• 24Dec 09

  A White Christmas

  So it's currently snowing in Texas (gasp!!) and not just in the panhandle where it's no surprise. It's literally been snowing nonstop today, and with temperatures not going above freezing, I get treated to a white Christmas!!

  It's a rarity here, for sure. I'm sure anyone living up north is like "Meh. We get a white EVERYTHING." but you have to understand it's pretty amazing considering that yesterday, it is in the mid 70s and then it drops down to below freezing overnight. That's quite an achievement even for bipolar Texas weather. Ahh well.

  Well, that's it for now... here's a pic of my car somewhat covered in snow, it may not be too impressive but the 50+ MPH wind gusts today haven't allowed much to accumulate on my car. The ground is a different story. Anyways, Merry Christmas everyone!!

  

  • Posted Dec 24, 2009 5:53 pm PT
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• 19Dec 09

  That Time of Year Again

  So I will say that I'm very much done with finals (and actually have been for a few days) and overall I'm pretty sure they went well. I know that I've already made an A in one class, which is good, but the rest I have to wait until next week. Anyways, after I finished finals this week, I started by bus training. It's flown by and really all I have to say is... right turns, right turns, right turns.

  I'm half tempted to go around my town and shave off the curbs on all street corners to make driver's lives easier. They require a good deal of preparation and skill to squeeze a 40 foot bus (or any other large, long vehicle) into a space designed for a 16 foot car. Other than that, it's actually kind of fun. Oh and don't worry, the only thing I've terrorized are some orange traffic cones in a parking lot on my first day of training.

  Anyways, besides that I'm heading home for Christmas tomorrow. I have one more thing I have to do for work and I'm free.

  Oh, something interesting I noticed today. I made it to level 50 (after how many years? lol)

  • Posted Dec 19, 2009 8:20 am PT
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• 12Dec 09

  A Slave of Everything

  I feel like a slave of everything at the moment. So much to do, so little time, and so little motivation.

  Actually I lie, that's an exaggeration. I have finals next week but they're all crammed into a 2 day period so it means that I have to suffer only for a few days more, but once that's over I'm done for the semester. One good thing that's happened is that I managed to get my CDL permit for my job, since I passed all 5 written tests required.

  So I officially start training to get my actual Commercial Drivers License on Monday by learning how to drive a bus. All I have to say that the tests for the permit are so bat**** random. They're filled with the most scatter brained, irrelevant questions ever known to man. I mean seriously, I'm trying to get a permit to learn how to drive a large vehicle, not trying to get a Ph.D in Obscure Vehicle Facts. I kid you not, one of the questions was "What is the required size of a fire extinguisher that must be carried in a taxi-cab?"

  Okay granted a LOT of the information tested on is vital knowledge, but that's just inexcusable. A taxi is hardly relevant to ANY sort of large commercial vehicle. Anyways, I passed them all and I'm done with it. Now I just have to return to the local DPS office for a driving test once my training is complete.

  In the meanwhile, it's back to studying for the next few days.

  • Posted Dec 12, 2009 6:30 pm PT
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