Not. Cool.

Nearly a blizzard when I was driving home from school today.  Was mildly snowing when I left home, which made my truck slide a bit, but not the fishtailing I did on the way home-my second oldest brother was driving due to the issue from yesterday and his having an interview today(He got the job too!) so he dropped me off.   Then we had the fun drive home that ended in yet another Lost World moment getting in the driveway.  We waited until after 3 to shovel our driveway-it'd stopped snowing by then-and there was the fun layer of icy slush under the 3-4 inches of snow.
Got my assignment for intro to linguistics turned in.  Just reading until next week.  Japanese for tomorrow is done, still have a journal for critical approaches to literature to do and more reading of Crime and Punishment...

Snow again...

Wasn't so bad getting to school despite a inch or so of it already covering stuff.  Turned in my homework fine, though I realized I'd forgotten my wallet after shoveling the driveway this morning.  Asked my brother to bring it up with him as he was coming up sometime, only he never made it to school.  The clutch went out on his car on a long hill five minutes away and he couldn't go any further.
I wound up towing him home behind my truck-a police man kindly stopped behind us with his lights going so people would slow down and give us room to attach the two vehicles-and having a Lost World moment-the scene where the guy with the jeep is trying to pull the trailer back up off the ledge and sliding back and forth-getting in the driveway.  We then had to shovel it to get them back in a out of the way spot as it was too slick otherwise.
Stopped snowing though, which means that unlike when I shoveled this morning it melted the rest off instead of getting covered again.
Supposed to snow worse tomorrow...

Wow!

My university is now 125 years old.  They celebrated today with a party in the union atrium starting at 7:30a.m. and culminating with a massive balloon drop from the ceiling at 1:25p.m. after which Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band music group played 'happy birthday' so we could all sing along.  Then they began a cool concert while everyone went to get a piece of the cool cake Vintage Cupcakes made that was basically a model of the whole campus-the icing formed the coloring, the cake made the shapes-and someone even brought them a piece while they took a quick pause between songs.
My best friend is in my intro to visual studies class!  I ran into her while trying to find the back corner classroom-literally, as it was in an office area and we suspect it's a conference room-and that's how we found out.
My intro to linguistics class was right before the balloon drop, so the teacher let us out nearly a half hour early so we could go.  Plus the president had sent out an email asking them too.
The funny part was that the mascot kept 'stealing the show' from the announcer by jumping on stage as they prepared to introduce another speaker.  I was there when the mascot did it right as the President was about to come up.  The announcer gave a kind of helpless gesture and said that the mascot must supersede even the university president and there wasn't much to be done about it.
Check engine light in my truck either turned off or burned out again...
Sent in another application today while getting lunch at Subway with my sister.  Here's hoping...

Here we go again...

Today start yet another semester in college.  And I'm doing 18 credit hours for now. Sigh.  My dad suggested my migraine on saturday was a stress response.  Not a bad theory, bad it's never done that before.
Celebrated my brother's 20th birthday yesterday with quite a crowd.  My sister came down with her two girls, my brother made it with his girlfriend.  We had lasagna-after breaking our fast-and garlic bread plus green beans.  We played Apples to Apples before dessert, then switched to Nerts.  My barely two month old niece fell asleep twice and then drooled on me before they left.  My shirt smelled like baby after that.  Not a bad smell, but certainly not one I'm used to.
So I've got Japanese and two english classes-one a repeat from last summer-today, and then job hunting.  Want to get one this week...

And a Migraine.

Of course I wake up with a headache still, and as we head to my sister's for my second youngest brother's 20th birthday breakfast-she couldn't come to dinner tonight, so she offered to do a breakfast for him-it blossoms(is that the right term?)into a full migraine.    Thankfully I've found that drinking water lowers the pain level, but I still couldn't play with my niece the way I'd hoped.  And she wanted me to play tickle monster with her too...
As soon as my sister found out she went into mother mode and gave me some specific migraine medication.  It has Acetaminophen, Asprin, and caffeine in some form-that usually doesn't help me with a headache, either makes me dizzy or makes it worse-and while it took a good half hour to kick in, it did help.  Finally went away around 5p.m.
Did not help with my needing to do laundry today.  All my shirts were dirty.  Found a darker red skirt and a black one that are full length on sale at a mall near my sister's house.  That should cover things for a while.
We took my brother to Golden Corral for dinner-tradition that once you hit 18 you get a dinner instead of presents, but the siblings can only come if we pay for ourselves-figures he'd want a buffet instead of a fancy restaurant.  But we had fun.
Snowed last night, but it's cold enough that it was all powder my dad could blow off the driveway with a leaf blower.  Made getting out this morning a bit simpler I think.
My mom and I did a kind of sit up challenge yesterday and today.  250 varying sit ups yesterday, and 100 also varying situps today before dinner.  We did it with weights to add to the effectiveness.  My abs are sore...

Headaches...

Woke up this morning with one. grr. Not helping my mood though.  Didn't have to go anywhere, so it's no big deal.
Grabbed an application for a assistant manager job at a local outdoor type store less than ten minutes away.  Got it filled out, but not turned in yet.  And I wanted to find out what was up with the check engine light in my truck.
We got the free t.v. home safely, and it works just fine.  Right now it's sitting on the floor of the sunroom, and we're having to keep the dogs away.  But working out space for it is going to take some time and a lot of moving things around.

Happy Ney Year 2014!

Yep, it's a new year yet again.  The rose parade said it's on it's 125 year.  Meaning its a very long word to describe the occasion.  I don't think I can spell it.
Stayed up til 1:05 a.m. last night.  woke up at 8 though, so I'm tired.  I did get some waffles made before my sister had to go to work-lame-so she was able to eat some.
She talked me into getting some heeled dance-like shoes at a store yesterday.  they're fun, and were rather cheap.  Finally found her a coat, which she liked better and better as she wore it.  Also got some new gloves so I have a decent pair for both of my coats.
Didn't go to the YSA new years eve party because my back started having issues.  No idea why, and only on the right side.  Tried several exercises to work it out, and finally my dad had to roll a tennis ball around the area before it would ease up.  Still iffy this morning though...
We lit off fireworks too, and I got a nose full of the smoke/gas from a match while lighting the thing.  But we had fun for a while.