Yet more snow!

As I was getting ready for bed last night I went out to my car to grab my water bottle that I had forgotten, I was greeted by falling snow. Big fat flakes to stick to your eyelashes, eyebrows and hair making you look like the abominal snowman after a few minutes in it. It is the snow that I love most of all. I thought to myself that it was not going to stick and was not going to be such a big deal in the morning and shrugged it off. Taking one last glance out my bedroom window at a winter wonderland I put my head on the pillow and I am instantly asleep.
I wake up to the awful sound of an alarm. Yes the one that makes you go UUUUGGGHHH! in the morning. I had forgotten all about the snow as I did my morning routine. Gather clothes, underclothes and coat and head to the bathroom. Take shower, be sure to rinse conditioner out of hair this time. Get out, put contacts in so that I can see now, lather myself with a bottle of lotion, dry hair, put on make-up, straighten hair, put clothes on, (yes I do ALL of this naked, it ensures a thorough dry before dressing, plus the bathroom is mighty warm when you don't open the door until you're done!) and leave to kitchen. Make lunch, or rather grab various fruits and veggies and other things for lunch, feed the cat and then head out. As I was heading out i run into about an inch and a half of snow! Ugh again!
I turn on my car and head back inside to find the window scraper that I have so dubiously lost for the tenth time this winter season. I can't find it so I go to cd rack and pick the cd that has beeen skipping so many times that it is not worth it any more and go and hack away at my car windshield. How I wish for a garage for my car. Ot even a carport!
Now I am on my way to park and ride hoping that I get there in one piece! I slip and slid all the way. Finally I get there. No bus....
I grab Katie a lady that I give a ride to if I drive in and we head off. All is going well, a little slippery until we come out of the I-90 tunnel into Seattle.... white.... alot of white.... I can't see the lines on the road and there are cars slipping and sliding every which way. We creep on the freeway to the Madison street exit. Ugh again.... All red lights. I get the brilliant idea of breaking the law and going through every red light I come to to avoid stopping on the hill. Luckily this is at 5 am and no cars are present coming the other way. We are laughing and giggling like school girls all the way exclaiming that this is so much fun!
I must say that my little car does a wonderful job. On my way up to hill I passed not one but TWO 4 wheel drive trucks and a little Rav 4.
So I make it up the hill and drop Katie off and this time, instead of getting stuck outside on the hill that I was last time it snowed I parked in the garage. It will be the best $12 dollars that I will spend this month!

Rockband and Dance Dance Revolution

So I now have a new fetish thanks to my dear friend Kristi. I am now loving playing Dance Dance Revolution. I know that many of you think that it is a kids game but hey! It is a fun way to get exercise! Yes exercise. You try jumping up and down and moving all around for about an hour straight and not getting your heartrate up! Oh and did I mention the sweating. Yes, much of it too! Yeah I know, gross.
This game as well as Rockband, yes I said it, Rockband has become my new favorite past time. I enjoy the drums most of all. Mostly because I sucked at them to begin with but now I actually have a challenge and something to improve on! My friend Melissa and I played it two nights in a row for about 8 hours. Now let me tell you. When your body is not used to hitting a foot pedal repeatedly for long amounts of time, things tend to get a little sore! This was unbeknowndst to me at the time but two days after this I thought that I had really hurt something because all of the tendons and muscles in my right foot were hurting so bad. So my word of caution for those addicts to new things like me is to take the foot pedal slow!
Thanks alot Kristi for getting me hooked, I love it and I challenge you to a rematch!

School.... Again....

So this year of school is going pretty good. I passed my Biology class and now I am taking Anatomy and Physiology. What an interesting class I might say. As well as an interesting teacher. Our teacher was a pediatrician for about 30 years until she decided that she no longer wanted to do that and that she wanted to become a teacher. From doctor to teacher.... What an interesting decision....

Anyways, class is very interesting right now. We just got done learning the bones and the skin of the body and it has actually been a class that I have wanted to pay attention to and actually AM paying attention to!

We get to play with different parts of the body, both real and fake. We are going to get to take apart a human brain and play around with it too! Gross I know, but it is fun for me!

A couple of weekends ago I got to see my neices and we went swimming. Let me tell you something. The last time we went swimming they were clinging for dear life to me and the side of pool. They didn't want to go in any farther than their knees. This time was very different. The oldest one was thouroughly enjoying me throwing her across the pool as high and as far as I could go. The little one was brave and put on a lifevest and was content swimming at a backwards 45 degree angle all around the pool. the beach balls were a hit once they figured out that if you balance on them just right you can float!

I love them so much and they make me so happy when I see them. Their cute little smiles and quirky sense of humors get to me every time! As they were going home the little one pokes a little finger out of her mom minivan and and says "LOOK! 2 Fords and a Honda!" It was so cute!