I thought about working today, but then the thought of staying in my warm bed won out over getting up. I felt sorta bad, so I called the temp agency and told them I would work for the next two Mondays. Gah.
It's been snowing lightly all morning, nothing too serious, so I ran some errands this afternoon, b/c let's face it, it was practically afternoon when I woke up today. I came home and gave the bathroom a deeeeep cleaning. It desperately needed it. Now I'm just gearing up for some homework.
Our poor laptap is dying. The monitor is a floppy mess. A couple months ago the left hinge just cracked and somehow popped out and it hasn't closed properly since. It's still been functional though, so we haven't really done anything about it. But last night, the right side hinge busted. Now it can't stay up on its own. It's needs computer Viagra or something. Right now I have a pillow propped up behind it, but the best option I've found so far is to put it on the sofa against the back pillows and then sit on the floor and use the couch as a desk. Very pathetic. And time for a new laptop, I suppose. If anyone comes across any good deals, please let me know!!! I know it's only a matter of time before the damned thing just falls off and I'm out completely. I got freaked out last night and copied everything to an external hard drive. Better safe than sorry, I guess.
Watched the Oscars last night. They are soooo long. I think the only movie that I've seen that was nominated was Cars. And that was just for best song. And it didn't even win. I really want to see Babel and Little Miss Sunshine, though. Oh, and The Departed. I can't believe Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar. Like, a year and a half ago she was a nobody! And then she was on AI, and now she has an Oscar!! That is incredible. I love TV.
Well, I should get some reading done. I will feel extremely productive if I can knock it all out today. I think I can, I think I can....
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
The sun will come up, in three months...
For the past two days all we've been hearing about is this terrible blizzard that was coming. Friday night it snowed, and by Saturday morning we had about a foot in front of my garage that we had to shovel. I had to go coach our YM for the volleyball tournament, (read: stand there and pretend to know what I was talking about). I guess I didn't do too hot of a job, b/c they lost. So sad. Anyway, after I was done I rushed to the grocery store and headed home b/c snow was soon coming. Well, I came home, and waited. And waited. And waited. And the snow never came. It was mainly just windy. I was expecting to wake up to 2 feet this morning but there was hardly anything! NOT that I am complaining, mind you, but if you're going to hype something up so much, you had better show some results. At least church was cancelled today. So now we're just hanging out. Had pancakes and bacon. Now just being slugs on the couch.
I love this time of year b/c it's usually when all of our travel plans for the year start taking shape. We booked our tickets to Texas the other day. We are FINALLY goign to Texas!! Derrick has never met any of my Mom's side of the family. Never. We're going down in May, right after finals. Should be a lot of fun, and hopefully the weather is nice.
I'm going to Minneapolis for Spring Break next month with my friends Lindsey and Courtney. Just for a couple days, going to the Mall of America. Should be a lot of fun. We're super excited--just to get out of Milwaukee for a bit. Sure, most people head South during Spring Break....but hey, we work with what we got.
Then it's the beach in Cali in June, cousin's wedding in Erie in July, maybe NYC in July while Derrick's at market, maybe Vegas in August (market again), Derrick's HS friend's wedding in Denver in October, Thankgiving/my nephew's baptism in Phoenix, and CT for Christmas. Love it! I love thinking about going to these places and all the things to do and see, and Derrick thinks about paying for the plane tickets. :)
I think it's time for another nap...
I love this time of year b/c it's usually when all of our travel plans for the year start taking shape. We booked our tickets to Texas the other day. We are FINALLY goign to Texas!! Derrick has never met any of my Mom's side of the family. Never. We're going down in May, right after finals. Should be a lot of fun, and hopefully the weather is nice.
I'm going to Minneapolis for Spring Break next month with my friends Lindsey and Courtney. Just for a couple days, going to the Mall of America. Should be a lot of fun. We're super excited--just to get out of Milwaukee for a bit. Sure, most people head South during Spring Break....but hey, we work with what we got.
