late night pick up
For the second time, I made a late night drive to pick my cousin up. This time he was walking down a pitch-black country road fuming about some problems with some of his friends. He called deperate for a ride because he was about a 20 minute drive from home and it is way to cold to walk that far. My cousin's life is full of drama. He works with too many women. His call dragged me off the couch where I was laying sort of floating between awareness and sleep. I feel like a train wreck. That cough that I have had now for a month has developed into pneumonia. It started out as just some sort of weird asthma thing so I was on a steriod inhalor. I went back to the doctor because I feel like I can't do anything and she said I now have pneumonia. When I was walking around trying to get drugs and everything today I actually felt like the top half of my body was too heavy and I was going to fall head over heels. It is not a pleasant feeling at all. But hey I should get better now right??? It seems that my body can't just get a normal cold. Maybe that is my way of having some drama in my life to counter balance all of the drama that I live with. :-)
that myspace thing
I decided to get back on myspace after many, many months. See it was kind of scary all of the people on there and some of the things they said. I am trying to make it private so I cut out those scary people. We will see how it goes. I am terrible at keeping in touch with people that I want to keep in touch with. So myspace is my attempt.
I passed!
The 5 tests that I took several weeks ago have reported their scores. And I passed! Even the test with all of the Michigan history questions on it. So 5 down and only 2 more to go. I celebrated by eating more of those chalky candy hearts than any one person should eat. I love those things. White is my favorite.
Beyond Cold
Apparently, it can get too cold to teach. That was our big joke around here. We had Monday and Tuesday off from school because it was too cold. 25 BELOW 0 hurts you! It wasn't snowing, there was no severe storms, it was just too cold. It was a nice long weekend.
1 Year Later...
I think that now I can call it official. I have been in Michigan for a year. I can mark this anniversary on the Superbowl. Last year it was in Detroit and I went downtown on Saturday night for the huge pregame party. I didn't watch the game last year and I didn't watch the game again this year. I have watched a lot of football this year because Matt watches a lot of Tennessee football but I can really say that I am just not all that interested. Give me baseball any day. But it is a moment to mark for me. So I guess this is time for reflection. On one hand it feels like a lot more than a year ago that I moved here. I have had two jobs since moving here and have traveled a lot. I have seen part of the eastern United States that were new to me and seen a lot of Michigan as well. I also have gotten to know my family a lot better. Seeing people who live near and are friends with cousins always made me a little envious. I think that family is people that you can love and hate and yet still hang out with like friends. I like experiencing that, good and bad. On that other hand, it is hard for me (still) to fathom that fact that I picked up and left Idaho within a matter of weeks. And that I did it without a plan. Honestly, I drove out here with absolutely no idea where I was going to live. With no money, no job, and no plan. Not exactly my brightest moment. Even a year later I am working on the answer to the question "Why?" That really doesn't matter any more anyway. It's done. I have to think that I have changed. And yet, a year later some things still hurt. My mom asked me once if I was depressed when I moved out here. Hmm. I guess that doesn't matter any more either. I can say that my fashion has changed. I have some now anyway. I think that is a good thing. See I can no longer get away with some of the clothes I wore in Idaho. Style here is a lot different. Case in point, I own (and wear!) high heeled shoes. I don't quite meet the style standards for the area but at least I won't be nominated for What Not to Wear anymore. My car has also changed in a little over a year. It has been plated in 3 states. It had Montana plates when I got it, I put Idaho plates on it and now I have just gotten Michigan plates for it. They aren't exactly on the car yet but I did get them. It is 20 BELOW 0 outside with the wind chill! I am not standing outside with a screwdriver in that kind of weather. In fact I am typing this hoping for a call before I go to bed that school is cancelled in the morning. They have already cancelled school in the town where I live but not yet where I teach. Here's to that 25 below 0 mark that we need to reach!