My cousins are here!
Sorry about the short hiatus from my boring journal, but I was in transit between Cedar Rapids and Kansas City and Cedar Rapids over the last few days. And I came back with three kids.
No, the kids aren't mine. They're my cousins. John, Alex, and Steven. They're hanging out with me this week since I don't have class and they've been wanting to see where I live and stuff.
Friday night I drove down to KC. Since they raised the speed limit here in Iowa it's a faster drive. If you drive the speed limit like me, it now takes about 5 1/2 hours to get there. I ended up getting there at about 2:30 am. Chatted with John and Shelby for a while and then I crashed.
Saturday I woke up before noon and worked on my powerpoint presentation for class while John was running out to get a tire fixed on his mom's van. I had tried to save the powerpoint presentation on my disk that I brought but in doing that the computer crashed, effectively destroying everything on my disk (including my paper!). Luckily, my paper was saved on my hard drive at home. So I took a break for a couple hours to destress and then I tackled it again. This time I saved it to their hard drive and e-mailed it to myself (after posting it in the classroom). John and Katrina went car shopping and got home at about 7:30. The kids got their stuff together and we headed out at about 8:30 pm. We arrived at my door at 2 am.
Sunday morning went rather smoothly. We had to get up after 5 hours of sleep and I thought it would be a difficult experience but the kids all got up and got ready and we left in time to be at church at 9:30. I had to be there because I was altar minister. The kids really enjoyed the service and then we went to Peking Buffet in Coralville for Chinese lunch. Then we came home and took a nap. After that, I put the finishing touches on my paper, submitted it, then did some cleaning around the house. We watched a little TV and then Tonya and Ben came over and we all played Hand and Foot. The kids didn't really enjoy the game at first because we didn't have enough cards to go around. We started to play as teams and then the fun really started. Alex and Tonya owned one of the rounds but in the final round John and I totally blew everyone out of the water. It was awesome.
I had to go to work and unfortunately had to leave the kids at home. But they have movies and stuff to watch while I'm gone. They also went to Dairy Queen. Tonight we're going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have to work tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday, but Thursday I'm taking off early to take the kids to a Kernels game and I'm taking off on Friday so I can take the kids home, but not before taking them to Yellow Book and Cornell. They gotta see that stuff.
So that's what's been going on. Not too exciting but not that boring either I guess.
That's about it for now. Until next time, ever onward!
WoDs:
Thursday, 08-04-2005 - batgirl (changed from batcave because we had already used that on Tuesday)
Friday, 08-05-2005 - batsignal
Saturday, 08-06-2005 - Robin
Sunday, 08-07-2005 - interstate
Monday, 08-08-2005 - roadhead
WoD sentence for w/e 08-06-2005:
After arriving in Gotham City, I knew I had to find Bruce Wayne because he had Batman's stuff, but then the batmobile drove by, so I thought I'd follow him to the batcave, but he must have caught on to me because the next thing I knew a batarang was flying at my windshield, probably thrown by Batgirl because she missed, and then they sped away because the batsignal appeared and Robin jumped in the car.
NSJotD for Sunday, 08-07-2005:
What kind of food does a race horse eat? Fast food
000
FLUS43 KDVN 080955
HWODVN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
455 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY TO AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... BUT LOCAL AREAS MAY
RECEIVE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE
FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY IN THE AREA. AT THIS TIME... IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER OR HEAVY RAINS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
JAZ/MAYES
000
FLUS43 KDVN 081718
HWODVN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON
IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY
IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-
JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-
STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
PRODUCING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY
APPROACH OR BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...MAINLY TUESDAY EVENING.
THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
PENNIES AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY NEAR 60 MPH. LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR STRONG
STORMS.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SEASONALLY STRONG FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS
THE REGION PRODUCING ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. SOME OF THESE
MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS MAINLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AND REPEATED RAINS
THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY MINOR FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON
THE RISK...POTENTIAL AFFECTED LOCATIONS AND TIMING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
NICHOLS
No, the kids aren't mine. They're my cousins. John, Alex, and Steven. They're hanging out with me this week since I don't have class and they've been wanting to see where I live and stuff.