Then it's the beach in Cali in June, cousin's wedding in Erie in July, maybe NYC in July while Derrick's at market, maybe Vegas in August (market again), Derrick's HS friend's wedding in Denver in October, Thankgiving/my nephew's baptism in Phoenix, and CT for Christmas. Love it! I love thinking about going to these places and all the things to do and see, and Derrick thinks about paying for the plane tickets. :)
I think it's time for another nap...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Heat Wave
It's a whopping 40 degrees out. When I got in my car this afternoon, it was actually hot. Crazy, I know. It's amazing how "warm" it feels compared to what it used to feel like last week. I even took off my coat and ran errands in just my scrubs. Derrick and I were joking last night about whether or not we should take advantage of it and head down to the "beach" on the lake.
Our clubhouse gym is under construction so I took advantage of our beautiful weather and ran outside. I haven't run since last Saturday, when my knee started to hurt. I don't know if it's that, or the fact that I only run indoors on treadmills, but I just about DIED. Running outside is MUCH harder than treadmill running. Maybe it was the fact that my run started out going up a hill, (albeit it a small one). All I know is I am NOT feeling as superhero-ish as I once was when I finished a run. So sad.
Those muffins I made Sunday morning turned out pretty yummy. I only used half the amount of blueberries it called for, because I didn't buy the right size container. So they would be even better with all of them!! I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever made muffins from scratch, and even though Derrick says he likes Betty's, I'll still make them again. Oh%, I use a Pampered Chef stoneware muffin pan. LOVE IT. Actually, I do 95% of my baking in stoneware, and I never burn anything. It's fabulous.
Lemon-Blueberry Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, combine flour, 1/4 cup of the sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon zest; mix well. Add blueberries and toss gently.
2. Melt butter in microwave on HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Using pastry brush, lightly brush cups of muffin pan with butter; reserve remaining butter. In small bowl, whisk milk, egg and remaining melted butter. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be slightly lumpy). Do not over mix.
3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over muffins.
4. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to cooling Rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Serve warm.
I got a creme brulee set from my mother in law for my birthday, so I'm going to try making it tonite. I've never made it before, but I'm really just excited to use the blowtorch. :)
OK. Unless you live in a cave, you know that Britney shaved her head this weekend. She is seriously off the deep end. I guess she checked herself into rehab today, hopefully for longer than a day like last time. I'm trying really really hard to stay a faithful fan, but she's making it really hard for me. I think for so long she's been in the spotlight, and she's just never had a life of her own. Always at the mercy of the paparazzi, who exploit her each and every move. Basically, her life is not her own. I don't blame her for going ballistic, but where is her family during all of this? Aren't they there for her to tell her she's screwing up? To offer help? I mean, let's face it. At this point, K-Fed is the responsible parent here! A judge would grant him full custody in an instant! I wish her best, and hope she can get herself straightend out. I had high hopes for a full-on Britney comeback, but that dream is getting farther and farther away. I just want Oops! Britney back, is that so much to ask???
Our clubhouse gym is under construction so I took advantage of our beautiful weather and ran outside. I haven't run since last Saturday, when my knee started to hurt. I don't know if it's that, or the fact that I only run indoors on treadmills, but I just about DIED. Running outside is MUCH harder than treadmill running. Maybe it was the fact that my run started out going up a hill, (albeit it a small one). All I know is I am NOT feeling as superhero-ish as I once was when I finished a run. So sad.
Those muffins I made Sunday morning turned out pretty yummy. I only used half the amount of blueberries it called for, because I didn't buy the right size container. So they would be even better with all of them!! I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever made muffins from scratch, and even though Derrick says he likes Betty's, I'll still make them again. Oh%, I use a Pampered Chef stoneware muffin pan. LOVE IT. Actually, I do 95% of my baking in stoneware, and I never burn anything. It's fabulous.
Lemon-Blueberry Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, combine flour, 1/4 cup of the sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon zest; mix well. Add blueberries and toss gently.
