ARG!

Stupid rain!

I know we need it, but does it have to be so flooping WET?

I've got two days to report on, since I got home too late yesterday!

I went to Dawn's Color Guard practice yesterday to take pictures of her for my photography project. The project is titled, "A Day in the Life of ..." and I had to fill in the space with whoever I was going to take pictures of. So, I did, "A Day in the Life of a Color Guard Member." Dawn and the other Color Guard members (most who I know) were very good about having me there taking pictures of them!

I got pictures of Dawn stretching, twirling her flag, holding her rifle and her saber, and some of her hanging out with the other members as they waited for everyone to arrive. It was totally awesome to watch, and I got to see parts of what they're doing for their competition tomorrow.

For those who don't know what Color Guard is, it is where a group of people get together and do a dance using flags. Winter Guard, which is really what they are doing right now, is the same thing, except they use flags, sabers, and rifles. (The sabers and rifles are fake, don't worry!)

So I got to hang out with Dawn all day after school yesterday. Right after school, we went to my house to finish some math homework that was due today, since we wouldn't have time to after the practice. When that was finished, we picked up her boyfriend, Cassidy, from work and brought him home. (Cassidy lives with Dawn because his parents moved to a different state. He's nineteen.) Once that was done, we headed over to our high school for her practice.

When the practice was finished (it went from 6 to 9 p.m.) we headed home. Dawn, being so used to going home after her practice, actually headed toward her house instead of mine. It took me a while to figure out that she was heading in the wrong direction! When I said something, she started laughing.

So, we turned around and headed for my house. It was 9:30 at night by that time, and I was starting to feel sleepy. We started talking about the pictures that I had taken of her and the other members of the Guard. We were laughing and just talking as Dawn turned onto the road that my street connects to, which is when...

WE HIT AN OWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a Barn Owl. I recognized the white, heart-shaped face and the lighter brown feathers on the tops of its wings. It hit the passenger side of the hood. I thought it had hit the window, but it didn't. I was sitting in the passenger seat, so it freaked me out the most.

One second, Dawn and I were talking, and the next...we were both screaming our heads off. She continued to turn and then stopped in the middle of the street as we both laughed and screamed and hyperventilated(okay, so I was the one who was hyperventilating). She asked if I wanted to get out and go check to see if the owl was okay, but I said no, I just want to get home.

I was still freaking out when we got to my house a few minutes later. My dad and brother were sitting on the couch watching t.v. and I told them about it. They didn't seem too excited, though. I guess it was probably because they weren't there when it happened.

It was the freakiest thing that has ever happened to me in Dawn's car! I mean, the owl seriously swooped out of nowhere! One second, we were talking...next second BAM we hit an owl!

I can't get the picture of the owl out of my head, either! It's like permanently etched onto the back of my eyelids!

Today wasn't as excited. I forgot my umbrella in Dawn's car because of the owl fiasco, so I got drenched walking around school. I got the most drenched walking to the bus today. The park that's in between the high school and school was flooded with water, and instead of going around on the sidewalk, Diana and I walked through the water. She had boots on, but I had tennis shoes that ARE NOT waterproof. So, of course, my shoes got soaked with freezing cold water. Seriously, it was FREEZING! To understand how cold it was, I'll just say that we could see our breath as we were walking.

Cold temperature + water + tennis shoes that aren't waterproof = numb feet

Stupid, flooping rain! There's been so much rain this week that the pond below our house has filled up. Our neighbor's driveway is going to get flooded! Oh, well. They deserve it, since they built their house practically on top of ours. Their HUGE house is barely twenty feet from our fence. It's front door has about four or five feet of space from the door before it turns into a steep little cliff that leads down to the pond. My parents got so mad when they found out they were building a house on the three or so acres of land. About two and a half of the acres gets flooded during this rainy season. They built the house on the last acre or so. If the cliff they built the house on collapes, they deserve it.

Anyway, I'm going to get going now. There are a few other sites I want to check out before I have to get off to go and wash the dishes. I wish it was my brother's night to wash, then I could stay online longer!

G'night!
a very wet karia_roses