Oh what do you do in the summertime...

If you're singing the wrong words to this song, then you grew up in my family. I've been asked a lot lately what my plans are for this summer since I seem to have an inordinate amount of time for things other people don't, say for example blogging (hi) and youtube searching so today I want to assure you that I will be very busy this summer. First I'm trying to get more of the ideas in my head down on paper where they belong. Prying them out has become quite an ordeal and often my head feels like the death star has just exploded inside it (See a nerd for reference). I've decided to take two Independent Study classes from BYU to fulfill my Accounting requirements and to slide back easily into school with the only subject that makes me hyperventilate. I've decided to read two books every week so right now I have Bill O'Reilly's Culture Wars and The Daring Book for Girls which has shown me how to make a lemon powered alarm clock--I am also trying that. I'm trying to learn how to swim with my face in the water and failing. I am not a fish, for the record, so this is harder than you'd think. I'm trying to get buff this summer.  I'm trying to eat less sugar so I made peanut butter cookies last night. I'm trying to make it through the NYTimes Crossword puzzle each day without cheating (never gonna happen) and of course I'm squeezing in some actually work work (three students hired and twelve trips planned so far this week). I'm also trying to stop adding and dropping classes for this fall on a bi-minute basis. Lastly, my ultimate prima goal is to get really really tan down her in Texas--okay stop laughing now, I have a lovely hue if you want to know. I also will be turning our air-conditioner on and off several times each hour this summer as my body cannot regulate itself anymore. I will probably also sleep, eat, giggle, spin in circles, and fall over numerous times before I'm done. There. As you can see, I will be quite busy this summer and I might throw in some travel there too and maybe take up biking. You don't know. Oooh, youtube just added a new video I haven't seen. Gotta go.

P.S. How to make a lemon powered alarm clock
Get a battery operated digital clock without a plug, two large galvanized nails, copper wire (do not steal this from a construction site, they have it at Home Depot), three electrician's clips, and two lemons. When you have those...um...give me a call, I will verbally slap you over the phone and mail you ten fifty for an alarm clock. And you say I have too much time on my hands. Sheesh.

Raindrops keep falling up into my car

There is a phenomenon that happens in Lubbock anytime we have more than 2 hours of consecutive rainfall....the entire town turns into a lake. We had such a day yesterday and as I was driving home though Indiana street-lake. I decided that perhaps Tech's engineering and construction programs should be revoked posthaste. You see the principle of the Lubbock drainage system doesn't involve gully's or retention ponds or even drains for that matter, it revolves around this concept of diverting all the water possible into intersections on all of the major roads (some side roads too) and just really piling it in there for safe keeping and then crossing any number of fingers and praying for sunshine to dry it up or for the cars to splash enough into the saturated ground to make up the difference. This often works but alas any moisture over two hours in duration will be forever trapped and Lubbock will become a veritable roller derby of bumper cars and belt-tightening weaves in your frail and diminishing hope of reaching anything past the loop. I did arrive home safely but have to give most of the credit to my father who taught us to always be prepared and also how to do a j-stroke in a canoe. With my windows rolled down, my car drifting along Quaker and Slide, I paddled and waved at the giant monstrosity trucks with their large tires still able to grip pavement below and for once I did not see them as 'backwater hillbillies' but today rather like women with food storage--genius' who prepare for the inevitable flood. The sun has risen again today to dry our earth and restore asphalt where once was only water and just in time--we were missing our sand storms.
Ok, now imagine that water at the top of my car...yes, that's more like it. Go Raiders.

I'm a nut

There's a girls camp song that I can't quite remember except somewhere it declares "I'm a nut" and so I am. I was on a friends blog the other day and discovered this wonderful site called Freebies4Moms that has all these blogs about free stuff around the country. I realized even Wal-Mart sends freebies if you just log onto their website and hunt for it. I'll admit, I was a little peeved. Getting things for free is like a natural drug for me and I've been missing all these. I'll admit to becoming quite the addict lately. Poor Dana has to hear about tiny trial size shampoos and granola bars that will be showing up in our mailbox in the next 4 to 6 weeks. Luckily this is not the craziest thing I have ever done so he's rather chill about it. But it's made me think, why is it that people(and I'm not including sane ones here, just the nuts like me) get such a thrill from finding a 30 cent coupon for our cereal or when someone ships a Pantene Pro-V trial packet to our home (even if it's for natural blondes)? What is that? I'm no scientist so naturally I don't care but if you would like a tiny thrill, try out the site or just wal-mart. Sometimes all it takes is a free stick of Orbitz on Tech campus to turn even the bluest of days a bright shiny yellow!

This week I'm getting free deodorant, drink mixes, and frizzeaze hair serum....dana's getting a looney.

Good humor

Just had to post something since it's been forever. Dana is making it bit by bit through finals blah and I'm so proud of him for sticking it out. Man can the law be really really boring. But we took a few hours off last night (well he did, I take every night off:)) and watched Brian Regan's new DVD "Standing Up". We're having friends over on Friday so we thought we should proof it and it was great. I think we both needed a laugh. So, here's me thanking those who put out good wholesome but still gut wrenching humor to make my day happier. And here's to all my roomies who have laughed with me throughout the years to some truly stupid things:) The jokes on you!