2. Melt butter in microwave on HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Using pastry brush, lightly brush cups of muffin pan with butter; reserve remaining butter. In small bowl, whisk milk, egg and remaining melted butter. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be slightly lumpy). Do not over mix.
3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over muffins.
4. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to cooling Rack. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Serve warm.
I got a creme brulee set from my mother in law for my birthday, so I'm going to try making it tonite. I've never made it before, but I'm really just excited to use the blowtorch. :)
OK. Unless you live in a cave, you know that Britney shaved her head this weekend. She is seriously off the deep end. I guess she checked herself into rehab today, hopefully for longer than a day like last time. I'm trying really really hard to stay a faithful fan, but she's making it really hard for me. I think for so long she's been in the spotlight, and she's just never had a life of her own. Always at the mercy of the paparazzi, who exploit her each and every move. Basically, her life is not her own. I don't blame her for going ballistic, but where is her family during all of this? Aren't they there for her to tell her she's screwing up? To offer help? I mean, let's face it. At this point, K-Fed is the responsible parent here! A judge would grant him full custody in an instant! I wish her best, and hope she can get herself straightend out. I had high hopes for a full-on Britney comeback, but that dream is getting farther and farther away. I just want Oops! Britney back, is that so much to ask???
Monday, February 19, 2007
7 minutes of heaven
In case you missed it, here is a condensed version of our episode of The Price is Right. My brother in law edited it, a little more than I would have preferred, but it's still cool. I'm waiting on my friend to upload all of it, I'll be sure to post it when he does. Enjoy!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Home again, home again, jiggity jig
Well, Derrick finally got home Thursday afternoon, and I finally got home from work at 11 pm so I finally got to see him! And guess what he brought back from Vegas?? A cold! Hooray. So now he's sick, and I'm almost out of the woods. Friday we were both exhausted and feeling gross so we just ordered pizza and stayed in. It was nice not to have to do anything.
Yesterday we had to get up early and clean the church and then we came home and slept for what felt like forever. Then it was time to get ready for the super secret surprise!! Just as we were getting ready to leave, he handed me a homemade valentine card (typing paper and a colored pencil...haha) with 2 tickets to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in it!!!!! I was soooo excited!! It was really cool--they had a giant screen above the orchestra playing The Wizard of Oz, and the orchestra played all of the musical score from the movie. Somehow they managed to get only the dialogue to play over the speakers. It was amazing. They were right on cue, you'd never know it wasn't music from the actual film. We had great seats, too. Derrick did a great job!!! A surprise and I loved it! We ate at the Cheesecake Factory before so it was a completely perfect night!
Well, I'm going to go make some blueberry muffins before church. It's a new recipe-if they're any good, I'll post the recipe! I'm surprised Derrick's not itching for pancakes, considering I went and bought ALL NINE BOTTLES of Golden Griddle from Piggly Wiggly the other day. I probably looked like a freak, it's the only thing I bought. Now I have no idea what to do with them. Under the bed is looking pretty good right about now...
Yesterday we had to get up early and clean the church and then we came home and slept for what felt like forever. Then it was time to get ready for the super secret surprise!! Just as we were getting ready to leave, he handed me a homemade valentine card (typing paper and a colored pencil...haha) with 2 tickets to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in it!!!!! I was soooo excited!! It was really cool--they had a giant screen above the orchestra playing The Wizard of Oz, and the orchestra played all of the musical score from the movie. Somehow they managed to get only the dialogue to play over the speakers. It was amazing. They were right on cue, you'd never know it wasn't music from the actual film. We had great seats, too. Derrick did a great job!!! A surprise and I loved it! We ate at the Cheesecake Factory before so it was a completely perfect night!
