Back to Work.....

And suddenly it's been nearly a week since I've blogged.

Wow.

Note - I'm watching "Pitch Perfect" right now, so I keep getting distracted.  It's Aca-Awesome.

After my misadventures on Friday, I had a decent weekend. Saturday I got in my workout and got a hydrotherapy massage (it felt pretty good). Matt and I had dinner with friends and just hung out.  It felt good and was the kind of day I was hoping to have on Friday.  Oh well, c'est la vie.

Sunday I had planned to work on grading papers (the ones I had put off grading for two weeks...whoops).  Of course, then the POLAR VORTEX moved in and all I could do was watch tv as I anticipated our school district would call off school since the wind chill would in the -30 to -50 degree (Fahrenheit) range.  No one wants to be out in that kind of cold weather.  So, my papers just kinda sat there (okay, I did get one set graded).

Mom was supposed to bring over her car to park in the garage, but again, it wouldn't start.  Ugh.  I was pretty sure it was a frozen fuel line (she had less than a half a tank of gas), but we wouldn't be able to confirm that until the temperature rose above 0.

Monday school was cancelled, so I actually was able to get those papers graded. YAY! It was nice to have one more day off. Plus, we got a two-hour late start on Tuesday - WOOHOO!!!! And yes, I did actually go out on Monday.  I thought my face was gonna freeze off.

Oh and here I am burying the lead --- FLORIDA STATE!!!! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!

Monday night was GREAT!  Well, okay, the first half of the game sucked and I was pretty pissed about how badly the Seminoles were playing. But the second half was amazing and my alma mater claimed the BCS National Championship.  It was amazing night. I still have to order my championship t-shirt. :-)

It did feel good to be back at school on Tuesday, although about 2 hours into the day I needed a serious nap (staying up until 12:30 the night before surely didn't help). It's always hard coming back to school after an extended break. For me, I get out of my normal sleeping pattern and it takes me a few days to get used not staying up later and on a few days, sleeping late. So hopefully next week I'll feel more myself at school.

Wednesday night we got to see the Iowa State women's basketball team improve to a perfect 14-0 record. I have no idea how this season will end, but I'm loving the ride so far. ISU's men's team is also undefeated (same 14-0 record). It's been pretty special and in Ames, we're not taking it for granted.

Tomorrow is a workout day with Kyle, my trainer.  I'm looking forward to him kicking my ass.

Until next time......



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