Shouldn't be funny..

And yet we all laughed anyway.  A coworker of mine was using a leaf blower to clear sidewalks yesterday, and just as he finished one section and moved to the next, the wind blew the leaves from the new section onto the area he'd just cleaned!  They were frustrated about it and yet laughing at the same time.
Speaking of comedy, it's 'election' week at school.  We're electing the officers and such all this week, so there are ad's and campaigns going on all over the campus.  Two candidates for president are competing in the main courtyard using music and sweets.  Walking through there I got blasted from both sides by the two different songs.  I guess they can't play the same song and expect to get different attention...

Trouble

You know your sister is in trouble when your two year old niece locks you out of the house-the lock part was on accident, but she did intentionally shut the door-after walking the dogs with you.
Appearantly she locks your sibling and her spouse out of the house all the time.  Yeah, they are in trouble when she gets bigger.

Rain!

At least it's not snow, but the rain seems to be hesitating in falling right now.  The snow has partially melted, but the bigger piles are sticking around.  The fun part about rain is having to clean leaves out of the gutters at work so the drains wouldn't clog.  They were wet and a little heavy, but it's still better than shoveling snow.
The snow melted enough for us to start trimming bushes and stuff, so that's part of what I did yesterday.  We don't have knee pads, so I used the clipping to cushion my knees after a while.  Given how fast those things can wear out, I can see why they are not terribly practical.  Plush I think the clippings worked better, and that stuff just brushes off.  Still cloudy today, so we may still get the big storm they've been predicting all week.

Groan...

Okay, I though junior and high school students are bad, but they at least eat their food before throwing it away.  Granted, they don't always throw it in the trash, which is my current problem.  Cleaning up after college students at the dorm is worse.  The flower beds alone were nasty.  I found a metal spoon, a twisted metal hanger, a shoe that is still usable-we have to throw them away though, cigarette butts-most by the dispenser where they are supposed to put them, plastic and glass bottles, and other assorted trash.  Some may have been there for quite a while, but a lot was recent.
And coaches are not much better.  Not with garbage, mind.  They want us to clean a good six inches of snow off the playing fields instead of letting it melt.  We have to use four wheeler type dump trucks to get it out, and we have to lay down a long line of plywood to cover the turf so they don't get mad at us for leaving tread marks.
The football field is the worst, as it's surrounded by the track.  That has become a ice sheet worthy of skating on, not good for trying to clear snow.  We have to clear the track first-using awesome snow blowers that chuck it halfway up the bleachers-without falling down, then blow the snow on the field onto the track. 
I actually got a little sun burn shoveling snow yesterday, and I've got a nasty headache hovering.  It's eased some, but if I'm not careful it will come right back.
Driving the four wheeler dump trucks wasn't so bad once I got the hang of it.  They can't go more than thirty I think, so we have to turn on the flashers whenever we go on a main road.

Spring Break!!!

Okay, I still have to go to work-now that I have a job.  But I don't have school or homework.  I will probably try to get ahead on some things because I can't really go anywhere.  But at least I'm not stressing over things for a week. 
And work's not so bad.  It's finally warming up-we got rain/fog yesterday but not enough to drop the temperature.  And my job is all outside, which I won't complain about that as I spend so much time inside with school.
My younger brother's still looking for a job, though he has a lot more time than I do as he's not going to school.
Had a weird dream last night, one that picked up after I got out of bed for  a while then went back to sleep.  My family had gone to some condo and I drove there to join them.  It was stormy, but no rain.  Kinda weird as the clouds looked like the rain was falling, but there was no sound.  Water spilled on the floor and most of the dream was me listening to their conversation while trying to clean up the floor.  The floor looked like carpet but felt like those rubber mats people put down to protect carpet.  I can't even remember the conversation they were having...
I suppose it would be a better spring break if I could go somewhere, but everyone else has different school shcedules than me.

Late Nights

Are a bad idea when you're a college student.  I had a friend in EMS basic training who felt they always did better when they were both hung over and tired.  Then the day of our state exam-they set it up so that classes go together, although we weren't allowed to wear school colors becuase a smaller college felt it gave us a boost.  This was mainly die do how much we ran through the practical exam in class, not to our school.  You'd think they'd set it up so that the college who doesn't do so well at training should go incognito-they fell asleep waiting for their turn to take the practical.  We had to wake them up when their name was called and they were groggy for the test.
Of course it was just my luck to be the last one called, which gave my nerves the longest to build up.  Most of my classmates had stayed at a hotel the night before-and some partied until about 2 am-I couldn't afford it so I can in that morning. The test took place nearly 30 miles from school, so that made sense.  Funny how I was the first in my class to pass that test though...

Crazies

I though our dogs were crazy, but they come by it honestly.  My younger brothers-the three who live at home-are corrently wrestling on the floor in the most open room in the house.  The oldest and youngest of the three are tourturing the middle one-i.e. tickling him while he yells.  He tries to claim they are hurting him and that it's not fun, but the grin he can't quite hide undermines that.  He also screams, but it's hoarse and not really load-other than deafening the two holding him.
Started my job in landscaping today.  Only two and a quarter hours of work, but raking leaves can wear you out if you're not used to it.  And it's a job, which took me a while to get one.  Plus it's outside, and I'm getting a little tired of being indoors with school and all the snow.