bad news for me.

since i was old enough to date, i never thought that long distance relationships ever worked out. i don’t remember exactly where i got my information from, but i just knew – long distance = not possible. so right then and there i decided that i was never going to be in one. a person should be able to see their partner on a daily basis to hug them and kiss them and talk to them. just having that face to face contact with a person is a huge deal.

jump X number of years later and here i am, finding myself in a long distance relationship. normally i would have said no right off the bat, but this one was different {they always are}. he is everything i could want in a boyfriend: hilarious, outgoing, sweet, family oriented, a little dangerous, etc. so i thought, “hmmm… i don’t want to lose him so lets give it a shot.” the long distance thing only lasted for about 3 months so it wasn’t that big of a deal. i knew when it would be over and sort of had that ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ to keep me going. so when we found out that he was going to be living about 4 hours away for the next 3 years, things got a little more complicated…

life is wonderful.

i am so happy to be back. sorry that it has been so long

quick update:

• started line dancing every week and i absolutely love it!
• went to London for 3 weeks – it was great
• got some more work for my company which is fabulous of course…

back to life.

the weather here on the coast has been absolutely great! i think i may have realized that i dont want to be anywhere else. sure, i want to travel and experience different

WOO HOO!

I am headin back to London!!! In almost exactly one month I will be getting back on a plane to London to visit my mom and step-dad. I am so so excited!

This time, my friend Shelby will be there as well for about 5 days on her way to Scotland. We already have a plan in the works to spend a couple days in Ireland too

AAAAAAND, after Shelby leaves, the boyfriend might be coming to London to stay with me for my last week as well. He has never really traveled

 

its coming! are you ready?

 

interesting site to share!

somehow i happened to stumble across this really cool site and felt i should share it with you – my amazing readers =)

the website is called Wordle and what you do is create a cloud of all of your favorite words. you can also select your blog and they will make one for you, creating it with the words you use the most.

this is my wordle…

usually it is much larger than this but i had to scrunch it down so it wouldnt take up the whole post. i even have it set as the background on my desktop to remind me of what i want in my life. 

try it out yourself! have fun =)

xoxo kaity

lucky me.

i love jason mraz. i love all of his music and, when i saw him in london, it was one of the most amazing concerts i have ever been to. one of his song came on the radio today and, even though i have heard it a million times before, the words really hit me. with everything that is going on with the people around me right now, the words rang more true to me than ever. 

“Lucky” by Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat

love you alex…

 

sweet dreams to all. xoxo kaity

an interview with serendipity & me.

after stumbling across the fabulous blog by Newbie New Yorker , i came across a very interesting post with her answering 5 questions sent to her from a fellow blogger. feeling very intrigued, i volunteered to jump in on the fun! after leaving her my contact info, i soon-after received an email with 5 new questions though up by Newbie New Yorker herself. 

here i go.

1. If you could be any character from fiction, whom would it be and why? I would love to be Quinn McKenzie from one of my favorite books, “Crazy for you” by Jennifer Crusie. Her life is sort of ‘beige’ at the beginning of the book, but, through a series of events, she throws out her old identity and demands that people see her for who she truly is. I love her gutsyness and “who the hell cares” attitude. Plus, she happens to have two delicious men falling in love with her throughout the entire novel. That can’t be so bad
2. If you could re-experiance one thing in your life, what would it be? This is a REALLY hard one for me! {thanks meghan} SO many great things

welcome.

this is my NEW & IMPROVED blog

i love how it is just all so simple now but still looks stylish and put together. with blogger, their templates are just riduculously horible {unless you want something REALLY plain} and i am not techy enough to incorperate templates i’ve found off the internet. all that crap is just too friggin complicated! thats what i have my boyfriend for anyways  

im rambling now.

ANYWAYS, i hope you find my new setup enjoyable and feel inclined to return again and again!  

xoxo kaity

Its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

Tomorrow evening my mother and step-dad will be arriving to town from London to celebrate Christmas with our family. I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself! The presents are wrapped. The tree is decorated. Santa’s Marching Band is plugged in. The only thing I need is the day to be here to begin the festivities! Still waiting on the BF’s present in the mail but I won’t see him until New Years, so there is no hurry on that. 

Ahhh, my favorite holiday is FINALLY here! 

Best Christmas present ever to date:

Santa’s Marching band from the boyfriend. One of the best presents I have ever recieved in my life. I used to have these and they were my FAVORITE thing about Christmas. Every year I would get SO EXCITED to take them out of the box and plug them in. Unfortunately, when my mom moved to London, they were sold at a garage sale or given away, and I haven’t been able to find them anywhere because I had no idea what they were called. Some how my amazing boyfriend tracked them down and bought them for me a couple weeks ago. I cried when I teared off the wrapping. I know it sounds stupid, but they were just one of those sentimental things for me every Christmas, and I missed them so much. Now they’re back and I could not be more stoked! 

NOW IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

i got to thinking about relationships…

There are those that open you up to something new and exotic…

Those that are old and familiar…

Those that bring up a lot of questions…

Those that bring you somewhere unexpected…

Those that bring you far from where you started…

And those that bring you back.

But the most exciting, challengeing, and significant relationship is the one you have with yourself. 

And if you find someone to love the you that you love, well, thats just fabulous.

I’ve found mine. ♥