Teh Updates

So the Blizzard of 2006 (well…so far at least) came and went. I personally saw it as Armageddon, and I’ll explain why. Firstly, we got about two feet of snow (I’ve got pictures to prove it). The storm that came over was so powerful there was an eye lingering over my town and the towns to either side of me. There was plenty of thunder and lightning which I found to be very weird considering it was a snow storm, not rain. I always thought that the only way that lightning/thunder could happen would ever happen is when warm meets cold, so I was confused but then Dad cleared it up for me.

See, Glen Cove is right on the Long Island Sound, as are quite a few other towns (obviously) but we’re where the focus was. Being as January was so unseasonably warm, the temperature of the sound was higher then normal, so there’s our heat meets cold which resulted in huge bolts of lightening and thunder rumbling so loud it was though a big rig was driving through the building.

I guess I really can say my luck has changed this week, oddly enough. First the blizzard, which was more powerful then expected. Then the 100% on the first exam, and taking the second one today I also got 100%. Dad won $20 on a scratch off. I landed the WordPress job so that’s $200 for me, PLUS billing fucked up and I doubt I’m getting my 1099 tax form, so I can use that money to not only purchase my laptop but I’ll also be able to purchase a new monitor, paint for my room, as well as a new rug.

So yea, I’m content this weekend.

Now it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s time for the snow?¢‚Ǩ¬¶

I woke up this morning and saw this outside of my window. I know it doesn’t look like much here, but at this time there was 15″ of snow on the ground. There ARE bushes under there, but only about half of them are showing.

This is the corner of the deck, closest to the end apartment. The wind was so intense that they said although we were getting 15+ inches of snow, snow drifts we’re going to be up to five feet high. The only thing that stopped that from happening here was the fact that the wall is only four feet high.

This is Bella’s normal view of the street, if you look towards the middle you can see where the snow blower was and what kind of a ledge was left behind. It took me a while to dig her gate out of the snow this morning. She was stuck waiting inside for me so she didn’t run down the stairs. The gate is about 3 feet high, so there’s visual proof #3 on the snow accumulation.

I would have more but I was on a low battery to begin with. I figure that these three images would be more then enough to give you an idea of what went on here last night.

I lost Bella in a few snow banks. She managed to resurface herself after a few moments but I came very close to diving into a snow bank after her. Then I realized how much that would suck and just called her until she decided to pop her head out and find something else to do. I just gave her a bath about an hour ago because we were outside for a good half hour and after playing in the snow she was no longer a dog, but a big block of crisp ice, even through her clothes. Yes, she was wearing a sweater that covered her legs up and her chest so she wasn’t so cold. That doesn’t mean it worked considering the snow soaked right through the clothes and there went that bright idea.

In any event, I’m going to work on test #3 and hopefully have this whole module done by Wednesday. I figure the faster I can get through it, the faster I can head up to the hospital and get a job with medical insurance considering how bad my eyes have gotten lately. A full time job should clear that all up so hopefully I actually get something there.

Later all