riari

I took my final today for the Access 2007 online class I was taking. I managed an 85! My mind blanked annoyingly on a few things so yeah. But considering I didn't managed to get all that much study time, and that it was the highest test score for the entire semester, I'm pleased with that.

Now to wait and see what I got for the entire semester. I was at a B before the last three chapters and the final.

And awesomely, some rain decided to make its appearance. The day went from 102 degrees to 86. Awesome :D

Ladies and gentlemen, we have rain!

Well actually we have the rain bands brought in by hurricane Alex. Hurricanes are fascinating weather events. Considering Ike was nearly two years ago, I'm glad this one went south of us. And she brought in a lot of tropical air so we're really rainy right now. My county's under a flood watch. Though I wonder if we'll clear up in time for the 4th. Though maybe it will stop the idiots from firing guns on my street to celebrate. Maybe.

Summer school continues apace. My first test was yesterday and while I studied more about the database structure than what was on the test, I did end up with a 82.5, so not bad at all.

December! The month of holidays and cold. Lots of cold. Do you know our highs here are supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow? 40s! I should finally get a winter coat this year.

I wonder what kind of sweet I should give away with my christmas cards this year. Two people on my list can't eat wheat. Hmm, maybe rice crispie treats again...

And book list while I'm posting.

( Book-y list! But still short. )

Wow! Rain! Holy crap it rained at my house. I don't think we've seen in quite a while. Our burn ban just got re-instated and its been way too damn hot here.

I read that Farrah Fawcett died. And just found out about Micheal Jackson. From the Weather Channel of all channels. Not a good day really.

Why hello SURPRISE WINTER!

I betting the wild flowers that had sprung up already around here are thinking they've been had. I mean we have Indian Paintbrushes, Blue Bonnets, buttercups, and those tiny white/purple flowers already blooming. Azalea bushes have been blooming. We were in SPRING! (For southeast Texas anyways.)

Apparently not. It was 48 degrees when I drove in for my chiropractor appointment this morning. 48 degrees! Our high today is predicted to be 50 degrees.

Meh. However, we do need this rain as we're under a burn ban. We finally got more than just sprinkling last night.

Also, I've mentioned this before on this journal about other LiveJournals' being hijacked. news has finally posted about this. Please read it. Especially if you ever used Hotmail for LiveJournal.

I'm annoyingly not acclimating to this cold weather. But hey, I just have to wait a couple of days and bang, we're back in the 70s.

I wonder why I'm having problems with that then.

Meh. Sadly, it's only a problem when I go jogging.

Also! Tea lattes. Delicious. Starbuck's have their three and Borders' Seattle Best cafe has their three. So far, the green tea ones from both of them are delicious.

Hmm, rainy today, huh? Will be the same tomorrow. And then cold this weekend. Yaaaaaay! Scarf weather!

Also, I do believe Twilight fandom is starting to exceed the craziness of the Harry Potter fandom a little. I just saw cleolinda's post about it here: Crowd forces event to be canceled. Here's the news link: here. Look! Groupthink in action. Or mob mentality. Whatever works for you.

Ha! All my talk of packing up my winter(ish) clothes has worked!

Success!

Guess what, we're number 53 on the Weather Channel's 100 Biggest Weather Moments.

#53: The First Domed Stadium - Houston, TX

It's been a pretty neat show. They're picking 100 moments in history that weather has affected or big inventions for weather forcasting and important people. It was weird seeing footage for seventy's bowl game and seeing the UH Cougars football team. The show has been spread out over several days. Tonight's numbers #55 to #34.

Today was long. Very, very long.

-A black Jetta nearly hit me today while trying to force his way around me and into the lane I was moving into. I got my petty revenge seeing two SUVs try to hurry him along so they could go faster.
-It rained. A lot.
-So much so, that the store nearly flooded not once but twice. It drained off the first time, and we thought we were okay. Then at nearly 5pm a heavy thunderstorm pushed through with high winds, heavy rain, and tiny hail. And flooded the street again.
-We apparently need a 'no wake zone' sign for when the street floods. I think a truck sped up while we were outside staring at them driving through.
-I got soaked trying to move my car before the street flooded it the first time.
-Some guy was very pissy about our lack of certain artbooks.

It was just a long day. Coupled with our weekly book shipment, which was just a bit stressful with all the customers around, and worry about whether we were going to flood or not... Yeah. Got two figures I've been waiting for (though I'll have to purchase one of them next week) and a book. And squishy Super Mario mushrooms.

I'm going to sneak in some City of Heroes playing then catch some sleep.