Well, I'm going to go make some blueberry muffins before church. It's a new recipe-if they're any good, I'll post the recipe! I'm surprised Derrick's not itching for pancakes, considering I went and bought ALL NINE BOTTLES of Golden Griddle from Piggly Wiggly the other day. I probably looked like a freak, it's the only thing I bought. Now I have no idea what to do with them. Under the bed is looking pretty good right about now...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Pink and red day
Happy Valentine's Day, friends! I'm sure I love each of you in some way. Whether it's in a "you're-family-so-I-HAVE-to-love-you" way, or "you-made-me-laugh-one-day-when-I-was-sad" way, or "you-make-better-cookies-than-I-ever-will" way. I love you all!
Derrick called this morning to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day. Probably the only time I'll talk to him today, since I guess he's going to this star-studded party tonite while he's in Vegas. Lucky!! He said he looked into sending me flowers today but it was too expensive. So intead, he has a super secret surprise planned for Saturday night. Yay!! I have no idea what it is, but I like to pretend like I do. I've already guess the zoo, Bucks game, dinner but that's not it. Guess I'll just have to wait!!!
I finally found a heart cookie cutter last night at Michael's last night. Talk about waiting until the last minute! I made about 3 dozen sugar cookies and iced them with red almond icing. They are verrrry cute. Everyone at work loved them. Of course they did. Oh, and by work, I mean clinicals. It feels like work, (minus the paycheck), and really it's the easiest way to describe it. So don't go getting confused thinking I actually got a job or anything. Yeah right!
Yesterday I spent the day in the OR, which was awesome. I saw a total hip replacement and a total knee replacement--not on the same patient. It was quite barbaric, with all the drilling and pounding and cutting. When they did the hip, they had to dislocate the femur from the hip socket, and they pulled her leg across her body and turned her foot up and you heard this huge "SCHLEP POP!" sound when it popped out. It was very loud, and it's good I had a mask on b/c my jaw was wide open. Actually, it was open most of the day. Thank heavens for the mask. It was freezing in the OR, and now I have a cold. Hooray. I've been popping the DayQuill and AirBorne, and I think I'm fighting it off, I just need to sleep more.
Well, I should get some homework done before I head out to babysit for my friends! If I can't go out tonite, at least I can help someone else go out!
Hope everyone gets lucky tonite, whatever that means to you! ;)
Derrick called this morning to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day. Probably the only time I'll talk to him today, since I guess he's going to this star-studded party tonite while he's in Vegas. Lucky!! He said he looked into sending me flowers today but it was too expensive. So intead, he has a super secret surprise planned for Saturday night. Yay!! I have no idea what it is, but I like to pretend like I do. I've already guess the zoo, Bucks game, dinner but that's not it. Guess I'll just have to wait!!!
I finally found a heart cookie cutter last night at Michael's last night. Talk about waiting until the last minute! I made about 3 dozen sugar cookies and iced them with red almond icing. They are verrrry cute. Everyone at work loved them. Of course they did. Oh, and by work, I mean clinicals. It feels like work, (minus the paycheck), and really it's the easiest way to describe it. So don't go getting confused thinking I actually got a job or anything. Yeah right!
Yesterday I spent the day in the OR, which was awesome. I saw a total hip replacement and a total knee replacement--not on the same patient. It was quite barbaric, with all the drilling and pounding and cutting. When they did the hip, they had to dislocate the femur from the hip socket, and they pulled her leg across her body and turned her foot up and you heard this huge "SCHLEP POP!" sound when it popped out. It was very loud, and it's good I had a mask on b/c my jaw was wide open. Actually, it was open most of the day. Thank heavens for the mask. It was freezing in the OR, and now I have a cold. Hooray. I've been popping the DayQuill and AirBorne, and I think I'm fighting it off, I just need to sleep more.
Well, I should get some homework done before I head out to babysit for my friends! If I can't go out tonite, at least I can help someone else go out!
Hope everyone gets lucky tonite, whatever that means to you! ;)
Monday, February 12, 2007
Solo again
So it snowed last night. Blech. Luckily, not too much, and even better, it's not TOO cold out.
