Maybe if I glue my eyes open...

I'm tired. It's good that the weekend is within sight. A weekend with no big plans. Just what I need. Every drive to and from school continues to be a dangerous venture as I have to actively seek ways to stay awake. Sometimes it's scary. Just sometimes though. For the most part I feel like I'm in control. I've learned a few tricks to keep the eyes from trying to sneak shut. The first, and probably safest, option is to fire off some texts. This not only gets my mind working, but it allows me to anticipate a response, therefore fighting of the drowsiness for at least a few more seconds. If I'm not texting I'm usually talking on the phone with my mom. That works well too, and it might be a little safer. Finally, I just remind myself to keep moving. I have to continually fidget to keep my attention focused on something other than my tiredness. Chewing gum works for a few minutes. I have also found that eating while driving generally works wonders.

I got through the weekend in Killarney. It was an enjoyable, but long, couple of days. The hotel wasn't exactly what you would call luxury. I may have acquired lung cancer from inhaling the second hand smoke that resonated from the sheets and 1940s furnishings. We were all startled awake at about 4:30 in the morning by a blaring car horn in a malfunctioning vehicle. This was no panic button, it was solid horn, and it was right outside our paper thin motor hotel wall. After a few long minutes of hearing the horn it was finally put to rest, only long enough however, to allow us to fall asleep before going off again about 2 hours later. I took that as I sign to get up for breakfast. Not before a shower. The towels, which also smelled of smoke, were about the size of a dish cloth and quite possibly as old as me. I hope that they were clean.

The day that followed was better than the night. The girls played their best ball of the season. They managed to pick up a win. It's a great group of kids who know how to make some less than ideal situations enjoyable. I was happy to get home Saturday night.

The weekend went too quickly. I got home Saturday night at 7, and by 7:50 was back on the road.

This week has been equally as fast paced and busy. Tonight is the first night that I've actually had a couple of hours to get stuff done around my apartment. My clothes finally got cleaned. I got some marks updated, unpacked, and then packed again.

Tomorrow is hockey in Stonewall. Game 5 of the series. Last game was quite the roller coaster. Up 4-1, then down 6-4. The goalie gets pulled and somehow they manage to score two goals in the last 58 seconds to send to overtime. They deserved to win...sort of. It was time that they got a bounce.

Time to get ready for bed. Maybe if I fall asleep early the ride tomorrow won't be as chancey. Actually, Friday's are generally good because I'm just excited that it's the weekend. Even if it means living out of a bag I quite look forward to it.

March??

I don't know much. But what I do know is that I am waiting for March. I'm exhausted and I know it will only get busier before getting better. If I can make it another two weeks basketball will be done and then I can get back to the basics.

I also know that I think I went through some serious banana and nutella withdrawl the past five days. I have been home a very limited amount of time and the banana breakfast hasn't been as regular as of late. It made my morning today. It's just something I anticipate every day.

This weekend it's off to Killarney for some basketball. I could list many things I would probably rather be doing, but part of me is looking forward to the two days of ball. This season has sucked. There has been nothing but interruptions, cancellations, and limited flow. It makes it hard on the whole team. It's time for it to be done. Good thing I love those girls. They make it worth while.

I pack a lot. And then unpack just as quick. In fact today I spent 10 minute unpacking from the weekend, and then I spent another 15 minutes packing for the coming weekend. My laundry pile is growing. Wonder when I'm going to get around to that.

Yesterday was Brad Paisley. I love that man. This would be the fourth time that I've seen him in concert and it's gotten better each and every time. I wouldn't hesitate to get tickets if he came back. He is both entertaining and talented. My dad was kind of enough to come with me. I felt bad as I kept him away from a playoff hockey game. He was gracious however, and think he, much like me, enjoyed himself.

Back to the hockey game. It didn't end the way we would have hoped. It took two over time periods. I would have been a ball of nerves if I was there. That's just the way that I am. Tomorrow is game two. I will be there, and hopefully will have lots to cheer about.

I have to bath. I have a few moments to enjoy the couch before calling it quits on another day and heading to bed. This weekend will be far from slow paced and relaxing, however when such a weekend does present itself I'll be thankful!

Safe..

I don't have to drive this morning and for that I am thankful. Another day to get stuff done. I do miss school though. It makes the day entertaining, and much more rewarding.

Rainy Day...in February

Some rainy weather and warm temperatures arrived last night. That made the driving conditions nothing short of treacherous this morning. Travel was not advised, roads were closed, and school was cancelled. I was relieved. I dreamt about death last night and was honestly scared to be on the roads. I'm still scared to drive tomorrow. Icy roads make me anxious and I just hope that I make it without incident.

No school meant a day to get stuff done. I didn't have much school stuff home with me as I wasn't really counting on an extended weekend. However, I knew that there were things that I needed to update. It took me a while to get motivated but finally I got to it. I was ready, turned on my old computer, was going to put on my music so I could focus and found that something went wrong since the last time I'd been on. All the locations for my music was messed up. None of my songs could be found. That meant going through each song individually and finding it somewhere on my computer. My updating plans got postponed...for a good couple of hours. What might be worse is that I got through have the songs and then got some error messages. It appeared as though half my songs were lost. I swore, and panicked. I turned off my external hard drive, exited iTunes. When I turned it back on, and went back in, they magically were there again. I still have half the songs to re-locate but at least I know that they are safe...for the time being. I need to put them on my computer, as I have lost some faith in the external hard drive. Hopefully it all is okay now.

So that was my drama for today. I didn't get to spend as much time updating things as I would have wished. I need one more day in the next little while and I think all will be good. Oh I still can't believe how scared I am to drive tomorrow.

I updated my list today. My list of things that I want to accomplish. I made it longer. It's fun to just take time to think of everything you'd want to do if the opportunity presented itself. It's always fascinating to see how the list changes as time goes on. How the priority of certain things changes.

It's still raining. I am going to try and not think about the weather. This week is another busy one. So far the semester has been phenomenal. It seems more relaxed. I won't be fooled though, it is still young and there could be lots that changes. Hopefully all the changes are for the better.

This last weekend was highly relaxing. I had no plans. After a busy few weeks it was actually the ideal situation. I lived in sweat pants, ate awesome food, and enjoyed company. It may be a while before the same thing happens.

Time to relax. Wish me luck in the drive tomorrow...I'll probably need it. If I hit the ditch, I'll probably hide.