Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ugh

As I write this entry, I am not impressed. I have had a crappy day (news wise) and have been chanting the serenity prayer all day.

  1. Fire alarm: Not sure if it was a drill or a prank, but there was no fire. Just before 12 the fire alarm went off. I was in the computer lab working. As the alarm went off I have few seconds to decide what I should take with me, or shall I just leave. I left incase it was a fire, but I reluctantly left my laptop behind. So out I go - no jacket, no boots - into -34 weather, -45 with the windchill. I wanted to die. My teeth began chattering. My knees were knocking. The sensation in my toes left me completely. Students were fine without jackets and shoes (yes, some were in sock feet), but they felt my pain as my lips began turning blue. Anisa offered me her jacket. I took it without thinking, but then I looked as she was now in short sleeves, and honestly, I didn't even think of refusing the jacket. She proudly exclaims, "I can take it. I'm from Pond Inlet!" and I happily walked away with her jacket. We were out there for about 10 minutes before the fire trucks arrive and it was proclaimed safe to return. I was pushing my way in, not because I had pneumonia, but because my laptop was left unattended and I couldn't imagine losing it...
  2. ...well I could have lost my laptop because now I don't have internet until Monday. I heard this new over my lunch hour. The internet will be down at our house until Monday so the network can perform some updates. I'll be able to check my email while at school, but during the weekend I am cut off from the outside world. I know that people have survived hundreds of years without running water, electricity, telephones, internet, etc. - but I'm not one of those people. I have grown up with these luxuries and it is hard to give them up now. I have dealt with not having my cell phone for the 18 days, 3 hours, 45 minutes, but now I am completely cut off from friends and family for an entire weekend...

Guess you won't hear from me until Monday or Tuesday.

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