Roommates

I think having roommates is a great thing because I wouldn't want to live by myself. Well my best friend and I live together and then we had s random roommate take the third bedroom. She is a great person but just a little messy so I feel like I am having to constantly pick up after her. Well today my best friend and I was informed that she was leaving us for good after this semester. The problem is we have already resigned our lease and it is mine and my friends responsibility to find someone because our lease is one whole thing. This causes so much stress on us and we don't need it because we have so much school work to do. So if anyone needs a place to live next year just let me know! 

God is good

I have had a very bad week and it almost felt like nothing in this world could go right. I have defiantly been tossed around and didn't know what I was going to do. I had to work this past weekend and I had amazing shifts. Everyone was so nice to me and I felt God was speaking to me through my customers. I waited on this one family and their meal ended up being $84.64. As I was ringing them up they left me a 85.00 tip. I was completely shocked because they just left me the amount of their bill. At the bottom of the receipt there was a note that said God loves you and so do we. It made my night because I felt like they were sent to me for a reason. God is so good and I have to remember even though I was having a bad week he was there with me the whole time. A saying my parents have always said was that God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. 

Summer

I am beyond ready for summer. I can not believe we only have two weeks left but I am so ready for a break. I plan on working a lot to try to save some money. I'm really going to have to work a lot more because last night I got a speeding ticket and have that fee to worry about. Anyways I miss seeing my work family all the time and I am ready to have a steady income. I am also ready for the summer vacations. As of right now I plan on going to the beach when I get out of school and the I'll be going to New York in the beginning of June. I might even get to make a trip to California before this summer is gone. I will not completely be done with school though because I  am taking a summer class. I am going to retake anatomy so I can better my GPA. Summer please come on. 

Dinner

I absolutely love to cook. Tonight my roommate, Chelsea and an old high school friend came over and we cooked breakfast for dinner. We had homemade waffles, eggs, turkey bacon, and fresh cut strawberries. I do not eat this meal a lot but when I do I love it. After we finished eating we all just laid around because we felt like we was going to pop. Now we are all just sitting around waiting for the Voice to come on because that is my favorite show. The voice has a lot of talented people on the show and I can not wait to see who is going to win this year.

Catering Fun

As most of you guys know I work at a restaurant at home. Our restaurant is very popular and as an additional service, we cater. A lot of the times I am asked to help cater because I have done it many times. It is really fun but a very interesting job. This past Saturday I went on a catering event and I was at loss of words. We catered this couples wedding and I did not know what to think. The people were so picky and rude to myself and the other two workers. The bride ordered all the food which was BBQ chicken halves, chicken tenders for the kids, mac n cheese, mash potatoes, green beans for the kids, rolls, and salad. We had everything set up and ready to go. As all the adults started coming through the line they demanded to eat the kids food instead of their own plates that the bride had chose. People do not realize that we just serve what we are told to not what we want. I just was so shocked at how rude these people were being because they could not eat the kid's meals. As soon as everyone was done we hurried up and cleaned and then hit the road. We did not want to be there any longer than we had to be.

Mom's Birthday

Today is my mom's 50th birthday. Her birthday is only two days after mine and she said I was the best present she had ever received. Unfortunately, she is having to work today but she said she didn't mind because where she works is like her own family. She works at 13 Bones, which is the restaurant I work at too. She is the day time manager there and everyone loves her. Se really has a heart of gold and would give the shirt of her back. All I wish is that she has a day full of happiness because she deserves it.

Internship

This semester I have been doing an internship at Glenn bridge. It is here in Boone and is a nursing home and a rehabilitation center. Because the speech pathologist has a crazy schedule, most of the the time I have to work with a physical or occupational therapist. Today, I got to work with the speech therapist and had a blast. She was so informative and told me great tips for the future. The patients that we worked with mainly had swallowing disorders. She even made me go to a separate room and try the different types of liquids. They were disgusting! Imagine sugar water that has set for a couple a days, chunky thick milk, and then pudding. The good thing was that they were kinda flavored but the thought of them being so thick played with my mind. It was a hands on activity which made it really fun and super beneficial to me! I can not wait to go back tomorrow.

