously, it felt like we did a week's worth of stuff. I am glad Jenn came down to visit. I only have another week of work, then home for good1 Hoorah!

Day 58 - Week Five... Saturday?

I had to get up early this morning and work from West Palm. The health fair was today and I volunteered to do that. It was pretty boring, and Dr. Addo only gave physicals to about 7 kids. So for the most part I sat around that played the Sims today.

After I left the health fair I went to Home Depot to buy some flower seeds for a DH Mission, but they were sold out. How can you sell out of flower seeds? I didn’t think that was possible. So instead I went to Lowes, got some seeds and finally made it home. On my way I had to get gas and I stopped at every single gas station but they were all packed. I was going to run out of gas, and I was in the ghetto No good. Eventually I got gas and made it back. Once I got back I cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom and took a nap. I fell asleep around 3, and I didn’t wake up until 8. Thank god I woke up. Right when I woke up and saw the time I texted Jenn to ask where she was and she was bout to turn on my street. I ran downstairs and waited for her, and one of the valet guys was standing on the corner smoking, and watching me bounce from foot to foot waiting on Jenn. When she finally got there I was helping her out of the car and he said in very broken English, “Is this your best friend?” which is a weird thing to ask someone in general. He continues to creep me out.

Anyways, Jenn and I went straight to Mangoes for dinner, and that was delicious. Afterward we walked down to the Riverfront and saw Bruno. I am the type of person that is difficult to offend, and thank god for that. Otherwise I would have left after the first 5 minutes of this movie. It was hilarious. I never saw Borat, I don’t intend to. Bruno was so funny. We left the theater and it was raining, so we tried to huddle underneath the umbrella and run at the same time. It ended up making me run like a sideways hunchback and Jenn was doing some weird sideways crab walk. It was the funniest thing. We were running and yelling and laughing and almost getting run over until we realized it wasn’t really raining and all of our hooplah was really unnecessary. We were passing the parking garage by the museum and we saw the ice cream truck drive by. We both got really excited, then realized “Wait, it is midnight downtown Fort Lauderdale. Why would there be an ice cream truck?” there was a guy and a girl in the truck so we just figured that they were on a date. That would be a weird date. We rounded the corner and then the music started playing. I literally threw my umbrella out of excitement. We turned back around and got ice cream and happily walked back to the apartment.

Day 57 - Week Five, Friday

This morning started off terribly. Although I got to sleep in, it was still miserable. I rolled out of bed about an hour and a half after I usually am supposed to, and then Jenn called. She said that she has to work tomorrow so she can’t come down anymore. Ugh. I was about to cry. But then she said that she may be able to get Monday morning off from the UPS store so she could just come down after work on Saturday then leave Monday morning. So ended up getting Monday morning off so she is going to do that.

I worked out of Delray today and that was a nice change of pace. I took pictures of the hospital and staff for the website and newsletter and then Julia let me leave early. At like, 1. So I put my afternoon to good use. I went to Kinko’s and CVS and got some stuff ready to get some David Horvitz missions done. I did a bunch today, and those are posted at KateListensToDavid.blogspot.com.

I came home this evening after walking around Las Olas for a few hours, gross and sweaty, and I played Pokémon for a good few hours. I am about to go to bed, since I have to work tomorrow, even though it is Saturday. Blah.

Day 56 - Week Five, Thursday

I did nothing of interest today at work. I don’t think.

Tonight Jessica and I met up at the museum in Fort Lauderdale. There was some lecture going on about art and the human body in relation to bodybuilding, so there were all these seriously built people walking around the museum tonight. Jessica used to work at the gym at Nova so surprisingly she knew some of them. It was nice walking around the museum, and then we went down to Mangoes and had dinner. I have never been there, but I walk past it a lot. Plus, the band that I booked for the physician’s gala in October plays there every Saturday night. Tomorrow Jenn is coming. So excited!

Day 55 - Week Five, Wednesday

Today was a nice change of pace. I have followed David Horvitz's blog for a while, and today I started working on a few of the tasks that he posts. His tumblr is davidhorvitz.tumblr.com. I made another blogspot to post everything I complete: katelistenstodavid.blogspot.com

I went to CVS and got my film from yesterday developed from the film was ruined. I wanted to cry. Otherwise I did nothing else but go to Publix and address envelopes.

