Bad day today!

Today I had my math final. That part I wasn't really worried about as everything on it came from our past exams which I have aced with flying colors. I did study last night just to brush up on a few things just to be on the safe side which I think paid off. I am expecting a 95 since I was having issues with just one problem. But anyways. I'm still trying to come down off of a serious panic attack I think. I knew the weather was calling for it to be "windy" today but I didn't really realize the extent of the "windy" they were talking about until this morning. I checked the weather advisory and it says winds up to 50mph. Okay. That's tolerable. Inconvenienced yes, but I have to get Chance to school, have to get myself to school, so it's suck it up and move on. John's usually home around 8am, so I opted to wait on him to come home and have him take Chance since his car is really low to the ground and not top heavy like my truck. Bad idea. The wind nearly blew off John's door because he wasn't holding on to it when he went to open it and forced the door back further than it's supposed to open denting the body of his car to the point where he can't open his door very well. Awesome!

So now I just have to get myself to school. Joy! I decided just to stay on the gateway and not get on 54, since I could drive slower, come to a stop if need be and wouldn't be as high up than if I were on 54. The drive to school wasn't horrible. Had to dodge a giant shrub going across the road, but that was about it. Listening to KLAQ and Duke said the winds on the northeast were up to 70-75mph. Made it to school and parked in the same lot I always do even though there were spots closer. I figured it would be a good idea to try and park away from everyone else just in case stuff went flying.

Went by my English teacher's office to pick up my research project. She informed me that she was pretty sure she had NEVER given someone a grade as high as the one I got on my research project before which was awesome. You can get a max of 500 points on the project and I maxed out. That along with my two critical analysis papers and quizzes puts me at a 99 for my final grade. So that's a welcome relief.

Took the math final, it was fine. Super easy. It would be such a shame if the idiots in my class failed it b/c really she couldn't have made it much easier. I get to go pick it up tomorrow. Sold back some of my books. Had planned on using that money towards John's Christmas gift, but now it will go towards fixing his stupid car I'm sure.

When I LEFT school, that's where the problems seemed to really arise. I really don't think I like the feeling of the wind "carrying" me to my truck. It really picked up when I started to walk back to my parking lot and more than once I just had to stop and turn around where the dust wasn't blowing right in my face. Once I got closer to a street sign, I actually had to grab hold and wait until the wind died down so I could walk again. Finally made it to my truck and noticed two vehicles in the row ahead of me, a van and an SUV had busted out windows. The van had an entire window busted out on the back drivers side, and the SUV...it looked like something blasted right through the back windshield leaving a perfect rectangular sized hole about a foot long and three inches wide. So a couple of someones are going to be having a very bad day when their exams are over. Checked all my windows and for now anyway, I'm good.

So I got back on the gateway and started the short trip home. The wind had definitely picked up but it's only a ten minute drive under normal circumstances. Made it to Transmountain and the light was red, so I came to a stop behind the other cars. I think there were two people in front of me, some behind me and no one directly beside of me. I notice the truck shaking pretty bad, happen to look to my left and all I can see is a huuuuuuuuuge sweep of brown coming my way. The truck starts shaking even worse, the light turns green but I slam it in park because I am really doubting how much good my foot being on the brake is going to do at this point, there's so much stuff hitting my drivers side window where everything is coming from that I just have to cover my head assuming the tornado drill position as best as I could and pray to God that my windows don't smash. How they didn't is beyond me. I couldn't even see the white truck right in front of me, that's how bad it was. No one moved for a good 15 seconds despite the light being green until it passed. I have never been in a tornado before, but I imagine that experience is pretty similar to being right in the middle of one. I had to drive the rest of the way home shaking like a leaf and trying not to cry because I was so freaked out. I'm glad I didn't eat breakfast this morning b/c the moment I made it in the house, I just started dry heaving. It finally feels like my heart isn't going to pound right out of my chest. My ass is not moving until it's time to go pick up Chance at 3pm. This weather is bullshit! Back in my neck of the woods, we call this a hurricane and they close school. I'm naming this Hurricane Chuy. People should not be out in this. I have heard sooooo many sirens since I got up this morning, it's scary.

That's been my day so far. How's yours been?