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It snowed here. Then the snow melted a little. Then it froze. Now it’s all icy. This would be fine if I didn’t have to go to school tomorrow. I do. I had to go today even though every other university was closed. It wasn’t bad until I waited in the sub-freezing temperatures for 45 minutes for a bus that never arrived. Apparently, Seattle-ites handle snow and ice like Texans: they stay home or drive their cars off the road. The buses were running but apparently a bunch of them got stuck somewhere about an hour before rush hour. After waiting for 45 minutes, I called Danny and got him to pick me up. Thank God we live close to school. I would have had to walk home.

Being a Texan also means that I have no snow-appropriate shoes. I wore my leather flats because they’re flat and somewhat waterproof. My only boots are black Justin Ropers. They are more appropriate for ice skating than for climbing icy hills. I think tomorrow I’ll wear my tennis shoes and watch for puddles. Oh, I only fell twice today and managed not to hurt myself. This was an accomplishment.

In other news, I had a great weekend just hanging out with mom and Daniel. They arrived on Wed and stayed until yesterday morning. The weather was fine until Sunday night when it started snowing. That was the best night for it though because there was no ice.  We drove to dinner as big, fat flakes floated down around us. It was very Christmasy.

Not much else is going on. I’m tired and I’m going to go to bed soon. I hope everyone had a fun Thanksgiving and is not stressing over that extra piece of pie consumed.

Before heading to Whistler, Danny and I are going to spend a few days in Vancouver. I booked our hotel tonight so everything on our trip is set. Well, everything except for ski clothes. I have a ski-like jacket but Danny and I both need to get some gear. We’re renting our equipment when we get there.

I’ve been to Vancouver a couple of times before but I’m not sure what I want to do once I get there. I’ve heard that the food, especially the Chinese food, is amazing. I should probably just read a guidebook or something.

Last week, I asked my mom to try and find me a Kinky Freidman for governor t-shirt. Even though he lost, I can still support the cowboy with an authentic vive le kinky shirt. She is bringing it to me post-haste.

That’s the sound I’ll be making when I’m slipping down the slopes at:

Whistler, British Columbia

on my

HONEYMOON

I’m SO excited. We’ve been debating what to do for our honeymoon since funds are tight. However we did save enough to have a great domestic vacation and since we don’t need plane tickets to get to Whistler, we’re driving up there the week before Christmas. We’ll probably spend a couple of days in Vancouver and then head up to the mountains for some snowboarding. Neither one of us can board, but we have lessons planned.

My last skiing adventure was kind of traumatizing. I had one day to relearn skills I hadn’t practiced in six years. Plus, I was skiing with advanced skiers and I just couldn’t keep up. I nearly killed myself careening down a slope until Daniel’s roommate Jeremy caught my arm and saved me from certain death. After that close call, I stayed on the green runs and dragged myself along with my poles. It was beautiful and safe. Yes, safe.

So why am I learning to snowboard, something that is more difficult to master than skiing? Well, I’m a bit wiser now and I think with some lessons I can get down the mountain, or the bunny slope, in one piece. Plus, Whistler has some of the best runs in North America, so I’m sure they have slopes for every level of skier.

On top of spending the week before Christmas in a beautiful setting, we’re also staying in a kickass hotel. Supposedly, it has a huge outdoor hot tub. I might need to sooth my sore muscles there.

…same as the first.

Refer to my “old and boring” post from a month ago. At least my neighbors are predictable.

The other day at lunch, I was sitting around in the MBA lounge (a common room w/kitchen) talking to some of my female classmates. Someone said that since the weather has gotten colder, they cooked a big pot of chili the other night. I concurred that chili was great cold-weather food and that I’d make frito pies for dinner if I had chili at home. They kind of looked at my strangely and asked “what’s a frito pie?” After I told them, they said that it sounded like I mixed the chips in with the dip. I guess it’s like that but I was just surprised that no one, not even someone from Atlanta, had ever heard of a frito pie.

I’m so tired. I didn’t have a bad day. I just had a very long day. Most of it was self-inflicted, but here’s a bullet list of what I’ve done. No sympathy needed, seriously.

• Went to bed at 1 am
• Got up at 6:30 am
• Got to school at 7:30 am
• Attended networking breakfast until 8:30 am
• Attended class until 10:30 am
• Ate lunch, played online and studied until 12:30pm
• Went to lunchtime speaker at school until 1:30 pm
• Attended class until 3:30 pm
• Caught up on email until 4:30 pm
• Swam and cleaned up until 5:30 pm
• Got home at 6 pm
• Ate leftovers while making phone calls until 7:30 pm
• Went to the store until 8:30 pm
• Procrastinated until 10 pm
• Worked on accounting until 11:30 pm
• Wrote this post until 11:45 pm
• Went to bed at 12:30 am

Sorry for the lack of updates. I feel like a broken record: I start every email and post with I’m sorry.

I had a take-home accounting midterm over the weekend, a team paper and presentation on Tuesday as well as a MicroEconomics midterm. Today, I was at school until 8pm because I had to take the evening accounting class since I will miss my regular accounting class tomorrow. I’m going to a workshop in Bellevue at 3pm. It should be really interesting and I’m looking forward to it but man, this has been a long two weeks.

This weekend, I’m going on a “retreat” with the Women in Business club. It’s supposed to be relaxing and I think some of it will be but I also know that most of us will be studying for our upcoming statistics midterm on Monday.

Sorry if I sound pathetic. I’m really okay just a bit worn out. I think some sleeping in is in order.

In other semi-related news, I found out that I have a really good participation grade in some of my classes. I’m especially happy about this because A) participation is an important part of our grade; a concept I didn’t understand in undergrad and B) I used to be so shy and now I’m asking questions and actively participating. Go former wallflower Sarah!

I’m obviously tired so I think I’ll just go to bed now.