Snapshots of a Modest Life

Sneezing Outlawed in Florida!!

This week it was announced that sneezing in all Florida counties is now illegal. This drastic measure has been put into place in hopes of avoiding yet another hurricane this season, because face it, you sneeze and next thing you know, there's a hurricane coming for your house. And if you haven't gotten that this is a joke yet, well then have I got a bridge to sell you. It's big and pretty, cars stuck in traffic included.

So, you've heard about Hurricane Jeanne by now. I don't know how the rest of Florida is fairing, but Tallahassee is okay. Lots of folks are out of power though. Florida State's campus still has power though (unfortunately). Last night our power went out around 12:30. I was actually writing a paper at the time, and the interruption was welcomed, mostly because I thought it would result in cancellation of school for the next day. Yeah, didn't happen. I got up this morning after a fitful night's rest and discovered that my alarm clock had messed up the time, and instead of 7:45 as it said, it was actually 6:45 (thanks M. for telling me) and I was awake an hour before I wanted to be. No problem, thinks I, I'll just go back to sleep for another hour. After that extra hour, I woke up and checked the FSU Website to see if they cancelled school like normal people would. I unfortunately did not have a genie who could make the website say: "School Cancelled". That's right, ladies and gentlemen, they asked us to go to class in Tropical Depression conditions. At least that's what it felt like. I was furious. The power had been out for hours the night before at my house, and the same was true for most of the city. But apparently since FSU has power, we had to go to class. [Confession in 5...4...3...2...1] Alright, I confess [see, I told you], the reason I wanted school to be cancelled was because I had a paper due at 1:25 and I had written only one [rather weak] paragraph.

I know, you're on the edges of your seats wondering if I finished my paper. Well, I'm not a bad TV show, so I will tell you right now. Yes, I finished my paper. I was 5 minutes late to class, but I finished my paper. And on top of all that, it was pretty good too. It was fun, and cool, I liked it. My teacher said she will grade them more leniently than usual, for which I am very thankful.

So that was my experience with Hurricane Jeanne. Well, there was more, but I don't feel like writing about that now. Maybe later tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe never. You'll just have to wait and see.