The New Hullabaloo!

Welcome to my new blog! Although my circle of friends and family is rather small, I am taking the advise of my good friend to start a blog. It seems as though I always have some kind of hullabaloo going on in my life that is often comical.



Now that I am sitting down to start I am feeling pretty intimidated by the whole thing. Maybe everyone won't think that my life is as funny as I do...



I recently started going to school again. This is my second attempt at college (hopefully it will be the last) and quite frankly it has been a comedy of errors since I started. This week I found out I missed a deadline for my financial aid and will not be receiving money for this semester. Bummer. Luckily I have wonderful family and husband that has made it possible for me to continue going.



Classes started on Tuesday and while driving home between classes our car broke down alongside the interstate. Nice. It was 95 degrees at noon in North Carolina. For those of you who do not live in the South, or have been here in mid-August the humidity is crazy! Oh, and by the way, I am in long black pants and a dark shirt with shoes and SOCKS! Not to mention I have a migraine coming. Luckily I know what to do to fix the car, I just need to wait until it cools off enough to attach the hose. After waiting for about an hour I am leaning over the engine, pouring sweat, and a super nice guy pulls over to help the poor helpless girl. Much time passes and the guy tells me it just isn't going to happen. I need a tow. By the time the tow-truck driver arrives I have been alongside the road for 2 hours and my head is throbbing... really throbbing. When I get into the truck the air conditioning feels truly amazing. Then the driver gets in. Imagine, if you will, a homeless person who has not bathed or brushed in a week and smokes. It is the perfect cure for my head. I actually debated calling a cab to take me to the shop.



So I get home by an overly-anxious mechanic; and am able to take some Excedrin and lay down. I only have about 3 hours until my next class. Even though it is just down the road (1/2 a mile or so) I have no way of getting there. I jump on my one-speed beach cruiser and take off headache and all. Again, for those of you who don't know what it is like in the summer in NC... it doesn't cool off much by 5pm. In fact, the hottest time of day is at 4pm. I make it. I get home at 7:30pm totally exhausted. Yes, people, I am a bad-ass!



I guess the moral of my story is that nothing worth doing is easy. After all of the hullabaloo I went through this week I am SO determined to get my degree and do well in school. At this point in my life I have to do this. I have all the support, love and sense of humor I need.