[J_freek]

Wow...sounds like life has been crazy for you.
If you ever need to talk, or get things off your chest...email me.

[Katze]

It's been another 2 months, wow. I hope this doesn't become a habit.........

I go back and read my blog, and remember interesting tid-bits of my life that I thought I had forgotten. it's weird, really, to see my perspective then, and to see it now. Everything has changed, and will continue to change. Not that my entire life has turned over between my visits to CGR, but it's an ever-flowing tide of growth, spiritual guidance, prayer, other things like work and school. I used to keep letter-like journals, letters to certain friends that they'll never see. In them, I document my prayers for them, how I see their life in contrast to mine, etc. Basically saying all the unspoken things that I wish I could tell them. One of the letters is well over 30 pages long now, 3 others close to that. But now, it's as if I try to forget what I feel, or somehow think that I'll remember it without writing it down.

IDK, I'm just rambling now. Seems like every time I hit an intense emotional experience, I stop by and post the factual things about it, but somehow lose a good chunk of the why. That's what this entire past year has been about: The Why. (I'll post more about that later)

So, on to the facts here:

I moved the weekend before Rach's funeral, making 3 moves in 8 months. It kinda came up out of the blue, and walking on faith, I moved in with some friends I had only met a week before. It's turned out to be a total God thing, as I basically have my own house now, and I'm finally treated like an adult. I'm still working on un-packing 2 months later, but I just haven't had the time for that.

Miracle #2: As I mentioned in my last post, my car died completely at Rach's service. Another friend offered to fix it for me for the cost of parts, but it would still cost about $900. Then, out of the blue, God gave me a car. That's right, gave me one (I'd rather not get into the details here). It cost me about $400 to get the new one fixed up and licensed, and then again, out of the blue, someone handed me a check for $400 for about $50 worth of work. Boy, is God amazing.

So, a week later, I wrecked it, the car was impounded, I was almost arrested, etc. That was one heck of a day, but again, it was a total God thing. Instead of a serious wreck, it was just a fender-bender, and enough to get a hold of my attention. The total cost for everything related to the accident (insurance costs, impound fees, tickets, etc) came to almost $1500, but I only ended up paying $87 due to a mistake in the police paperwork, and a favor from my insurance agent.

4 days after that, I drove to Denver to work on 2 independent films. That in and of it's self is enough to write a book on. The experience was amazing, it was awesome to see my film family again, and we made a movie! After 3 weeks in Denver, I came home for 2 weeks, and then back to Denver for debate camp.

Camp was hard, as my family was there, and there was a lot of growth for me. Idk, I can't really explain it all, but it was the worst week of my life.

And now I'm home for probably the rest of the year. I nanny 2 days a week, work at SLCC 3 days, at the church 3 or 4 nights a week, and home very rarely. I got promoted at work, moved offices, and am now working under a different supervisor. I like it a whole lot more, and I have more flexibility in the shows that I produce. Basically, i can do whatever I want, whenever I want.

Oh, and the biggest thing of all, Alex. We came to another stopping point in our relationship last week, and decided to step back instead of forward. He's still my best friend, and we're really close, just not dating right now. I don't know, maybe God will bring us together later on, but not right now. I admire him so much, he's a strong man of God, choosing to put God above all else, including his love for me. (that's probably enough about him for a now)

Anyway, life is good. I'm happy with pretty much everything right now, and charging ahead on work, my education, and oh yeah, spending as much time with Alex as I can.

[RK_lover]

Ruth!!! It's been a long time!!!

Glad to hear that at the moment things are going well...sounds like you've had a ton going on, and it doesn't sound like it'll slow down much for a while....I'll be praying for you, and looking forward to your post in November (you can post sooner if you want )

[Katze]

lol, I really don't intend to leave so much time between posts. I just get to stinkin' busy that I don't log on for a few months, and then realize that a long-update is required.
There's also a lot more that I wish I could post, but I can't right now. There's always the fear that my mom or sisters are reading this, and I know that a friend of theirs does read it.

For a now, though, I'm focusing on prayer. God has taken several things out of my life for a reason (read, Alex) and I'm brought back to the purpose of life, the purpose of it all. To glorify my savior, to honor him forever, this is my ultimate goal.

[Katze]

I kinda snapped over the past weekend. Everything became too much, and I was completely emotionally exhausted. I haven't posted a lot about my dad recently, but he's going through a lot right now, and a lot of that is filtering down to me.

Dang, burn out is no fun.

So, on a whim, I drove across the country, and I'm staying with a friend for a week or so. I got here yesterday, and it's been such a blessing so far to just hang out and chill. School, work, church, Alex, my dad, my mom, everything is back home, and I'm free here to process a bunch of stuff.

Lessons learned:
1. it's nice to get out.
2. You save a whole lot of money on gas if you drive 70 the whole way instead of 100, and the time difference is worth the cash.
3. eating nothing but starbucks for an entire day is not the best thing for one's blood sugar level.
4. Wow, God is good.

More lessons to come, this is just the ramblings that I felt like posting right now.

[Katze]

So, it's been almost a year since I've posted here. Life has moved so fast that I can't keep up, and I really don't know where to start a 'life update'.

The biggest change is that I'm no longer employed at either TV station, and instead have joined the US Air Force. I'm going to boot camp in 4 weeks. Yeah, kinda scary.

While working at the local sports network (IE I was technical directing for the NBA pre and post game shows) I met an amazing young man, and he and I have been dating since the end of March. After the layoffs at KJZZ, I've spent the summer nannying and getting ready to leave for BMT. That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

I'm looking forward to catching up with ya'll, and staying in better touch over the course of training and everything else.

[Kentl]

Originally Posted by Katze

So, it's been almost a year since I've posted here. Life has moved so fast that I can't keep up, and I really don't know where to start a 'life update'.

The biggest change is that I'm no longer employed at either TV station, and instead have joined the US Air Force. I'm going to boot camp in 4 weeks. Yeah, kinda scary.

While working at the local sports network (IE I was technical directing for the NBA pre and post game shows) I met an amazing young man, and he and I have been dating since the end of March. After the layoffs at KJZZ, I've spent the summer nannying and getting ready to leave for BMT. That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

I'm looking forward to catching up with ya'll, and staying in better touch over the course of training and everything else.

cool someone in the k besides me

welcome back


And dont belive all the storys about me

[Sean.thomson]

It's good to see you back posting here.

I hope boot camp goes well!