Derrick left for Las Vegas today. So sad. His flight was delayed 3 hours due to mechanical problems (which always freaks me out) and got a voucher, so that's cool. He doesn't come home until Thursday, so I'm flying solo until then. An ideal time to get a lot of homework done. Now I just have to act on that idea. If I can get past my bitterness that Derrick is in Fabulous Las Vegas and I'm not. I'm insanely jealous.
Tomorrow instead of working on our normal floor I get to spend the day in the OR and observe all the surgeries that are scheduled for the day. I'm super excited. I hope I get to see some cool surgeries. The only thing I'm nervous about it how cold it is in the OR. I'm always cold normally, so to spend the day in there where it's even colder will suck! Although they did say if we get too cold we can ask the nurse for a heated blanket. But how wussy would that look?!
I've been planning on making valentine cookies for Wednesday all week. I'm all ready to make them today and I realize I don't have a heart-shaped cookie cutter!! Foiled! I went to Wal-Mart and they didn't have any either!! Looks like my task tomorrow will be to find one somewhere. I'm hoping Michael's or JoAnn's will have one. Or maybe Target. Hmmm...
I'm slightly concerned about my right knee. Saturday afer I finished running (3 miles in under 30 minutes...go me!) I was stretching and all of a sudden my knee started to KILL. It didn't hurt while running, only after. I couldn't walk, I couldn't bend it. I couldn't go up or down stairs. It's much much better now, but now I'm scared to run on it. Any ideas/suggestions?? I hope I'm not killing myself!!
I'd like to go to bed, but my sheets are currently in the dryer. So I have to wait. I do have another set, but they're like 250 count, and I refuse to sleep on them. Sounds very diva-ish, huh. Well, I don't care, they're like sandpaper. We had another nice set up until like 2 weeks ago when a huge hold ripped in them. When Derrick sleeps, he somehow creates these loooong wrinkles that run the length of the bed on his side. It's sooo bizarre. It looks like an accordion on his side of the bed. Well, I guess all those wrinkles finally weakened the fabric, because when I pulled them off the bed they ripped right down the length of one of the creases. So weird. He's ruining our sheets! I honestly don't know how he does it, either. I should take a picture of our bed. My side is nice and smooth. His is all wonky.
And courtesy of my friend Ryan:
What kind of shorts to clouds wear??
Thunderwear!!
Derrick left for Las Vegas today. So sad. His flight was delayed 3 hours due to mechanical problems (which always freaks me out) and got a voucher, so that's cool. He doesn't come home until Thursday, so I'm flying solo until then. An ideal time to get a lot of homework done. Now I just have to act on that idea. If I can get past my bitterness that Derrick is in Fabulous Las Vegas and I'm not. I'm insanely jealous.
Tomorrow instead of working on our normal floor I get to spend the day in the OR and observe all the surgeries that are scheduled for the day. I'm super excited. I hope I get to see some cool surgeries. The only thing I'm nervous about it how cold it is in the OR. I'm always cold normally, so to spend the day in there where it's even colder will suck! Although they did say if we get too cold we can ask the nurse for a heated blanket. But how wussy would that look?!
I've been planning on making valentine cookies for Wednesday all week. I'm all ready to make them today and I realize I don't have a heart-shaped cookie cutter!! Foiled! I went to Wal-Mart and they didn't have any either!! Looks like my task tomorrow will be to find one somewhere. I'm hoping Michael's or JoAnn's will have one. Or maybe Target. Hmmm...
I'm slightly concerned about my right knee. Saturday afer I finished running (3 miles in under 30 minutes...go me!) I was stretching and all of a sudden my knee started to KILL. It didn't hurt while running, only after. I couldn't walk, I couldn't bend it. I couldn't go up or down stairs. It's much much better now, but now I'm scared to run on it. Any ideas/suggestions?? I hope I'm not killing myself!!
