San Jose

I'm going to San Jose, California tomorrow.  Exciting.  There's a bowling tournament.  And even though I am absolutely horrible at bowling, I am going.  I got a new ball also.  It's heavier than my other one, and I haven't quite figured out how to perfect it.

So, I had a test this morning in my general chemistry 2 class.  The class is taught at 8:30 am; so I rarely go to class just because I enjoy my sleep.  Anyways, I spent probably four hours last night (10 pm - 2 am) cramming four weeks worth of stuff into my head.  And let me tell you, it works for me.  Although I'm pretty sure my prior knowledge in physical chemistry, biochemistry, and organic chemistry helps.  I missed two questions on the test. 23 out of 25.  Exciting.  I just might be able to pull an A out of this class without ever really attending it.  Sweet.

And then one of our friends came to our house to look at the dryer.  He fixed it.  I'm so happy.  There were quite a few things wrong with it:  a spring was loose, the drum was off-centered, and there was six inches of lint inside.  The lint had some nice scorch marks; I'm assuming that was the culprit of the burning smell.  But our dryer works now.  Yay!

And then I had to drive down to Salt Lake to drop off the Gizmo.  He wasn't too happy about it.  Whenever we go down, he tends to stay at my mom's while me and Jared go to other places.  So, he probably had a feeling that I was going to leave him.  Oh well.  He'll survive.  But I miss him now.

I also filed my taxes while in Salt Lake.  A very pleasant surprise occurred.  We are getting a big tax return back because of our student status.  Apparently, the American Opportunity Credit will give you money back just for paying tuition.  It was an awesome surprise.  And it's helping to alleviate some of my financial worries.

So...  Today was a good day.  A very good day.  I should probably go to bed now...

Luck Gone Wrong

So...  Saturday was probably one of my days where I hate being so dang lucky.  It was a day for bad luck and lots of it came my way that day.

First off, I wanted to spend the morning cleaning up my home since I never have time for it anyways.  I was doing the laundry.  And then the dryer broke down.  So, I had to spend my time trying to figure out what's wrong with it.  We still don't know what's wrong with it, but we're guessing it has to do with the motor since the belts are still intact.  My step-dad's going to look at it eventually.  But what'll probably happen is we'll have to buy a new used dryer to replace ours.

And then...  We were planning on going down to Salt Lake right after Jared got off of work.  Well, the dryer stalled us for a bit.  But then we were ready.  We get in the car.  And me being an idiot; somehow, I manage to pull the rear-view mirror off of the windshield.  Yeah, I was mad.  Super-glue wouldn't work.  And since it's illegal to drive without the mirror and knowing how lucky I am, I was not risking the drive without that mirror.  So, we had to go to Autozone and spend a half hour attaching the mirror back to the windshield.

We finally arrived in Salt Lake a lot later than expected.  But that wasn't going to bring us down.  Until the stupid check engine light came on.  Ugh...  What else could go wrong?  I'm assuming that my car is doing the usual and nothing too serious.

Is it bad for me to want new things and not old things?  I know I should count my blessings and be grateful for what I have.  But sometimes, I feel like I'm barely moving an inch forward while the rest of the world throughs me back two feet.