Day 54 - Week Five, Tuesday

Today was just as uneventful as yesterday. At work I spent 3 hours watching an HTML training video which was pointless. Jenn and I both have HTML memorized from our days of making awesome webpages. Right.

The whole time I was watching I was playing Pokemon.

I came home and took a walk down Las Olas to the larger homes with the yachts. I took my camera with a new roll of film and that was nice. Talked to Lauren on my way there and Emma my way back.

I came home, and I played Pokemon.

Day 53 - Week Five, Monday

Today is Monday. Today I worked. Today I ate. Today I watched a movie. The End.

Day 52 - Tyler, Pretzels

This morning I was supposed to go to breakfast with Tyler at 10. I woke up at 10:48. Damn. I called him and he was at breakfast with someone else already. It was weird, he never even called. Texted once, but didn’t call. Oh well. We went to lunch at Panera instead and that was delicious. I haven’t had my favorite sandwich in a while. It was nice seeing Tyler today. We see each other about once every 2 years. The last time I saw him we had breakfast at Chickfila before he left to work at Camp Carolina the summer of 2007.

Jenn came over and we looked though all of the pictures from the weekend. They are hilarious and I will back post them. We went to town center since neither of us have been there in a long time. Well, I haven’t been in a few weeks but that’s forever for me. When we got there, I saw Auntie Anne’s and I thought “Hm. I really want a pretzel.” Then as we walked on I saw the Nathan’s stand and thought. “Or I want a hot dog….” After we did our shopping we decided to get pretzels until Jenn reminded me of God’s best invention: a pretzel dog. So I got both things I wanted in one. It was fantastic. At the mall I got an amazing shirt at Urban and some new make up.

I am now sitting on the plane, heading back to Fort Lauderdale. I only have two more weeks of work. Hoorah! I feel like my summer has been divided into three parts. Jacksonville Part One, Work, then Jacksonville Part Two. I hope Part Two is better than Part One.

My blog entries are lacking lately. I have nothing interesting to report aside from being home. This week Marsha wont be around a lot, so hopefully I can go see a movie. I want to see the Hangover pretty badly. I have heard it’s amazing. Jessica and I might go shopping again, and she wants me to take her to the museum on Thursday. I hope that all works out. More importantly, I have to stay in Fort Lauderdale this weekend since I have to work on Saturday morning. I think Jenn is going to come down to stay, and I really hope she does. Flights are super cheap.

The bruise on my arm is even more hilarious today. I have had three different people say, “Oh my god it looks like someone grabbed your arm.” When that’s exactly what happened. My story is that I hit my arm on a door hinge. Right. I don’t know how that would happen. The bruise is on my inside of my arm. I don’t want to know how that would be possible to get a door hinge hit that hard on that part of your arm. That would be a sight to see.

Alright I am bored. I am going to waste the rest of my flight editing 175 pictures of fireworks. This is pointless.

Day 51 - JSO, PVB, Fourth

This morning Jenn and I woke up and went straight to JSO. By this point I had a huge bruise on my neck and one on my arm that is obvious finger marks. We talked to a police officer and he wrote up a report for me. We couldn’t figure out how to spell Asshole’s last name, but eventually we found him. Unsurprisingly, he already has a mug shot. And he is laughing in it. We got the report written up and I have to go this week to file it, if I decide to file it.

We left downtown and came back home and got bathing suits and showers and whatnot then went to Tropical Smoothie for lunch. It was delicious. We went to Ponte Vedra and spent the day floating in the pool with AJ, Drew and Petal. Granny was back at Marsha’s house and it was nice to see her home and well. Finally out of the hospital!

Told my mom about what happened last night, thinking that would be a good idea since I need her help to file the report. She flipped, of course. And basically I am not allowed to see a lot of people anymore. I am alright with that, though. And she gave me a curfew, on Fourth of July. So that sucked. We talked about it and decided in the end that it wouldn’t be a good idea to file the report. Justin Jarrell, Asshole, is crazy. If he has no problem strangling a girl and giving her huge bruises when he is completely sober, I don’t want to know what he would do if I got him arrested. Since it would technically be a minor battery charge, it wouldn’t put him in jail, just ass something to his record. I would rather forget about the whole ordeal and move on.

