The Storm that Shook Omaha, NE...Literally

So, it's been a while since I've posted. Partly because I hate looking at my blog, but I'm too lazy/busy to mess with it. It's also due to the fact that I just don't have anything worth saying.

Anyway, the 27th of June, last Friday, Rob and I were at a friend's apartment. We were just about to leave when my friend Chelsey (I was on the phone with her) told me that the storm sirens were going off. We hadn't heard them in the apartment. At first, Rob and I were going to throw caution to the wind and try to make it home as fast as possible, but there was a massive wall cloud just outside Drew's apartment. So we decided to head back inside the building and get to the basement.

I'm glad we did. Soon after we got down there, the winds picked up. I think the news said that they were around 100 mph. Through the doors leading outside the basement, it looked like a mini hurricane.

I'd like to note that someone was looking after us, because when we had decided to leave, we pulled the car out of it's parking space and ended up parking at the opposite end when we decided to stay. After the storm was done, we went outside and saw that where we had been parked, someone else was parked there, and a huge tree branch was on top of it and the car sitting next to it. We were very grateful that it hadn't been our car.

One downside of the storm was that most of Omaha was without power due to trees falling on power lines. And let me tell you, we had some major tree damage.

Here are some photos of the damage on streets surrounding ours (our street had no tree damage) that were taken by Rob.

We were lucky to get our power back the next morning. Certain parts of Omaha are still without power and might be so for a while.

New Year's Resolution

This year I want to stay focused on the things that need to be done, and to shrug off the petty bullshit that accompanies everyday life.

That pretty much sums it up.

(*Side note - I'm really proud of my mom. She took her Compass Test to get into Iowa Western Community College today, and she passed. She'll begin her prerequisites for nursing on the 14th of this month.)

So, winter break was a blast. I spent a few days before and after my birthday with Rob and Chelsey, and they were filled with lots of laughter, late nights, and Starbucks - I love you guys.

Adventures in Omaha

Rob and I spent the weekend in Omaha, hanging out with his dad. He picked us up on Friday and we went to Sullivan's in the Old Market with the intentions of having dinner, but no one was really hungry. So we all just ordered drinks and had some appetizers, then Rob drove us back to his dad's apartment. On the way back, Rob almost hit a woman. Mind you, he was driving around the Old Market, and it was only his second time driving in that area and he was kind of flustered.

Saturday we got up at around ten and went to Village Inn for breakfast. I had an egg and bacon sandwich and hash browns - it was delicious. After that, we went back to the apartment and it was around one o'clock. Plagued by lethargy, we napped for a while. We were supposed to meet up with a friend of Rob's from middle school, Brielle, sometime after three. So, after waking up at around 3:3o, we called her up, and she came over at about four. We hung out at her apartment for a while, although we had intentions of going somewhere and doing something. It soon got to be about seven, and Rob's dad called and asked if we wanted to go have dinner somewhere in the Old Market. So we went and had sushi (my first time ever trying it), and I also tried sake (a Japanese rice wine), which is pretty good. Then went to Stadium Club which has THE BEST burgers ever. We got back to the apartment at around eleven, and Brielle left for home.

Sunday, we came back to my house, and Drew came to pick up Rob at around 10:30 pm.

We would have gotten pictures, but Rob forgot his camera. Oh well, maybe next time.

Underage Drinkers

It's pretty much a given that teenagers are going to drink alcohol. No one's naive enough to believe (at least, I don't think) that we don't break that law. Of course, as long as one doesn't get caught, it's easy enough to get around.

My rant is not centered around the fact that teenagers consume alcohol, it's centered around the fact that they plaster photos all over the Internet as if to say, "Look at me! I'm breaking the law! Aren't I cool?" Um, no. You're not. For one, you and your dumb-ass friends aren't the only ones who drink illegally. It's been going on practically since the law was passed. For two, ANYONE can look at your profiles and make judgments about you. For example, employers can look at your profile and decide that they don't want you working for them. How cool will you look then?

My advice is this: if you want to drink with your friends and snap some photos to remember the good times, keep them between you and your friends to laugh about later. Because the reality is, no one else cares.

Some Changes

As you can see, there have been some changes made to my blog. It's still the same Blogger template I had before, but Rob made some changes to it. He put the sidebar on the left, and made it somewhat smaller, and he put my music play list in there. I don't know why I had the idea of putting it at the top. That just looked tacky. Anyway, I changed the colors myself, but I still need Rob to change, or tell me how to change, that blue strip dividing the sidebar from the main part.