Friday night I drove down to KC. Since they raised the speed limit here in Iowa it's a faster drive. If you drive the speed limit like me, it now takes about 5 1/2 hours to get there. I ended up getting there at about 2:30 am. Chatted with John and Shelby for a while and then I crashed.
Saturday I woke up before noon and worked on my powerpoint presentation for class while John was running out to get a tire fixed on his mom's van. I had tried to save the powerpoint presentation on my disk that I brought but in doing that the computer crashed, effectively destroying everything on my disk (including my paper!). Luckily, my paper was saved on my hard drive at home. So I took a break for a couple hours to destress and then I tackled it again. This time I saved it to their hard drive and e-mailed it to myself (after posting it in the classroom). John and Katrina went car shopping and got home at about 7:30. The kids got their stuff together and we headed out at about 8:30 pm. We arrived at my door at 2 am.
Sunday morning went rather smoothly. We had to get up after 5 hours of sleep and I thought it would be a difficult experience but the kids all got up and got ready and we left in time to be at church at 9:30. I had to be there because I was altar minister. The kids really enjoyed the service and then we went to Peking Buffet in Coralville for Chinese lunch. Then we came home and took a nap. After that, I put the finishing touches on my paper, submitted it, then did some cleaning around the house. We watched a little TV and then Tonya and Ben came over and we all played Hand and Foot. The kids didn't really enjoy the game at first because we didn't have enough cards to go around. We started to play as teams and then the fun really started. Alex and Tonya owned one of the rounds but in the final round John and I totally blew everyone out of the water. It was awesome.
I had to go to work and unfortunately had to leave the kids at home. But they have movies and stuff to watch while I'm gone. They also went to Dairy Queen. Tonight we're going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have to work tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday, but Thursday I'm taking off early to take the kids to a Kernels game and I'm taking off on Friday so I can take the kids home, but not before taking them to Yellow Book and Cornell. They gotta see that stuff.
So that's what's been going on. Not too exciting but not that boring either I guess.
That's about it for now. Until next time, ever onward!
WoDs:
Thursday, 08-04-2005 - batgirl (changed from batcave because we had already used that on Tuesday)
Friday, 08-05-2005 - batsignal
Saturday, 08-06-2005 - Robin
Sunday, 08-07-2005 - interstate
Monday, 08-08-2005 - roadhead
WoD sentence for w/e 08-06-2005:
After arriving in Gotham City, I knew I had to find Bruce Wayne because he had Batman's stuff, but then the batmobile drove by, so I thought I'd follow him to the batcave, but he must have caught on to me because the next thing I knew a batarang was flying at my windshield, probably thrown by Batgirl because she missed, and then they sped away because the batsignal appeared and Robin jumped in the car.
NSJotD for Sunday, 08-07-2005:
What kind of food does a race horse eat? Fast food
000
FLUS43 KDVN 080955
HWODVN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
455 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE ON TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY TO AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... BUT LOCAL AREAS MAY
RECEIVE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE
FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY IN THE AREA. AT THIS TIME... IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER OR HEAVY RAINS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
JAZ/MAYES
000
FLUS43 KDVN 081718
HWODVN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON
IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY
IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-
JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-
STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
PRODUCING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY
APPROACH OR BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...MAINLY TUESDAY EVENING.
THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
PENNIES AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY NEAR 60 MPH. LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR STRONG
STORMS.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SEASONALLY STRONG FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS
THE REGION PRODUCING ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. SOME OF THESE
MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS MAINLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AND REPEATED RAINS
THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY MINOR FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON
THE RISK...POTENTIAL AFFECTED LOCATIONS AND TIMING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
NICHOLS