Thursday, September 24, 2009

Sirens, Employment, and Crashes- Oh My!

Such an original title, I know. Might as well get cracking on the explanations- even though I'm pretty sure the only two people who read this blog are me and Fruitbat...
Yesterday I returned for the break in between my classes, I was even (for once) not focused on recreation, but on working on my assigned art project. (My teacher shows no sign of allowing us to work on it in class- he's talked through the last two class periods.)
I had just finished setting up when that cursed wail- like that of a forlorn soul slipping into the abyss, sounded through the halls. The fire alarm. Usually, it annoys me, yesterday, I was quite irate- I made it downstairs only to be told that it was a false alarm and that we could go back to our rooms. Which was fine. What was annoying was that the alarm continued on and off for the next ten to fifteen minutes. Fire alarms aren't designed to be ignored, and my eardrums were ready to happily kill someone.
Also yesterday, I had an interview (my first in San Angelo, no one else even called me back!) and was hired! In the interest of paranoia, I won't be saying where. I'm so happy though. I was SKIPPING in the parking lot on the way to my car!

Today I was riding my bike to class, like I always do, and had my first collision here. I ran into some poor guy from behind. He zigged when I thought he would zag. He stumbled, I only got his calf with my tire, I think- I tried to keep balance, wound up falling off my bike, trying to catch myself in time to stand, stepped on my foot wrong in the process, and landed on my hands and knees. I was really embarrassed- they kept asking if I was alright, I was, and am, fine. I felt soooo bad! I've never run into someone like that before.... I've never run into someone before!


In other news, back at home there's been some trouble with Bella and Hannah for a while now (those are two of our dogs). They get into fights every now and again- bad ones. My older sister EvilGlare was trying to separate the two of them and wound up getting bit- as bites go its supposedly not bad (especially considering that Bella and Hannah are big dogs) but it is infected, so she's been going to the doctor. Poor EvilGlare, she's not even a dog person! She's a catperson! Doesn't that make her automatically exempt from dog-related injuries?


The picture is from DeviantART by Gabeszntx, called Wolves. I just colored it.