Birthday weekend

This past weekend was a blast. Today, I turned 21 and had the best birthday anyone could ask for. I woke up and went and got a pedicure and then went to a festival for a couple of hours and listened to free music and got to soak up some sunshine. After we left there then we went and ate at the Carolina Ale house and it was sooo good.  I got a philly cheese steak and fries and couldn't eat it fast enough! I am not a big cake eater but I do love cheese cake! My sweet mom had a strawberry cheese cake made for me and it was delicious. The best cheesecake I had ever had. The best part of this weekend was just hanging out with friends and realizing how blessed I am to be surrounded with loving people.

Summer Time

I just sat down today and realized that we only have four in a half weeks left of school. I am going to take one class over the summer but I really can not believe this time is already here. The only plans I have is to go to the beach a few times and then go to New York in June. I am so ready for this trip because I have never been there and have heard nothing but really cool things about it. I also plan on working all summer long so I feel like it will really go by fast. I only have one more year left here at App and I am just blind sided. I can not believe after this summer I will be a senior and then will start grad school. Time please slow down.

Easter Weekend

I am so ready for this weekend. I have not seen my family since Christmas and we are driving to Tennessee for Easter. It will be a short trip but very worth while. We will get there on Friday and since we have class that means I have to drive there from Boone by myself. I hate the drive though because it is 3 in a half hours and seems like it takes forever. I will get there around dinner time on Friday and we are all going to go out for mine, my moms, my aunts and my cousin's birthday. The four of us are April babies. Then on Saturday my little cousin will turn four and we are going to have a birthday party for her. She loves the movie Frozen so we are having a Frozen party. I am so excited! Then on Sunday we will get up and go to church and then go eat lunch together at 1 with my mom's side of the family. Her side of the family is huge and there are about 200 people that come to this lunch. It is so nice to see so many different people. Every year it seems like our family multiplies because everyone is having babies. So once again another busy weekend for me! :)

Movie Time

Today has been a very busy day. I worked this morning at the restaurant and we were super busy. I love my job but Sundays are the worse day of the week to work. You would think that everyone would be nice because they just got out of church, but just to let you know they aren't. Most customers will run your legs off and then not even tip 10%. I finally got home around 5 and wanted to do nothing but watch movies. The first movie I watched today was The Italian Job. I really loved this movie and recommend everyone to watch it if they like action movies. The other movie I watched was Bad Grandpa and this movie was crazy. I had never seen it before but I couldn't believe some of the things that went on in that movie. Now I am movied out and I am about to go to bed.

Internship

In my psychology of parenting class. we have to do twenty service hours at a facility of our choice. I am getting to do my internship at Glenbridge in Boone. This is a nursing and rehabilitation center. Last Thursday I worked with an OT and it was a really cool experience. The fist person we worked with was 92 years old and had hip surgery. We worked with him on maintaing his balance, and trying to strengthen his hip. He was older but had the heart of gold and a drive like no other person I have ever seen. He wants to get better so he can go home with his wife. Today I worked with a SLP and she was helping residents with swallowing their food. Everyone is different but the gentleman today had to have liquid food and he accidentally knocked it of the table and it got all over me. I had to run home and change and now I am about to go to class. My day has already started of adventurous.

On the Go

All I feel like I ever do is run. I honestly feel like I go, go, go. This past weekend was my weekend to work so I drove home Friday worked Saturday and Sunday and then drove back to Boone lastnight. I stayed up really late trying to get homework done because I admit I am a procrastinator. I always make sure that my work is good and it is on time but I will wait until the last minute to do everything. I didn't go to bed until about 2 last night and then got up at 7 to do more work. I usually have three classes on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I am about to start my third one for the day and don't know if I can hold my eyes open for this psychology of parenting class. Oh and I must mention that today is my boyfriend's 21st birthday so I am going to drive to Winston tonight to eat dinner with him and his family and then drive back to Boone. Soooo if tomorrow I look like I am about to fall over... it is probably because I am.