I'd like to go to bed, but my sheets are currently in the dryer. So I have to wait. I do have another set, but they're like 250 count, and I refuse to sleep on them. Sounds very diva-ish, huh. Well, I don't care, they're like sandpaper. We had another nice set up until like 2 weeks ago when a huge hold ripped in them. When Derrick sleeps, he somehow creates these loooong wrinkles that run the length of the bed on his side. It's sooo bizarre. It looks like an accordion on his side of the bed. Well, I guess all those wrinkles finally weakened the fabric, because when I pulled them off the bed they ripped right down the length of one of the creases. So weird. He's ruining our sheets! I honestly don't know how he does it, either. I should take a picture of our bed. My side is nice and smooth. His is all wonky.
And courtesy of my friend Ryan:
What kind of shorts to clouds wear??
Thunderwear!!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Celebrity me and my balls
Thanks to everyone for all of my birthday wishes! So nice of you! I wound up feeling TONS better that afternoon and decided to take the leap and go get sushi anyway. It was deeeeelish. We got way too much and left stuffed. YUM. Came home and had birthday cake, made especially by Chef-boy-ar-Derrick. Funfetti cake. The best! I opened my birthday cards--typical cash from the grandparents, gift card from the parents. Derrick got me these super cute shoes from the Buckle. White casual sneakers--Bullboxers. I'm dying to wear them but it's so slushy and gross out I'm scared to. Oh, and he got me a dozen roses. Really pretty...orangey yellow. He said they were half get well and half happy birthday. What a stud.
So today was the big day--our Price is Right air date. It was fabulous. So much fun to watch it all again. We had a house full of people over to watch it and hang out. Fun times. If you didn't get to see it, I can arrange a private viewing for you. For a small fee, of course. ;) You don't really get to see me all that much, b/c everytime you think you might see me, Derrick jumps in front of me and steals my screentime. Bitch. Haha. Still, it was lots of fun, and Kathleen was great.
I took in Oreo balls to the hospital on Thursday, as a belated birthday treat, and they were a huge hit. Every time I make them people love them. So I feel I should share the goodness and pass the recipe on to you. Really, they are incredible.
Oreo Balls
1 pkg Oreos
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened
White Almond Bark
In either a blender or food processor, chop up oreos until it looks like dirt. No chunks! Then, mix in the cream cheese. Shape into balls and chill for about 30 minutes. Dip in melted almond bark. Let cool. Viola!
I use a toothpick to dip the balls, it's easier and less messy. I'm not even kidding, these are delicioso. Make them now!!
So today was the big day--our Price is Right air date. It was fabulous. So much fun to watch it all again. We had a house full of people over to watch it and hang out. Fun times. If you didn't get to see it, I can arrange a private viewing for you. For a small fee, of course. ;) You don't really get to see me all that much, b/c everytime you think you might see me, Derrick jumps in front of me and steals my screentime. Bitch. Haha. Still, it was lots of fun, and Kathleen was great.
I took in Oreo balls to the hospital on Thursday, as a belated birthday treat, and they were a huge hit. Every time I make them people love them. So I feel I should share the goodness and pass the recipe on to you. Really, they are incredible.
Oreo Balls
1 pkg Oreos
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened
White Almond Bark
In either a blender or food processor, chop up oreos until it looks like dirt. No chunks! Then, mix in the cream cheese. Shape into balls and chill for about 30 minutes. Dip in melted almond bark. Let cool. Viola!
I use a toothpick to dip the balls, it's easier and less messy. I'm not even kidding, these are delicioso. Make them now!!
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I like surprises. Just not this one.
Everyone knows I like surprises. Well, did I get a birthday surprise to beat all others--the stomach flu!!! HOORAY!! I got suuupuer sick last night and still feel queasy today. Which means I didn't go to the hospital today. So I guess in a way it's nice to be able to spend my birthday sleeping in and watching TV. Except Derrick was taking me out for sushi tonite, and I'm just not sure how my poor tummy will handle that. I'm trying my very best to feel better!! So far, 26 is not starting out so well....
