I guarantee that anyone reading this post is already well aware that a veritable blizzard has cause the entire North Texas area to come to a complete standstill this week, but I would be negligent if I didn't comment on how this crazy weather has affected me and mine, so here I go. Both my school and Ethan's school have been cancelled since Tuesday, so we've all been home. What a great time to catch up or even get ahead on school work, right?!? Well, no. I spent the first few days mostly sleeping because the extreme cold caused my arthritis to flare up and I got such a bad crick in my neck that I could barely move my right arm and was in extreme pain with every movement, or sometimes even when I took a breath. It started Monday night, and when I woke up Tuesday morning to make sure Ethan's school was cancelled I was literally writhing in pain. I took two ibuprofen, which didn't even touch it, so I ended up waking up my parents to beg for a prescription pain killer. (I know, it's illegal, but seriously, you have that kind of pain and see what you'll do!) They handed me a bottle in the darkened room, I took a pill and ate a slice of bread to avoid stomach problems and went mack to bed. Before long, I was dead to the world. Even when I eventually woke up, I was still groggy. It turned out that they gave me Oxycontin, famed the world over for being awesomely addictive. I don't see how anyone could get addicted to it, cause I would never be able to get anything done! I took more of the fabulous stuff the next two nights until my crick finally subsided to the point that I can function. Now if it acts up (which it does when I make dinner) ibuprofen does the job nicely.
Our hot water has been frozen since day one of this situation, which means no shower. Eww. I am so gross it's not even funny. On top of that, I needed to do laundry going in, so I've been dirty and wearing dirty clothes to boot. Just one hour ago our hot water started flowing in every room except my parent's bathroom, so I quickly put a load of laundry on and as soon as it's in the dryer I will be in the shower until the hot water is gone! I also set Ethan on the dishes, much to his dismay, but I think he can cope. Oh, shampoo, how I long for your sweet embrace!
Dad and I went to the store on Wednesday (which did not help my crick one bit). Dad worked for the phone company for over 30 years, which means that he had to work no matter what the weather was and has tons of experience driving in crappy crap. Man, I've never seen such thick layers of ice in all my days! In the store parking lot, the ice was literally an inch and a half thick, and solid as could be. And very slippery. Fortunately I have huge snowshoe-like feet that keep me stable under most circumstances. I did slip a little at one point, but didn't fall, thank heavens. I think if I had, my spine would have staged a rebellion and left for warmer climes.
I'm supposed to have a test in my Design Thinking class on Monday, and I don't know if my teacher is going to postpone it or if she's going to say, "Hey, we already covered everything in class, so you should be ready!" I really need to start practicing my illustrator skills, since this is the first class of my major and all. My art history teacher has postponed the due date of our assignment, so yay for him! Anyhoo. My video games aren't gonna play themselves...wait, is the washer finished? Gotta go!