The Beach

Over Spring Break I got to go to Ocean Isle beach, where my boyfriend's beach house is located. It was so nice just to get away for a couple of days. My boyfriend and I went and stayed four nights and then had to come back because both of us had to work. While we were down there we went fishing off the pier. I had never done that before so it was an experience. I like fishing in a pond a whole lot more because you can actually tell when a fish has ahold of your line. We walked on the beach a couple of times but it wasn't very pretty outside so we couldn't lay out in our bathing suits. I cant wait until it gets warmer outside so we can go back and lay in the sun for hours!

Spring Break

This semester has really flew by. I can not believe that we will start our spring break and the end of this week. For spring break I am going to go to the beach for four days and just relax. After I get home from the beach I will probably try to work as much as I can to earn a little spending money. I have to talked to some of my other friends and they are going to go to Panama City Beach in Florida. I have been twice, but never for a spring break. I have heard that it is wild down there and you see many good and bad things. I hope everyone has a great spring break. I can not wait to hear about what everyone does.

The Voice

For about the past four years, I have watched every season of the Voice. All the judges on the show are good but this season has my favorite four. The judges this season are Christina, Adam, Blake, and Pharrell. I feel like each one of these singers are very passionate about what they do and are on the show to actually help people. Sometimes Blake gets on my nerves though because he likes to brag that he has won four times. There have been a few really good contestants, my favorite so far is Ella. If you never have seen the show they are doing the blind auditions right now. All four judges have their backs to the singers and if they like them during the performance they hit their button and turn around. I love this singing show because the judges actually choose the artist from their voice and aren't able to judge them by their looks.

Sooooo Sick

I absolutely hate this weather we have had. It has put my body all out of whack and I have been so sick. Wednesday night my throat was so sore and it took me forever to fall asleep. Around 5 Thursday morning I woke up sick to my stomach and had a really high fever. I went to the doctor and she told me that my tonsils were inflamed and I had a temperature of 102.4. I just rested the rest of the day on the couch. My dad is the sweetest man I know because he drove all the way from home to Boone to get me so he could take care of me. Whenever my dad and I got home, my mom had made my favorite soup, which is broccoli and cheese. I had such a wonderful weekend at home and thought that I was getting better until this morning when I woke up I didn't have a voice. Now I can not speak and when I try to I sound like I am dying. Sorry guys y'all will have to listen to my crazy voice this week.

Prison Break

In the past, I have never watched a lot of TV. I recently joined Netflix and have been watching more movies and shows. I was obsessed with Grey's Anatomy but I finished it and now I am hooked onto Prison Break. It is so intense and full of action. An innocent man is framed for the homicide of the Vice President's brother and scheduled to be executed at a super-max penitentiary. It is up to his younger brother to save him with his genius scheme. The scheme is to install himself in the same prison by holding up a bank, and launch the escape plan step-by-step to break the both of them out. He thinks he can successfully do this because he has the prison's blueprints tattooed on his body as a guide. I highly recommend anybody to watch this show! It is awesome so far.

Summer Time

I am so ready for summer time. I really have had enough of all this cold weather. To start preparing my self for summer I went bathing suit shopping online today. I got a little too excited and bought three new bathing suits. The first week that is hot and clear skies  I am going to pack up that weekend and head to the beach. My parents have some really good friends who own a beach house and we are welcome to go down there anytime we want to. Another reason I am ready for summer time is because I am getting to go to New York. For Christmas my boyfriend bought us tickets to fly to NY City and stay for three days. I have never been out of the southern states, so I am beyond excited and it really can not get here soon enough.

SNOW!

I don't know about y'all but I was so glad to have the little break we had this past week. I was able to come home on Wednesday and spend some time with my family and friends. Even though it was very cold and we had a lot of snow at home I still enjoyed being off the mountain because I am sure it was much colder up there. I can not believe that we only have two more weeks left of school until we have our spring break. This year during my spring break I am going to try to work everyday so I can have spending money to go on a vacation.

