Fall Break!

Today is the official start of Fall Break (aka we get today and today only off of school).  A lot of people on my hall went home, and while that would have been nice, I felt that driving ten hours round trip would take too much of a giant chunk out of the weekend for me to really be able to enjoy the weekend at home.  I want to be able to go home, shop, hang out with my parents, hang out with friends, play with Radar, sleep in my own bed, get a haircut… and one weekend wouldn't cut it, or at least not this time.  I'm waiting until Thanksgiving, since Virginia Tech is nice enough to give us a week off plus weekends.  Plus, I'll get to see my awesome parents on Parents Weekend, for which I am very excited.  So I'm saving gas and staying here right now.

By the way, to all of you fashion-conscious people:  I want my hair cut short, but I'm not sure what I want done with it.  If you have any suggestions (shorter than shoulder length), please tell me.  I want it short, easy to maintain, and cute, but I'm not sure what I can get away with with my crazy hair.  (humidity = frizz)

Well, I'm probably going to go try out Crumb and Get It pretty soon.  It's like Coldstone ice cream, but with cookies.  Very excited.  I've decided to try out the local off-campus cuisine this weekend.  So… I should go do that.  Yeah.

In the meantime, does anyone want to make any guesses as to how many fire drills I will have this month?  No prizes if you guess right, but the knowledge that you won, of course, is always a terriffic prize.  I'm guessing five.

My First College Fire Drill

Happened at 12:04 AM.  As in, just now.

Thankfully, I was just reading Linear Algebra stuff on the computer.  One of my friends was taking a shower and had to come out in her bathrobe.

Apparently there was another fire drill a week or two ago, but it occurred around 7pm when I was out.  Midnight is a much more reasonable time, no?  More people to drive out of their rooms, more chaos, you know.  Fun times!

In other news, my halogen desk lamp has been deemed unsuitable for living on my desk, according to fire codes.  And since the inspectors apparently had no problem with the boxes I stuck behind our clothes drawers (which are under my roommate's lofted bed with about 2 1/2 feet between them and the wall, perfect for storage), I stuck the now-unmutual desk lamp in one of them.  So... now I need another source of desk light.  I think I'll be hitting Target this weekend.  (Doubly so, since my roommate wants a coffeemaker, and I am not terribly opposed to the idea...)

Anyway.  To the showers, especially since the odds have gone down that I will have to run out in my towel wrap due to a fire drill right in the middle.  *knock on wood*

Awwwww…

Short post today. I have my German final exam tomorrow, and while I'm not worried, I'd like some sleep.

Anyway, Radar had to have surgery again. He had to have his right leg's ACL fixed up a few months ago, and the other one decided to get messed up as well. He is doing well. The anesthesia has worn off, and today he hasn't been in much pain. Yesterday, the day we picked him up, he would start whimpering and making squeaky noises whenever his leg started hurting. That, and he was still woozy from the anesthesia and the IV. He has a cast that is multiple inches longer than his tiny little leg (this is a chihuahua, remember) and he has to drag it around, but he's doing well. He made it through one of these already; he's a trained professional. Still, please pray for him!

Awww…

I just realized that my last few posts were food-related, so I won't go that route today.

Especially since I couldn't resist posting this picture I took of my lovely doggie last night. For those of you who don't know, his name is Radar and he is a long-haired chihuahua. One of his legs is growing back the hair the vet had to shave to operate on his ACL a few months ago, but he's still as cute as ever.

















I wuv him.

A lot of stuff has happened…

I probably shouldn't state the obvious and say it has been a long time since I last blogged. So I won't.

Anyway, for my main birthday/Christmas present, my parents bought me a car. A new red Scion xB. I love it. It has tons of headroom, I can put lots of stuff in it, and very few people have a non-SUV car shaped like a box/refrigerator/washing machine/etc. Very few people I have told about my car recognize the name Scion xB, and I get that "I have no clue what you're talking about" look. I tell them "It's the box," and they suddenly know exactly what it is. Awesome.

And now for some not-so-good news: My dog, Radar, hurt his leg jumping off the couch. (He is a little guy, so it doesn't bug us too much when he gets on furniture.) He started limping around the house, and we had to block off our staircase. The veterinarian said that Radar would need surgery. A few days later, and we brought home our poor little dog woozy from anesthesia and pain medication. He has a little cast on his leg. It is being take off tomorrow, and hopefully his leg has healed enough for it to stay off. Please pray for him!

Anyway, I'm tired. I need sleep before my late-ish birthday party tomorrow. (School is off today and tomorrow.)


And now that Blogger uses Google's spell checker, I can actually check my spelling!