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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Cloudy

It's not funny how I can wake up feeling prefectly awake, yet by the time I'm done with school for the day I'm rather exhausted.  Plus there are traffic issues-Like semi's causing delays for up to twenty minutes because they got stuck in the middle of the highway.
And I wanted to be early to school today. Argh.  Then I have injured my left shoulder somehow-it's been aching since the trip and I don't know what I did to it.  Trying to work out has been nteresting, as it doesn't like to go above my head.  Lifting weights is another thing.  I'm wearing out my right shoulder trying to compensate.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

English

My current teacher for this subject gave us a funny quote the other day.  I don't remember who said it, but it went like this:
The english language is like a theif in the night, that robs other languages in dark alleys, riffling their pockets for words.
Given how our language is based in Germanic, with latin and greek playing for second, and us stealing words from french and other languages, it is a fair quote.
Not that we like to think of it that way....

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Interviews.

The only thing more nerve wracking then school presentations.  You have to 'sell' yourself to whomever is conducting the interview.  And if two people are doing it, that adds to the pressure.
Snowed last night and into this morning again, but not enough to worry about.  Melted by the time school was done.  I had a two person interview, so I stayed at school an extra three hours for that.  Got my math test corrections done while there.
Hurt my left shoulder somehow, and today it was bothering me.  I think it was aggravated by snow shoveling over the weekend, but I can't be sure.  Not fun to hide during a job interview.  I'm glad I didn't have to raise my arm for anything, or it would have been really hard.

Monday, February 25, 2013

More Slide Offs...

What happens when bad whether mixes with poor driving-or just bad luck-and the driver can't control the car.  According to a news report there were over 130 slide off's in a 50 mile radius on Saturday.  One of those was my sister, who lost control while slowing down-go figure, she was fine until then-driving home on the highway.
She pushed the brake and her car just started fishtailing.  She kept some control for a little while but finally lost control.  She was turning into a skid-the only way to control them-and instead of heading right with the fishtail her car began sliding left.  Fast.  She tried to stop with the brake again but that had no effect at all.  She managed to turn the car slightly to the right before impact so instead of hitting the concrete barrier dividing the two lanes of traffic head on, she hit at an angle ans slid to a stop.  She's still sore-no surprise there-but no major injuries.  Her car is another story.
The drivers side front tire is gone and the front axle is a mess.  The lights on that side are gone as well.  The steering wheel turns, but the tires don't.  She started school today too-fun way to get back in the game....

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Three Days

In a row that it's been snowing when I woke up.  Today however, it hasn't stopped.  I think we've gotten at least six inches by now.  There was a smal break where it lessend enough for us to clear the drive way and let it melt a bit, but then it came right back and covered it again. Sigh...
Got a job offer yesterday though, and I'm hoping it will work out.  Really tired due to shoveling.  Managed to make it so my dad didn't have to help at all-his back's been acting up and he shoveled yesterday.  And this way I get two hours of decent cardio in for today.  Makes it a little harder to get anything else done afterwards though...

Friday, February 22, 2013

Math

I will say this for my current math teacher.  They tend to give me more credit on homework then I do.  And they explain things better than the book does.
We got more snow today, but not much more.  My dad is not getting enough sleep, as he came home early yesterday.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Editing...

English teachers want you do have a classmate-referred to as a peer-edit the big papers in class.  My current english teacher had us do an oral one yesterday, then an online one-ie we sent two people a digital copy and they sent it back with comments-for today.
Thats not too much I suppose, but not many people know much about editing, and even less are good at it.  I've had some experience at it, but that doesn't make it easier.  And then we have to send a copy to the teacher as well.
We got more snow too, but most of it melted through today.  At least it wasn't enough to make driving risky.