Tonight Jenn and I went to 5 Points to watch the fireworks. We saw her friend Mike and he hung out with us for the night. Everyone was standing along the river at Memorial Park in front of the statue, then the fireworks started. Way over to the left. Everyone felt pretty stupid that we all were in the wrong spot. The fireworks were cool, but they are always the same. We left there and followed Mike to this party at his friend’s house. It was the coolest house I have ever been to. Apparently one of the guys that lives there’s mom owns an antique store, and the house was full of cool stuff. It was just like Jenn’s room, but in house form.

From there we went to Heather and Ollie’s loft downtown. Heather just got a kitten and it was the cutest thing ever. I usually don’t like cats, but my weekend was full of cats. Last night, Jenn and I spent quite some time chasing Joe’s cat, Titties, around his house. I think I liked that cat so much simply because his name was Titties. Heather’s cat was so tiny and adorable. Jenn and I spent the entire time that we were there playing with those blow toys. I have no idea how to describe it, but there are pictures. Obviously. I dont know why the majority of these are B&W. For some reason it makes me feel like it is New Years Eve.

Day 50 - "Starts off fun. Ends HORRIBLY."

Today was both the most amazing night of summer and the worst. Half in half.

Lets quickly run through my day. Woke up and went to the hospital to visit Granny for a bit. She was supposed to go home today but apparently her Potassium levels were too low so she may go home tomorrow. Not sure.

Anyways, tonight Jenn and I started off the night awesome. Se picked me up and we headed towards Riverside. We got there and had no clue what to do. Axell was going swimming and asked us to come but he wasn’t going to be off work for a while. So we were just driving around and killing time before heading to Steamworks and ended up on Colton’s street. We were supposed to be hanging out with him so we decided to go by and get him. We saw him and Ben and hung out with Colton for a bit at his house. That was fun. We walked down to the gas station and back, stopping at Kickbacks on the way so that Jenn could try to get a lighter from someone. We went back to Colton’s house, Joe came over, and then we went to Steamworks. Once we got there we hung out outside and it was fun.

Eventually we left to go back to Joe’s house to watch a movie or something, and when we got there we just danced and hung out and had fun. Axell finally called Jen and she left to go hang out with them. Colton and Joe and I sat around for about a half hour then the night took a turn.

Axell called me to get directions to Joe’s, but of course I had no clue so I gave the phone to Colton and Axell was flipping out. Apparently Jenn was upset but I had no idea why. A bit later Axell called again and told us to go downstairs as fast as possible. So Colton and I were gathering Jenn and I’s stuff together to leave then the Asshole came upstairs. I am just going to refer to him as Asshole. He started yelling at me to hurry up and go downstairs, saying “Someone else needs to deal with this fucking bitch downstairs I have had to deal with her for over an hour.” (10 minutes, max, he had been with her. Whatever.) He kept yelling and I screamed at him that he was being a jerk and to shut up. I went downstairs and Colton was right behind me, leaving Asshole upstairs. Once we got down there I didn’t see Jenn anywhere, and Axell was standing outside of the car. I can’t remember what he was saying, and I just remember Asshole storming downstairs and screaming about Jenn. He was calling her all of these terrible things and yelling that I had to go deal with her. I can’t remember exactly what he said that made me snap, but I ran at him, threatening to punch him if he didn’t shut up. I didn’t even get the chance to ball my fist. Next thing I know, I couldn’t breathe and his hands were around my neck. I froze and I had no clue what to do. I scarped at him until he threw me down to the ground, where I just laid and cried with Colton trying to console me. Then what happened hit me, and I realized he went towards Jenn. I got up and they were half way down the block. I ran towards then and got to Jenn and pulled her back towards the car, all the while screaming at Asshole. He and Axell finally left and it was just Jenn and Colton and I. I have no clue how long I stood there crying into Colton’s shirt with Jenn standing there in shock. Once we got into the car I found out what had happened when she was gone. Axell picked her up, and took her over to Hendrick, Asshole, and Jeremy’s house. Apparently Hendrick was there with another girl and flipped out on Axell for taking her there and wanted her to leave. She was fine with that, and since she was only a few blocks away she started to walk, and she was fine with that. Then Asshole comes up to her and picks her up. She was kicking at him but he would let her down. He unlatched the back of Hendrick’s Scion and literally threw her in there, while Axell and Hendrick laughed. He locked her in and wouldn’t let her out. Once they got back to Joe’s house, where Colton and I were, she didn’t get out of the car until I was on the ground. She heard me yelling at Asshole but didn’t see what he did to me, she just took off down the block.

