In the eye of the storm

Since I last blogged,

my best friend gave birth to a beautiful baby girl;
both mom and baby are doing very well...

my first real boyfriend and friend of over ten years got married...

and my brother and sister got tattoos together.

(Those last two events happened on the same day -- yesterday).
Do you ever feel like you're standing in the eye of a storm and everything is spinning around except you?

Well, that's how I have felt lately.

I know it's silly, because I'm about to jump into a crazy and wonderful time
since we are closing on our house in just 9 days. 9 DAYS!
So, obviously I am about to be swept up into the same tornado that seems to have a hold on everyone else around me.

Is this making any sense?

It's okay if it doesn't.. I just needed to take a moment to get this out.
Someone asked me once why I blog, and I admitted to them that it's sort of for the loved ones who either live far away or who I don't get to see or talk to very often,
but it's for me, too, so I can look back and see where I was or what I was doing on a certain date, and see how far I have come in many respects over a certain number of months or years.

Anyway.

Maybe the reason I'm feeling a little blue is because I'm so close to all the excitement that is waiting just around the corner for Justin and me. All I know is, when Justin is out of town, it can get pretty lonely around here, and even after years of living here I still get homesick for my Michigan family and friends. Why can't we all just live in one place?

Well, that's probably enough for now. Sorry this entry is so depressing.. I swear, I'm fine. :) I just think it's only fair that if I write about my life, it should be real, and not just snippets of the good times.

To end on a better note, I would just like to share that in the first month of Weight Watchers, I lost a total of 8 pounds and I am feeling great! I'm not to my goal weight yet, but I am definitely on my way!

Oh- and on a sidenote, now that my siblings have matching tattoos, they think I need one as well. If I ever got one though, it would take a lot of convincing because I'm a scaredy cat. Thoughts?

Love and Lattés,
Katie