Miss Independent

Well, after a few requests, I decided to set up a blog to chart, record, and tell of the happenings in the new adventure I am about to begin. So tomorrow, July 31st, I officially am 100% an independent grown up. Yeah, yeah, yeah...you're thinking, "Umm, Katie you're 24, you've just completed professional school, and haven't lived at home (except for breaks) in 6 years." I know I know, but this is different. I'm moving to a new state, to a town where I only know a handful of people, bearing the title "Dr." and I just bought a house...all a BIG deal...point being...I'm officially 100% an independent grown up. It feels great, scary, nerve-racking, exciting, and liberating all at the same time. All expected emotions I'm sure. Anyway, tomorrow is the move where I will make the 4 1/2 hour trek south of D-Mo, with my car so full it could pop, my mom trailing behind me with her vehicle crammed full (hey, I'm a girl...it's allowed), and my new addition, my puppy Maggie, riding in her kennel right beside me. If you would have asked me 6 years ago if I would be moving to AL, I would have laughed and said you were crazy. But it just shows that you never know what is in store in your future. I had initially planned on good ol' Nashville, TN, but even my planned out decision backfired. God has different things in store for me and I am so very excited to see what he has planned. Now, of course, there are major things I will miss about my beloved southeast MO. Mostly my fam....parentals, wonderful big brothers, incredible sis-in-laws, and the best niece and nephew in the world.....I'm very conditioned to seeing them on a daily basis. However, I'm the one Howard that will live out of Stoddard Co., so I'll provide some different scenery on needed gettaways :)

So my book is still completely unwritten (as Natasha Bedingfield's song says), and this new beginning I am about to start will just add to it and fill up some more pages. However, though what's in store for me in my future and in my life is unknown, I do know that I am extremely blessed and I am living "The Sweet Life." :)