I am home now, with a fresh bruise appearing on my neck. Erica called me, and I am going to file a police report in the morning. I have let one boy hurt me and get away with it, but I am not going to let him. My only worry is the consequences. The people that he knows and what could happen if it ever got out that it was me that reported me terrified me. But if he has absolutely no problem strangling and throwing one girl and locking another on a car, what would he do to anyone else? He obviously didn’t care about what he did, and watched me lay on the ground where he threw me, crying.

Jenn and I drove back, both in tears the whole way back. She is sleeping in Liam’s room right now. I completely agree with Jenns away message right now. “’Asshole’ is a nasty, sick fuck. Kate has bruises around her neck. Axell and Hendrick think it’s funny. I fucking hate every single one of you.”

The worst part about tonight is that I didn’t stand up for myself. I froze, and everything I have learned and I teach women was erased from my mind. I can’t be afraid of the outcome of reporting him. He deserves whatever he gets.

Jenn and I think that the Dane Cook line about tickling fits this night very well. "Starts off fun. Ends HORRIBLY."

So, starts off fun:














Ends HORRIBLY

Day 49 - Week Four, Thursday. Pearl. Home.

Today is basically Friday. At work I did the inventory for the Marketing Department and it was in this wing that isn’t used anymore. It was sketch. I want to bring my new camera up there at some pint during lunch and poke around.

This afternoon I left work early and flew back to Jacksonville. My mom picked me up at the airport and Bob Krieger, the CEO of one of the hospitals I am working at was there. I really hope he didn’t recognize me since I did not say hello. I ran for it. My mom and I went to the Brick for dinner, then I went to the Pearl with Jenn. Seriously, we both felt like we were there for about three days. The night was so long.

We met this girl named Jessica, who was so sweet and so hilarious. She bought us drinks that we drank hiding in bathroom stalls and behind the door of the bathroom. Apparently Preston and Joshua Criss don’t get along, because for about a half hour they stood on opposite sides of the back yard staring at each other, with Preston taking shit and thinking he’s really tough. That was great fun to stand around with Josh and laughing at he other group. Eventually we went back inside but apparently Josh had to get security to escort him out because Preston had a bunch of guys on his side out of nowhere. While we were standing out there Jenn and I were feeling silly so I was trying to hold her hand and when I finally did I was messing with her and said, “This feels right.” Jenn replied, “Kate, holding hands with you is like eating a muffin that was in the oven for 5 minute too long. Or like playing with playdoh that was left in the sun all day.” Jenn and I ended up sitting on the ground almost in tears laughing so hard.

I met a lot of interesting people tonight. And that is that.

Day 48 - Week Four, Wednesday

Today was finally a break from freezing and working on the newsletter. I went to Century Village today and worked there. Century Village is basically an old folks city. It reminds me of the Jerry Seinfeld thing about old folks homes. “Why do they have security? Are people stealing old people? Are old people escaping?” Century Village had some intense security.

The woman I worked with had basically zero computer skills, so she had me remaking fliers and stuff all morning. Apparently each flier or sign took her hours to make, and I was able to remake them in less than five minutes. So My day was spent re-doing her work. We went to lunch then to Goodwill. I went to Goodwill as part of my workday. Perfection. We got a bunch of tea cups and saucers because they are having a funky tea party next week and wanted to get all mismatched tea cups and saucers.

After work I went to Boca Town Center and returned some stuff, then met up with Jessica and we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner then shopping. She got a bunch of new work clothes and I just got a huge sweater. It is the comfiest thing ever.