Nothing else very exciting to post. It's still freezing out. If I get a pony for my birthday, I'll be sure to let you know!
Nothing else very exciting to post. It's still freezing out. If I get a pony for my birthday, I'll be sure to let you know!
Monday, February 05, 2007
Really. What did we do to deserve this?
It's colder now than I've ever felt it here. Currently it's -27 with the windchill. MINUS, folks. Lots of schools are cancelled today because it's so cold. The other night we had dinner with friends, and my car, who usually stays toasty in my garage, was outside for about 4 hours. When we left, it was literally an icebox. I wasn't sure it would even start it was soooo sluggish. The gearshift was frozen. The LCD displays were frozen. It took about 20 minutes for the inside of the car to get reasonably warm. You could still see your breath inside the car. Running errands on Saturday my face would freeze. My eyeballs would freeze. Seriously, in my head, they felt like they were freezing. What a joke. WHAT AM I DOING HERE??? HONESTLY!! THIS IS NOT MY LIFE!! I keep waiting to wake up and find myself on the beach in Florida. No such luck.
Luckily for me, I don't have class today, and no real reason to go outside until later when we go to the gym.
Is anyone else besides me extremely disappointed by the Superbowl last night? And by Superbowl, I mean commercials. I wanted the Colts to win, so hooray for them. But the quality of commericals was soooo lame. Tons of local commercials...what's up with that? I don't watch the Superbowl to see old Menard's commercials. There were no Pepsi ads, what's up with that? There were a few Budlight ads that were funny, but that's it!!! Bor-ring.
So Thursday was my first night at the hospital where I had my very own patient. And I didn't kill her! It helped that she was extremely stable and I only had to give one med. I liked it a lot though. I think I'll learn tons this semester.
Well, I should go and get some homework done. It has already piled up. Lots of projects due this semester. They all seem like a waste of time, but whatever.
Stay warm wherever you are!
Luckily for me, I don't have class today, and no real reason to go outside until later when we go to the gym.
Is anyone else besides me extremely disappointed by the Superbowl last night? And by Superbowl, I mean commercials. I wanted the Colts to win, so hooray for them. But the quality of commericals was soooo lame. Tons of local commercials...what's up with that? I don't watch the Superbowl to see old Menard's commercials. There were no Pepsi ads, what's up with that? There were a few Budlight ads that were funny, but that's it!!! Bor-ring.
So Thursday was my first night at the hospital where I had my very own patient. And I didn't kill her! It helped that she was extremely stable and I only had to give one med. I liked it a lot though. I think I'll learn tons this semester.
Well, I should go and get some homework done. It has already piled up. Lots of projects due this semester. They all seem like a waste of time, but whatever.
Stay warm wherever you are!
Saturday, February 03, 2007
I'm currently tying my own noose....
Today: Windy. Snow flurries and a few snow showers throughout the day. Very cold. Wind chills may approach -15F. High 6F. Winds WNW at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 30%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
Tonight: Bitterly cold. Variably cloudy with light snow flurries possible. Wind chills approaching -25F. Low -8F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow: Off and on snow flurries are possible along with variably cloudy skies. Very cold. Wind chills may approach -20F. High 4F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow night: Bitterly cold. Partly cloudy. Wind chills may approach -20F. Low -6F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Monday:Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid single digits and lows -1 to -5F.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper single digits and lows in the low single digits.
Wednesday: More sun than clouds. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the upper single digits.
Tonight: Bitterly cold. Variably cloudy with light snow flurries possible. Wind chills approaching -25F. Low -8F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow: Off and on snow flurries are possible along with variably cloudy skies. Very cold. Wind chills may approach -20F. High 4F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow night: Bitterly cold. Partly cloudy. Wind chills may approach -20F. Low -6F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Monday:Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid single digits and lows -1 to -5F.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper single digits and lows in the low single digits.
Wednesday: More sun than clouds. Highs in the mid teens and lows in the upper single digits.
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