Hurricanes, Illnesses and the Like
So it appears as though my throat isn't quite fully healed. It's still sore and I'm still coughing an assload. Back to the Student Death, er-Health Center. They give me six Zithromax pills (which cost me $50), and cough syrup with codeine in it ($7). On the plus side, I don't have to be taking penicillin anymore. Unfortunately, the Zithromax makes me want to puke. But this should clear up my lungs, supposedly. For some reason, I trust the PA more than I trust any of the MDs at the Health Center. Anyone know what's so much more believable about her? I think it's because she's so young and doesn't have that jaded look in her eyes like the MDs do. She acts like she cares, as opposed to the others, who see me more as some sort of paycheck.
Speaking of paycheck, I'm hopefully getting a job as a cashier at Casey's in Waterloo. It'll basically be a full-time job right after class (7 hours a day, 7 days a week), but it'll pay really well. And that means I'll have less of a debt to my parents when I graduate in May.
I've already started my applications to Connecticut, JMU, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I can't access Tennessee's right now, and Iowa State is stupid and doesn't have an online application.
I was watching the ongoing coverage of then-Tropical Storm Rita (now a Category 2 or 3 hurricane). Of course, the fact that it was heading near New Orleans meant that mayor Ray Nagin scrapped his plan to re-populate the city. So, he gets on television and says "I'd rather err on the side of caution." OH, REALLY?!? This coming from the man who waited until 36 hours before Katrina's landfall to issue a mandatory evacuation (when you need at least twice that to evacuate an entire city that size). He'd rather err on the side of caution??? Yeah. If Ray Nagin is a cautious man, then I'll wake up this morning with hair flowing down to the middle of my back.
I thought it would be so odd if this followed the same path as Katrina in terms of incredibly rapid intensification. All of the experts were talking about how Rita could become major, but would probably level off at around Category 3. Now, the NWS is saying it'll be just as powerful as Katrina in terms of wind speed at landfall. Granted, Galveston has raised the city 17 feet since the "Great Galveston Hurricane" of 1900," but Rita will still kick its ass. I'm glad the Galveston mayor has a firm grip on reality, issuing voluntary evacuations (which will no doubt become mandatory soon enough).
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, well, call me Ray Nagin.
Speaking of paycheck, I'm hopefully getting a job as a cashier at Casey's in Waterloo. It'll basically be a full-time job right after class (7 hours a day, 7 days a week), but it'll pay really well. And that means I'll have less of a debt to my parents when I graduate in May.
I've already started my applications to Connecticut, JMU, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I can't access Tennessee's right now, and Iowa State is stupid and doesn't have an online application.
I was watching the ongoing coverage of then-Tropical Storm Rita (now a Category 2 or 3 hurricane). Of course, the fact that it was heading near New Orleans meant that mayor Ray Nagin scrapped his plan to re-populate the city. So, he gets on television and says "I'd rather err on the side of caution." OH, REALLY?!? This coming from the man who waited until 36 hours before Katrina's landfall to issue a mandatory evacuation (when you need at least twice that to evacuate an entire city that size). He'd rather err on the side of caution??? Yeah. If Ray Nagin is a cautious man, then I'll wake up this morning with hair flowing down to the middle of my back.
I thought it would be so odd if this followed the same path as Katrina in terms of incredibly rapid intensification. All of the experts were talking about how Rita could become major, but would probably level off at around Category 3. Now, the NWS is saying it'll be just as powerful as Katrina in terms of wind speed at landfall. Granted, Galveston has raised the city 17 feet since the "Great Galveston Hurricane" of 1900," but Rita will still kick its ass. I'm glad the Galveston mayor has a firm grip on reality, issuing voluntary evacuations (which will no doubt become mandatory soon enough).
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, well, call me Ray Nagin.