October Girls
Oct. 17th, 2013 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellestraWe all got sent home early today. Hospital clinics got closed. Extra buses were running. And streets were getting closed. All because there was an American football match, sorry, game this evening. I thought they only happened on weekends but this is something special for some reason (don't care enough to search) and even though the game was to start at 7:30 everyone was evacuating before 3 pm. When I was leaving with tons of other people the music was alrady blasting from stages before frat houses. Apparently the game is still going on. I have no idea what is taking so long but I wonder how that works for the people who have to go to work tomorrow morning.
But the fact that the campus was basically dead already today meant I didn't have to feel guilty about my birthday lunch with a friend. I just had a birthday, she just had a birthday and we exchanged gifts and had fun. My niece also just had a birthday and I paid for her Furbie and my mum just said it's a hit - she takes him everywhere and every other kid wants their own - including her brother. Frankly, I'm jealous - I always wanted an interactive pet toy. I read way too much sf as a kid and though they were real. I can't feel bad about getting it for her even though it's horribly overpriced.
I also just came back from a birthday trip with my friends - we left on birthday of one of them and came back on mine. That was fun few days. The post you all saw were written before I left and showed up on schedule and I'm happy to know it worked. We went to the Smoky Mountains. I haven't been there yet because I didn't have anyone to go with until now. It was fun and beautiful but mostly cloudy so the colours never looked as bright as we hoped. Still, it was very pretty and we saw waterfalls and autumn colours and some awesome dawns (it's easy when sunrise is after 7:30):
Now, I only have to write my brother a birthday card - he's from October, too and then have last one birthday lunch with some other friends and I'm done celebrating for this month.
But the fact that the campus was basically dead already today meant I didn't have to feel guilty about my birthday lunch with a friend. I just had a birthday, she just had a birthday and we exchanged gifts and had fun. My niece also just had a birthday and I paid for her Furbie and my mum just said it's a hit - she takes him everywhere and every other kid wants their own - including her brother. Frankly, I'm jealous - I always wanted an interactive pet toy. I read way too much sf as a kid and though they were real. I can't feel bad about getting it for her even though it's horribly overpriced.
I also just came back from a birthday trip with my friends - we left on birthday of one of them and came back on mine. That was fun few days. The post you all saw were written before I left and showed up on schedule and I'm happy to know it worked. We went to the Smoky Mountains. I haven't been there yet because I didn't have anyone to go with until now. It was fun and beautiful but mostly cloudy so the colours never looked as bright as we hoped. Still, it was very pretty and we saw waterfalls and autumn colours and some awesome dawns (it's easy when sunrise is after 7:30):
Now, I only have to write my brother a birthday card - he's from October, too and then have last one birthday lunch with some other friends and I'm done celebrating for this month.
