quickly

things got even crazier outside. hurricane irene passed by last night. just a lot of wind and rain here but i'm glad we weren't on the coast for it. then there was the earthquake earlier this week. we all felt that. nothing even got knocked down here but in louisa at my brother and sister's houses a lot did. everyone's ok though. just shook up. literally. gareth thought the dryer had fallen on it's side and colby burst into the laundry room when he opened the door ready to attack. haha. my first day at class was great... we didn't have labs the first week and i didn't know so i showed up for nothing. my actual first class wasn't so great. we dove right into scientific notations, coefficients and significant numbers. i had a hard time keeping up in class but was able to go over the lesson online after and catch up. i honestly don't remember anything from this class a decade ago. hence the d. we watched a few netflix this week. just go with it wasn't so good. rango was weird but pretty visually stunning. i'm sitting in front of our frence doors now watching the clouds pass by quickly above. it's turning out to be a nice and sunny (be it windy) day out.

alright

i've been feeling discontent lately. especially after catching up with the daily coyote blog. she's spending the summer up on a mountain with her "family" of animals. i've been missing the great outdoors. it's been nice to spend my free mornings sitting in the yard having coffee with colby. and evenings if i'm home before dark playing outside with my boys. but we haven't gone anywhere since we've been here except places indoors. hopefully as it cools off we'll make more plans to be outside. i wish i'd started a garden when we moved in but it would have been hard to establish and thrive in the horrible heat we had. we've had some bad storms here lately. even a crazy swirling cloud above us after i got home the other day. i was awaken by lightning striking close by the other night and actually setting car alarms off. crazy stuff. indoors we've had some problems with our cable lately. we're thinking of getting rid of it all together. since signing up for netflix we realize we don't watch much of anything especially on cable anymore. i start chemistry class tomorrow. not really looking forward to having a busier schedule but i'll be alright.

animals

not too much going on this week. i worked a lot the beginning of the week so now i don't go in until three pm. kinda makes for a long day but worth it for a short shift. we got to see the movies we wanted last weekend. cowboys and aliens took itself a little too serious but was still fun. rise of the planet of the apes was enjoyable but you could tell james franco didn't really enjoy making it. blue valentine was good but not as emotional was we'd expected. we saw some old friends from r'mond last night. they moved to nova this summer too. nice to know someone in the area. we had a nice dinner with them. colby got his monthly super deluxe bath yesterday. i brought home a bandana from work for him. kitt's still having her urination issues. i've tried a new litter box and litter and nothing's really helping. the foil didn't keep her away for long. it's frustrating. i'm glad we put the plastic down so she didn't ruin the carpet here. oh animals.

time

more busy weeks for me. i don't know where the time goes. i'm lying on my stomach on the floor downstairs now. trying to stretch my back out. i'm constantly surprised at how physically and mentally difficult my new job is. i'm either on my feet or on the phone with my head cocked to the side. the mental part is not only working in a sometimes stressful and most of the time quite busy environment but also constantly learning how to do my job. i like it and i think i'm doing a good job. but it's pretty exhausting. i'm off today. yay. we just signed up for netflix so we're going to sit down and watch blue valentine today. i signed up for the chemistry class today. it was kinda a mess having to get transcripts sent and everything. but now i'm on my way. i went home this past weekend. it was my mom's bday and my brother's surprise 30th bday party. it was nice to see my family and some of my brother's old friends. we saw captain america a few weeks ago when it came out. it was really good. we want to see cowboys and aliens and the rise of the planet of the apes. too bad there's not enough time to do everything in my spare time. but i like to keep busy. so maybe we'll get to go.