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I was born on April 15, 2004 in Barnaul, Siberia Region, former USSR (it is in Russia).
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This is the timeline of my life. It is compiled of the 20 major events of my life that lead up to the present time. The Book of Kathryn begins the day I was born...
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I lived in Sochi, a big city in Russia, for 4 years before I came to the United States with my mother, father, and 3 older siblings.
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When I was in the fourth grade I broke my wrist in gym class. It was the first, and only time I have ever broken any bone. I've learned to be careful, never like gym class after that though.
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When I was in the fifth grade I had sleep apnea and had to get my tonsils removed. This was the first surgery I ever had. Nothing compared to what I've dealt with more recently but it was kind of the beginning of an era for me. See, at the time I thought that that was the worst it was going to get. I was oh so wrong.
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In the sixth grade, I met Natalia Larios, my absolute best friend, my sister. We have been so close ever since we've met, and we plan on being friends for the rest of our lives. She's my person.
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When I was in the seventh grade I started having a lot of health issues, and I missed a lot of school. After about a year of tests and different procedures I found out I had IBS, and Chron's disease, which is an autoimmune disease. I had a lot of trouble getting to a healthy state now that my bodily functions were completely warped.
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In my freshmen year of high school I started learning French. In middle school I was forced to take Spanish classes but I never paid any attention, and I didn't want to learn the language. French was a lot different for me. I am now in my third year of learning French and I'm practically fluent in, like, 55% of the language. I'm just really proud that I stuck with it, I'm glad that it will give me opportunity to travel and expand my experience and knowledge of the world.
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October 6, 2018 was the first day i started working at Chick-fil-a, I got hired sometime during the summer of 2018. Getting this job has been both a challenge and a blessing. I love working, and making my own money. It gives me a sense of independence, keeps me aligned. But it's also a lot of pressure to keep up with school work, and work work. It used to be really hard managing, but now that school is online it is so much easier for me to be on time for my 8 hours shifts that start at 3.
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Starting in December of last year is when I started doing my ranges, and traffics so that I could get my driver's license. Not long after this date I got my permit and began driving all the time with my family. Flashforward to present day, I don't have my license yet because COVID-19 put everything on hold but I just recently finished my traffics and can go get my license any day at the DMV.
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This is the day that I met Hector Berrios. A fabulous addition to besties for the resties. Hector has come into my life and changed it in ways I didn't know it needed. He has been there for me since the day I met him; at this point I couldn't imagine my life without him there.
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When we left school in march because of a global pandemic, I feared for my life. Having an autoimmune disease means that my immune system is already shotty. If I ever get Coronavirus, even though I am young, I will not by asymptomatic, and there's a goof chance I could die! :/
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Earlier this year my older sister Rachel moved to Florida to live my 96 year old grandma, and just look after her. I miss her a lot everyday. When she moved, I got her room. My own room. I spend practically my whole day in here, makes me a little sad knowing that my older siblings are all growing up.
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When my sister left for Florida, I got her old room and now it was time for me to make it my own. I feel more independent being in my own room now, I don't see my sister still at home often but that was to be expected. Today, the room still really isn't mine but i'll work on it. It even still smells like my sister.
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This year my brother moved out to Nashville, and joined the police academy. Now, it's just me and my sister. It is really hard for me to come to the realization that we're all growing up. I only have one full year of high school left. Makes me wonder where I'll end up.
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Spending Halloween this year in quarantine wasn't actually too bad. Me, Natalia, and Hector put on our costumes our gloves and our masks, and sat outside with a big bowl of candy and hand sanitizer. It was really fun!
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This is the first time that a costumer made me cry. I've got a drink thrown on me, screamed at, but no customer has ever made me cry. The other day I was outside working, taking orders. An elderly lady, Paula, was apparently having a bad day. Told me repeatedly I couldn't do anything right and that I'm even too incompetent for the job I have. I'll never forget Paula, hope I never see her again.
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Recently I've been in the hospital with some health issues regarding my stomach, while in the emergency room I also found out I have bradycardia an issue with my heart basically where I have a really slow heart rate which causes all the dizziness, and pain in my chest. I had to get an EKG at the emergency room because my heart rate should be between the 70s-80s but it was 48, and my blood pressure should be 120 but it was 84.
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The night that I came home from the hospital finding out all these new errors with my body, my brother took me for a drive and then let me drive on the highway to downtown and on LSD. We went to get Jimmy's hotdogs that night too. This was a really important night for me because I never looked at my city the way I did that night, and I came to the decision that I wanted to stay in Chicago for college, probably live here the rest of my life too.
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So, earlier this year my kitchen flooded and we had to renovate the whole room. Today, the new appliances came and the whole room is really starting to come together. I think that this has recently become an important moment for me because I've lived in this house my whole life and nothing has ever changed this much. It just made me realize that I'm getting older, so are my parents, so is the house and a lot of things are changing for me.
