After we came home from snow tubing yesterday, I noticed everyone had pulled their window wiper blades up. I thought I looked very strange and then it dawned on me, they didn't want their wiper blades to stick to the car. I'm glad I put mine up because my car had a layer of ice covering the entire car. I've never seen anything like it. So, I understood why schools and businesses and the attorney I was working with today cancelled. YEAH!!! So no work and no school again! I love Virginia. Today, we slept in, watched movies, played games, and I was able to work on terminology for my classes at JMU, Econometrics and Astrology. I wonder if we'll get another snow day tomorrow?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
2nd Snow Day/Ice Day No School
After we came home from snow tubing yesterday, I noticed everyone had pulled their window wiper blades up. I thought I looked very strange and then it dawned on me, they didn't want their wiper blades to stick to the car. I'm glad I put mine up because my car had a layer of ice covering the entire car. I've never seen anything like it. So, I understood why schools and businesses and the attorney I was working with today cancelled. YEAH!!! So no work and no school again! I love Virginia. Today, we slept in, watched movies, played games, and I was able to work on terminology for my classes at JMU, Econometrics and Astrology. I wonder if we'll get another snow day tomorrow?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
1st Snow Day -- No School
Can you believe this? Not only were schools cancelled, but businesses were closed and James Madison University was closed due to weather, too. Yeah!!! No school, No work. I like it when it snows in Virginia. I went to the store and it was like a ghost town. I only saw five people in the store, and two were cashiers. I guess I know when I'll be grocery shopping from now on. I decided to take advantage of not having to work today, so we went snow tubing at Massanutten Resort. It was a ton of fun. You slid down the hill extremely fast. I don't think I've ever gone down a hill that fast on a tube. We took some of Alexis' friends with us, too.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Escape Artist, aka Penny
Well, this is Alexis' 2nd hamster. The first one we got was sick and didn't make even a week, so sad. So after a proper burial thanks to Petco, we have a new hamster. She's a lot more playful, and Alexis is having fun with her. It's her job to take care of her, cleaning cage, feeding, etc. Last night when we came home Penny was not in her cage. ARGH, not again. Two hamsters gone in less than one week.
She had pushed open the lid and had a few hours of complete freedom. Then we came home. We searched everywhere for her. We finally found her in my bathroom, tucked away in a corner, dang it, she'd been found. She looked a little scared or maybe it was the fact that she knew where she was going -- back to her cage. The lid has now been securely fastened, so no more escapes.
1st Snowfall in Virginia
It snowed on Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. WOW!!! Alexis was sad she didn't have school, because they definitely would not have had school, because of the snow, can you believe it? I don't think we'll be having any more snowstorms this year, if you can call this a snowstorm. The next day, the snow had all melted, no snowman making here. It was 55 degrees last Friday, YEAH!!!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Vacation is over
We had such an amazing time in Utah for Christmas. The white Christmas was absolutely beautiful and just what we needed. Both of us enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends. Thanks for all the family parties and get togethers. It's surprising the things you miss and take for granted when they're always there.
While we were there, Alexis' grandma passed away, Grandma Barbara Day. She was an amazing women and will be missed by both of us. She was always so happy to see us, she had a great big smile. I'm glad we were able to attend her funeral.
The trip home was another adventure, flat tire on the way to the airport, I've never been so rushed at the airport, we didn't even have time to stop for breakfast. Luckily, Joy made some toast for us. After we arrived in Baltimore, we had a bus ride, metro ride, cab ride -- I decided against hauling all 7 bags of luggage on foot back to Kimberly's. We were exhausted and completely famished. We finally had real food, it tasted amazing.
I also knew reality was just around the corner, 9:00 a.m. church and work, yes I do have a job. Well, Monday I had a deposition with four witnesses, the attorney ordered the transcript of 2 witnesses next day and the other 2 witnesses, two day delivery, since they were going to court on Friday. So, I'm freaking out, knowing this has to be transcribed by tomorrow. It's a good thing is was short, only 85 pages. I still had to work all day and night Monday, early Tuesday morning and Tuesday and Wednesday in order to transcribe this deposition. Thursday I sat in on a sexual assault case in court. Friday I had a deposition in the morning, which he wanted transcribed and I was in court all afternoon and part of the evening. I didn't make it out of there until 6:30 p.m. We're paid by the page, but I was so hoping the attorneys didn't want this transcribed, whew, they only wanted the Judge's opinion not the entire 189 pages.
Classes at JMU start this week, I have an Econometrics and Cosmic Perspective class. Yeah, for math and science classes, really, I know I'm strange. I'll also be out on depositions and court on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I think I'm finally adjusting to reality and my fear of swearing in the witness no longer exists. This job has been such a good learning experience for me. I have to admit as crazy as last week was, I was ready to start working after taking three weeks off.
While we were there, Alexis' grandma passed away, Grandma Barbara Day. She was an amazing women and will be missed by both of us. She was always so happy to see us, she had a great big smile. I'm glad we were able to attend her funeral.
The trip home was another adventure, flat tire on the way to the airport, I've never been so rushed at the airport, we didn't even have time to stop for breakfast. Luckily, Joy made some toast for us. After we arrived in Baltimore, we had a bus ride, metro ride, cab ride -- I decided against hauling all 7 bags of luggage on foot back to Kimberly's. We were exhausted and completely famished. We finally had real food, it tasted amazing.
I also knew reality was just around the corner, 9:00 a.m. church and work, yes I do have a job. Well, Monday I had a deposition with four witnesses, the attorney ordered the transcript of 2 witnesses next day and the other 2 witnesses, two day delivery, since they were going to court on Friday. So, I'm freaking out, knowing this has to be transcribed by tomorrow. It's a good thing is was short, only 85 pages. I still had to work all day and night Monday, early Tuesday morning and Tuesday and Wednesday in order to transcribe this deposition. Thursday I sat in on a sexual assault case in court. Friday I had a deposition in the morning, which he wanted transcribed and I was in court all afternoon and part of the evening. I didn't make it out of there until 6:30 p.m. We're paid by the page, but I was so hoping the attorneys didn't want this transcribed, whew, they only wanted the Judge's opinion not the entire 189 pages.
Classes at JMU start this week, I have an Econometrics and Cosmic Perspective class. Yeah, for math and science classes, really, I know I'm strange. I'll also be out on depositions and court on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I think I'm finally adjusting to reality and my fear of swearing in the witness no longer exists. This job has been such a good learning experience for me. I have to admit as crazy as last week was, I was ready to start working after taking three weeks off.
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