December 1, 2012

Guilty... with an explanation

So I kinda left you hanging without a post on Friday...believe it or not, I had one written.  It was light-hearted, maybe kind of funny, wishing you a happy weekend sorta thing.  But Wednesday and Thursday were so sucktacular that I just deleted it before I fell into a miserable, restless sleep on Thursday night.  I wouldn't want to misrepresent myself, after all.
I leave for a Caribbean vacation this week and I get four full weeks off of school (instead of 2) for Christmas break.  Clearly, I'm not asking for your sympathy here.  I just really hit the "I care about nothing" wall this past week and thought I'd explain.

The Army
Scott's job is a job I'd never wish on anyone.  Except people I don't like.  And those people already work there.  ha  ha   ha
(I cannot elaborate due to the fact that we like getting paychecks.)

The wind.
Oh God.  The wind.  


I can't even describe the wind here.  The house shakes.  Actually shakes.  My school shakes.  The gusts prevent forward progress when walking outdoors.  And you can forget about carrying anything to/from your car.  
In The Long Winter, Laura talks about wind scouring the walls.  That's exactly what it's like. Only there's no snow or ice or white-outs.  There's just glacial silt blowing off the stupid glaciers and into your eyes, mouth, and hair.  (Thank God for Starbucks splash-sticks.)
It blows through cracks in your houses too.  Luckily, we don't live in the area where that happens, but it does happen at my school.  My classroom will get a thin coating of dust overnight.
Anyway, when the wind blows like that, I get extra crabby/stabby.  It's like this feeling where you'd give a limb just to get it to stop waking you up with earthquake-like rumbles in the middle of the night.
Needless to say, not much sleep was gotten this week.

If someone offered me Alaska:

My motivation:

Goodness gracious, I'm excited for this week's episode. How 'bout you?

Monday?  There shall be ice cream on the blog.  You're gonna wanna come back for that stuff.

12 comments:

  1. That window sounds scary!!!!! :/

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  2. Love the Laura Ingalls Wilder reference. I hope things start to look up.

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  3. I'm so glad we never got wind that bad! That's scary!

    And okay, for real.... I laughed so hard at the alarm name. I love the walking dead!!

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  4. Ohmygod the cat one kills me.

    Hysterical.

    "Don't want it"

    Still laughing.

    Have fun on VACATION!! I'm down to 2 weeks before mine! wooooooo!

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  5. I've been hitting my don't give a damn anymore wall lately too. It stinks. And, having to go through that with unearthly sounding awful cold wind and winter. Double yuck. Get your booty outta there!

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  6. The wind didn't bother me in Ak at all. Once I got to Washington and experienced the wind here, it kept me awake at night like crazy! Not sure why....
    and of course, the Alarm message is awesome.

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  7. I hate when one to two days out of the week make you want to just say "F it"!! I was there this week too!!! I hope you enjoy your vacation!!!

    I'm over the top excited about Walking Dead tonight!! I'll be looking forward to your recap tomorrow!!

    I think I fixed being able to reply to my comments. If I didn't I may need a little help!! Thank you!

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  8. Holy moly you do deserve a vacation!!! I hope you enjoy it so much!

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  9. the wind sounds terrible, as do many things about where you live! 4 weeks off school? does everyone get that? and good timing for you to go on vacation!!

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  10. I'm already finding myself going into hibernation mode. I'm always cold, and I don't want to go any where or do anything. It's not even that cold yet. So I can't imagine that wind. I am so excited for you to get away to the Caribbean. You deserve it!

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  11. I'd be crabby too! You've been stuck in the Long Winter too long!

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