When I got up this morning to take the boyfriend to work, it was 34F. The temp has been steadily dropping again. To think, I was finally starting to enjoy the mildly cold yet still warm weather. The heater isn't doing it's job, so I'm bundled up in full gear again, this time at the kitchen table. Taking a shower is pretty out of the question at this point, even though I've got to be in class in  two hours. I wonder if my professor will let me wear my beanie in the classroom since it's cold...doubtful. He takes his hat off the moment he gets in, so he'll probably make me take mine off too. At least I've got the Penn State sweatshirt he gave me. That thing is SOOO warm. I may even pop it in the dryer before I put it on so it's even more nice and cushy warm.

Test today, over Imperialism, the events that led to WWI, and WWI. First we are covering the great depression and the events that led to WWII, and then test. Thankfully I don't have a full day today, only American History. No Chinese, which makes me happy since I haven't studied crap. It just means I get to double time it over the course of the week.

My stomach has been plaguing me again which makes breakfast totally out of the question. I haven't been able to eat much lately without my stomach hurting, so I avoid it entirely to avoid the tummy aches. I managed to eat a calzone from the Walmart deli yesterday - big mistake. Massive mistake. I bit into it and I ended up with a huge trail of orange grease running down my arm. I was disgusted, yet really hungry, so I finished the monster off. Never again. Not that my stomach is going to allow me to eat, anyway. Everytime I get stressed, I can't eat. I'm so stressed right now with all of the projects I have coming up for my classes, I haven't eaten regularly in days. My size 2 jeans, my favorite jeans that look totally fabulous on me and show off my butt, are loose on me now. I just got them in December. It pisses me off since they were the only pair that I own that look really good on me. This stomach issue has led to me losing weight in my hips and but, but no thighs. Of course, that can never happen because the women in my family are blessed with funky shaped thighs. The only places that my legs touch are my knees and that strange piece at the top of my leg. Boyfriend told me what I could do to get rid of it (ladies, date a coach or ex-coach, you'll learn amazing exercises), and I'm doing it, but no results yet. Hopefully I can see the results I want between my stressed tummy not accepting food and the bit of exercise I am managing.

Woah, long paragraph.

I just noticed I can trace the outline of all of my ribs if I stretch. No wonder my history professor has told me I'm getting too thin.

Screw showering. I showered last night. I'll just wash my hair and be done with it. I've only got one class today, and my classmates don't give a rat's ass, so why should I? My new, shorter do requires I do something to it or else I risk leaving the house looking like a dandilion threw up on my head. Dark brown/black floof. I at least want it to look half-way decent since I won't be able to wear my beanie. Maybe I can get away with wearing my kitty beanie and calling it a fashion statement rather than keeping warm...

Finished my first week of school on Friday. So far, so good, except for our Chinese professor decided to throw us head first into Classical Chinese again in the first ten minutes. He claims it's because we don't have textbooks yet. I say it's because he gets an evil laugh seeing how much we retained over the two week break. English went well. I've got a novel to read (I chose Jane Eyre) and a huge paper to write on it. We were given a reading for a quiz on Tuesday, which was pretty tops. If you like American Gothic, check out Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find". It's rather dark, but it's really good. I'm not sure how long it is as far as pages, but in my lit book it's only like five. I can't wait until we get into the rest of her work. We're doing "Good Country People" in a few weeks.

Food diary and exercise have gone to hell in a handbasket. This cold weather has made me want very hearty and filling foods, while it has also prevented any sort of outdoor activity. This morning when I took boyfriend to work it was 34F with a wind chill of 25F. That's no big since I've dealt with colder weather before and survived. By staying in my car until it was absolutely necessary to get out. Today I had to get out. I was running super low on gas and planned to go to the Handy across the street from where he works to get gas. Unfortunately the traffic light was out and there was no getting across that street without it. I decided to go to the station that I had a gas card from. That's all fine and well, too, save for the fear that I wouldn't get there because of how low my tank is. I ended up driving really fast and praying that I'd make it. Fortunately I did.

The moment I got out of that car, I was introduced to a whole new cold. The wind was whipping through the area with the pumps, bringing the wind chill down lower than 25, and my hands instantly turned a nice shade of tomato red and killing my joints. That made the act of pumping gas, something simple enough on a warm day, a total chore.

Right now I'm snuggled up with my computer and my heater. Walmart has these really amazingly tiny ceramic heaters for less than $20 that warm my room up in a matter of minutes. It's been my best friend for the last week since we got it. If I'm at my desk doing homework or research, I've got that thing aimed at me keeping me toasty. I feel so bad for people that live further north than me. Judging from the footage on The Weather Channel, some parts of Georgia looked like an icy war zone. And hey, you, up in Lee County. Yes! You, the one with the snow! Share the wealth, bruddah! We're only a few hours south and would like to see snow! It hasn't snowed in my county since the 70's, and I'd like to see it at least once!

I hope everyone who reads this has been well. Keep warm, darlings!