Been Long Gone... Too Long

Posted on the 23 January 2012 by Courtyb34 @CourtyB34
I have been so busy preparing for finals. Today is the first day of finals. I had Honors Biology this morning and right now I am in MCA. My last MCA class. We don't really have a test, we had a project that we had to finish and today was a work day. I finished it! I am happy with it. The project is nothing special, just over the popular food at Barlow, mostly during lunch and the product was the Otis Spunkmeyer cookies and Bruin Express coffee drinks and water. Last week, I only had two days of school, Thursday and Friday. I turned in my big history paper on Thursday and prepared for finals! If you don't know what went on Wednesday, the SOPA/PIPA bills were being protested by Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and many other sites. My twitter was blowing up from texts of SOPA/PIPA. I also sent in a message to congress and signed a petition (Really just adding my e-mail to a list against the bills). I made cupcakes protesting SOPA/PIPA, but I was so busy Thursday that I didn't finish them. All I did to the cupcakes was spread black decorative frosting over the cupcakes. This last weekend was crazy! I was studying so hard and working so hard, I think I did pretty good this morning on my Honors Biology final. On Friday, we went to Glass Butterfly and there was a Red Tag sale! 30% off TOMS! So of course I got some! Pictures will come soon! Back to Wednesday, that day was so busy! Snow day! No school! Power outage for like 7 hours, and freezing cold! I didn't have school Monday or Tuesday last week, Tuesday night I was getting ready for school, packing my lunch and such. Then it started snowing... HARD! It was pouring down and of course Brittney and I were freaking out, running outside and stepping in the snow covered grass with our bare feet. Then the snow covered grass became a blanket of snow and we stepped barefoot in that. The streets were snow covered and so pretty! My dad had a strong prediction that we wouldn't have school the next day, and his prediction came true. At about 4:55 to 5:00 a.m. I looked at phone and decided to get up and check if we had school or not. I got out of bed, and went into the office, and pushed the button to turn on the computer. Well, it wasn't flashing blue like it usually did, even when the computer was powered down. I thought that was strange. I pushed the button again, and nothing. I was so confused. I knocked on my parent's door and my mom said in a perfectly normal, not sleepy voice, "Come in" and I came in and I asked why the computer wasn't working. "The power has been out since 3, I haven't slept since 3." I didn't sleep very well, mostly because I was too excited and watching the snow was so magical. I went back to bed, panicked. I was worried that if we did have school, that I wouldn't be able to get ready. I would be able to get ready, I just might not have my hair the way I want it. I texted my mom, even though she was across the hall and I asked her if she got a text from Barlow, and what was the verdict. She texted back that school was closed and I was so excited! I woke up to a winter wonderland and the power still being out. It was a hectic day, even though we didn't leave the house and basically sat around. Last week was so snowy! Whether it was small flurries or down pours or snow, I was still happy to get snow. I did take pictures of the snow, and the cupcakes, and my TOMS, and a couple other things that happened this past week, so I will post them on this post this weekend when I'm not studying for finals. I got my first hardest final over with, now for Geometry. I hope everyone had a fantastic week last week and has a fantastic week this week! Sorry for the jumbled post :) Pictures this weekend!