Never cry outside in sub-zero temperatures. A random girl in her pajamas standing knee-deep in new snow weeping heartily is not a pretty sight. The moral of the story is: don't go frisbee golfing in the snow with your coat pockets unzipped.
The snow was pretty cool at first. But after 6 straight days of snow showers, most of them blinding and blowing, and with at least 4 more forecasted, I'm tired of it. Playing in it helped, until I lost my ID and there was no hope of finding it in the 12 inches already present and the 2 more falling as I dug through countless piles of snow. Plus a lost frisbee, a nearly-broken window, a lost wrestling match, and lots of snow down the back of my pants, I just wanted out of this stupid state.
I'm definitely at that angry-at-everything, caring-about-nothing, need-to-get-out point. Dang that was fast, I've only been at school for 6 days since my last road trip. Why must I be so nomadic? Darn it all....
Goals for this week: don't be sick any more, pass anatomy practical exam, don't dance myself to death, make it to the weekend and my boy.

You know you're in an odd major when your teacher doesn't show up for class, and you end up teaching. My ballet teacher keeps getting stuck in Grand Rapids because of snow, and today we decided that instead of going home we would give ourselves class. And by giving ourselves class I mean me teaching cause no one else was brave enough. Why does the world I choose to live in have to be so strange? I just can't be normal, I guess.

I'm still sick, but I can almost talk today. And I've only had 4 cough drops so far this morning, which is about half of what I've been doing. I bet I would feel better if I got more than 7 hours of sleep, too, but sadly organic chemistry doesn't allow for that.

Speaking of organic chemistry, I might have actually passed my test this morning. There were no tears, there were no problems where I had to close my eyes and point at a multiple choice answer, there were no times when I just wanted to give up. That is amazing. So snaps to lots of prayer and lots of studying.

This was a very random entry, mostly for those of you who check this thing 5 times a day (Rich Eddy), so I don't have much to actually say. I'll take requests for content, just leave a comment! :) Later, everybody.

If you ever decide to go 300 miles away for any reason, give yourself more than 20 hours to do it. And don't get sick the day of.

The DL on last weekend:
Friday: class 8:30-4, chem seminar 4-5, rehearsal 6-8:30
Saturday: Sacred rehearsal 9-12, ballet rehearsal 3-6, drive to WI 6-10 (9 Central), see amazingly cute new nephew 9-11, drive to hotel 11-11:30
Sunday: drive to Milwaukee 8:30-9:30, breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts 9:30-10, drive to MI 10-3 (2 central), rehearsal 3-5:30, dinner, homework 6-9

So it was a little crazy. It was awesome to spend some time with Jennica in the car, and to see my family and little Samwise, and Rich for a half hour. But waking up just a little sniffly and going to bed with absolutely no voice and more stuffed up than I've ever been is just not cool. Also, it would have been nice to have some more time for each leg of the journey. Oh well.

You should check out my nephew, he's super adorable:
http://photos.yahoo.com/iamhaack (you'll probably have to copy and paste, I dont' know how to make a real link on here yet, sorry)

And now on to my week with no voice and feeling a little disconnected from the frantic road-tripping.

Today I bring you:

Quotes of My Life

Dr. Mungall:
"Then they's p's!!"
"Carbon: C. Remember that."
"You're not thinking about med school, right?"
"C is up in the same direction as W, which is down."

Dr. Zeller:
"You can trick chemistry sometimes."
"It's all just nucleophiles looking for electophiles. Just like men looking like women. See, organic is easy."

Jennica:
"Why do you make friends, but get boyfriends?"
"It's been aplied to American from Greek." "English, Jenn, English. And it still doesn't count."
"I couldn't see if the light was on, so I threw some snowballs at the window."

Plato:
"And surely it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know."

Henri Nouwen:
"The great paradox of our time is that many of us are busy and bored at the same time. While running from one event to the next we wonder in our innermost selves if anything is really happening."

And finally, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"Don't Panic"


That concludes my list for Today, but check back later for another edition of Quotes of My Life

Entry #2 (I promise I won't number every one, that could get really annoying):

I tried to add a comments option, for those of you who like to respond to what I've written. Hopefully it works. I'll check back later to see if it is actually functioning.

So the news around town today is that Julie is still infant-less. But I have company for the drive to see the as-yet-unborn-nephew this weekend, all I have to do now is find someplace for Jennica and I to stay. Rich is on the case, and there's always Madison.

I have a half-headache this evening, so I'm not thinking very straight. Kinda wierded out by lack of baby news, surprise gifts hidden in my luggage, and nice warm hot chocolate. The combination is making me not want to read Plato's Apology and just go to sleep. "Does any man who does not believe in horses believe in horsemen's activities? Or in flute-playin activities but not in flute-players? No, my good sir, no man could." Interesting, but also way too many riddles for my tired brain.

Alright, I suppose I shall do my reading and head to bed. Leave a message on the comments thing (if it's working), I'd love to hear from ya'll! :) And yes, Jennica, that is an exclamation point!!

Peace.

Well, here goes nothing....
Hopefully I won't end up making a fool of myself to the few people who might actually read this. My life isn't all that exciting, so we'll see what comes up. I might as well try this, anyways. If you do end up reading this, drop me a line so I know who my audience is! :)
Not much of a first post, but it'll have to do for now. Check back for more later, til then I'm Outy 5000.