Room mates

This school year I moved to a new apartment complex and have two new room mates. One of them is named Chelsea. She has been my best friend since the sixth grade so it has been really cool getting to live with her. We went to middle school, high school, and now college together. She attended App for one year and then didn't get into the nursing program so she decided to still live here in Boone and attended Caldwell Community college. She is in the nursing program there and is doing really well this semester. My other room mate was a random. Her name is Elizabeth and she goes to App. She isn't sure yet what she wants to major in but it will be something. For the most part we all really enjoy living together. We never argue with each other, I just have to pick up after them sometime which can be annoying.

SNOW!!

All day long I have not been able to stop smiling because of all the snow we have gotten. I was really worried that we wouldn't see much now this year, but this is good enough for me. One of my classes got cancelled today so I had a short day and as soon as I got home I changed clothes and went outside for about thirty minutes. I used to live in Georgia and never saw snow, that is why I love every bit of snow we get. About a hour ago my room mates and I went outside and had a huge snowball fight. We also got some pans from the kitchen and sledded down a little hill we have in our parking lot. We were almost frozen to death so we decided to call it a night. Hopefully school will be cancelled tomorrow and we can play in the snow some more.

Valentine's Day

This Valentines day was so hectic. For those of you who work in a restaurant will understand, but for those of you that don't it is the busiest day of the year. I was asked to come in at two yesterday, but my family and I wanted to get there around one so we could eat together as a family. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot at 13 Bones I knew that I wouldn't be able to eat with my family. The customers were starting to park in the grass and on the side of the highway because there was no parking left. When I walked in I came on the floor. We were on a thirty minute wait and only had five girls on the floor so they were desperate for help. We were so busy all night long and didn't go off a wait until nine and we closed at ten. This was by far the busiest Saturday night I have worked in a long time. I believe around six we were on a hour and fifteen minute wait and the people just kept pouring in. Every Valentine's Day we have the same special, which consist of two filets four sides and a dessert for forty dollars and that includes tax. It is a great deal and we sold over two hundred and fifty specials by the end of the night! I finally got to leave around eleven thirty. Whenever I got off I went to my boyfriend's house and found a huge teddy bear, balloons, two arrangements of flowers, and dinner cooked for me. Even though I had a wild day it was so worth it in the end.

Silent Dinner

Tonight was a really good night! I am in the ASL club and we had our first silent dinner of the semester. We met at Dos Amigos mexican restaurant. There was a total of eleven people that ate. Out of the eleven people we had two deaf guest and a student who has a cochlear implant. It was an amazing experience getting to silently eat dinner with them and only communicate in ASL. Sometimes when we have the dinners we don't have any deaf guest so it is very tempting to talk. The two deaf individuals had a great time and want to get involved with our club. Hopefully those of you who are in the ASL club will get to meet them. One was a lady named Laura Herman and she was an ASL teacher  for thirty years at four different universities and now she is working for the Department of Health and Human Services in Morganton. The other deaf person was a guy named Gregory. He was born and raised her in Boone. I really loved talking with them but was extremely nervous because it has been a semester without ASL and I was having to ask them to sign slow so I could keep up!

BLOGS?

So y'all this blog thing is new to me and I honestly had no clue what I was doing. I finally have it working though the way it should. Every time I had been posting a blog I was creating a whole separate blog page that's probably why you haven't been able to read anything I have posted lol. I also apologize for the url being birthday. I know it makes no sense and I don't know how to change it so it will probably stay birthday. I really enjoy doing the blogs every week though I feel like I can learn more about everyone this way. Because even though we see each other everyday, I feel like I don't know much about everyone out of school!

