My feelings of anger that my blog was hacked on Thursday have been minimized by the fact that also on Thursday, I finally accomplished something huge (for me) in figure skating. I quit skating last Spring because I could not, for the life of me, get this one jump. I had this mental block; I knew I could do it, but yet I just couldn’t. I’ve been somewhat trying it recently, but on Thursday I FINALLY GOT IT. And I got it CONSISTENTLY! It still needs more height and better rotation, but hell, I couldn’t even get off the ice before. HUGE accomplishment.
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One of my best friends, Erin, came into town randomly Thursday. She decided at noon to get on a 3pm flight from St. Louis to Kansas City, then to leave the next morning. I picked her up from the airport, and we went shopping down on the Plaza and all around had a good time! I can’t waaaait till she moves back this fall!
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My poor Arabella was sick yesterday. =( I gave her one of Jack The Dog’s big food-bone thingys the day before yesterday, because I ran out of her little rawhide bones. She wolfed it down in like ten seconds flat. I’m guessing that’s why she puked everywhere. She seems to be okay now, though!
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All of my Tulsa cousins have arrived and are settling in here with us in Lawrence. My thirteen-year-old cousin Erin made a blog, click here to see! They all go home on Monday, except for Amy who’s staying here a week longer. We’ll probably be hanging around the lake, the rink, the pool, the gymnastics place, etc etc…
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Aaand, I’ve been contemplating legally changing my name. I’ve always gone by Katie, a nickname of my middle name (Katherine) and have never used my given first name. So I might just go legally change my first name to Katherine and stick a version of my first name as my middle name. Make sense?
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P.S. MANY, MANY, MANY!! thanks to Mary for the new custom header!!!
I think you should go ahead and change your name if you want. I’m not very fond of the name you’re referring to either.
Most people in my family just call me by the second part of my first name…either that, or Baja. 
As for the custom header, skills man, skills.
My sister hasn’t used my ‘real’ name in years, I don’t think. She just calls me boyo.
And I don’t go by my first name either, I go by my middle name. Some people who have known me for years don’t even realize I have another name.
Good job on the header, Baja!