Sagebrush

So tonight after our NSSLHA meeting I was so excited because my roommates and I decided to go eat at Sagebrush. I was starving and had been thinking about it all day. We chose to go their because for Christmas my parents received a gift card to eat there and gave it to me to use. My roommates got there about ten minutes before me so they already were seated. I joined them and it took the server 10 minutes to come back to the table to get my drink order. I usually am pretty patient with servers because I am one, but it should not take that long to come to the table, especially because they were not busy at all. By the time she came to the table we were ready to order so she took my drink and food order. She then brought our salads out to the table and still didn't bring my drink. I was trying not to choke while eating my salad. About 10 minutes after that she brought our food out to us and I finally got my drink then. My salad was delicious but the potato soup I ordered was terrible. It wasn't even a soup it was just like mash potatoes in a bowl. I didn't complain about it because I don't like to complain, but my waitress saw I didn't eat any of it and took it off the bill for me. Lets just say I will never get the soup from there again.

13 Bones

For those of you that don't know I work at a restaurant named 13 Bones in Mount Airy, NC. I have worked there ever since they opened in 2009. This March will be six years. Six local friends came together and decided to open the place up. We have a variety of things at the restaurant. We serve salads, sandwiches, steak plates, chicken plates, seafood, and most importantly ribs. Ribs are our speciality because they fall right off the bone. We have three different flavors for the ribs. There is the original sauce which is a very thin vinegar base, Kansas city which is a thick sweet and spicy barbecue sauce, and memphis style which is a dry spicy barbecue rub. We have people from all around to come eat with us. I am not just saying this because I work there, but they do have the best ribs I have ever ate.  Besides the ribs my favorite thing to eat is a filet with a side of broccoli and a baked potato. I have to include all the yummy homemade desserts we have. We have a peanut butter cheesecake that is my favorite. It has an Oreo crust and then peanut butter feeling and chocolate over top. We also have a keylime cheesecake that has a gram cracker crust and keylime filling in center with raspberry drizzle overtop. Another dessert is the red velvet cake. It has homemade cream cheese frosting on it. The last type of dessert we have is the hershey bar cake. It is lie a brownie in a cake for that is warmed in the microwave and has ice cream served over top of it with chocolate syrup. This cake is also really good because I like chocolate and my mom makes it. If you come to the restaurant on your birthday you will get a free hershey bar cake.  The restaurant is kinda small inside. It is about the size of mellow mushroom here in Boone. The inside is rustic looking with old signs hanging on the walls. Our dress code for work is dark blue jeans and a black 13 Bones t-shirt. It is a nice place to eat at but very causal. If anybody is every around this part of NC you should stop and eat with us! I promise you won't be disappointed.

My name is Kaitlyn Costner and I am twenty years old. My birthday is April 12th! I am originally from Macon, Georgia but my family and I moved to North Carolina ten years ago because of my dad's job. He works for RJ Reynolds and bought out his previous company. I have two wonderful parents who have always been there for me and supported me. Without them I wouldn't be where I am today. I also have a younger brother who is sixteen. Even though he is my little brother he is about twice my size. He is over six foot and plays football and wrestles. I only have one pet and his name is KC. He is a miniature Dodson who is getting very old and hateful. I also have a sweet boyfriend named Taylor that I have known since middle school. I graduated in 2012 from West Stokes High school in King, Nc. After High school I attended Surry Community College in Dobson, Nc. While I was there I obtained a core transfer diploma. After Surry I transferred to Appalachian State. I have known from the very beginning that I wanted to be a speech pathologist. I got the opportunity to work with three different therapist throughout my high school career and fell in love with it. I am a waitress at a local restaurant in Mount airy and have been since they opened six years ago. The restaurant is named 13 Bones and has great food! I can't stay away from there because the workers are like my second family so I go home every other weekend still to work. Later on in my post I will share more information about all the special people in my life!

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend has been a very busy, yet successful. My best friend turned 21 on Saturday. We have been friends since we were twelve years old. We now live together in Boone and have a wonderful relationship. For her birthday, I got her this really cool T-shirt she had been wanting and money. Everyone can always use money! She went out with some of her nursing friends friday night because I am not 21 and can't get inside anywhere. While she was gone, I put streamers all over her room and blew up around fifty balloons.  Then I bought crazy string and sprayed it everywhere! She was really surprised when she got home. The next day a lot of friends from home came up to celebrate. We all went and at at Chilies and then came back to the apartment to celebrate more. It was a great weekend filled with laughter and joy.