Yeah….I know (long time no post).  I have to admit that with the house guests, studying, martial arts, and life’s daily demands, I have just had to let some things go.  The blog has been one of these things.  It’s not forever, but I have to keep my priorities (pass the tests being #1).

There isn’t much exciting to report so I won’t do a day by day (you’re welcome!).  Life has just been go, go, go lately with no let up at all.  My energy is drained!  I was asleep by 9:30 PM last night!  Yes, on a Saturday night.  Sad, huh?  Oh well, it was awesome…till I woke up at 3 AM!  I couldn’t go back to sleep so I just decided to get up and get started on some of the many things I need to do.

Let’s see…what major things should I retell?

The Hail Storm:

We got caught in the worst part of the hail storm that hit on Wednesday evening.  This would be completely my fault as we should have been at home not out driving somewhere.  Lesson learned – the hard way…sigh.  We were on 183 when the hail really started to come down.  We were coming on a wreck that had traffic at a stand still.  I knew getting caught in that would be the worst thing to do because I didn’t know how bad the storm was going to get.  I demanded and navigated Bryan (who was driving) over all 3 lanes and even down the cement dividing 183 and the access road and then further through another 3 lanes till we could get on a side street.  After making it off Research, we found a condo complex and pulled in.  However, by this time hail had already cracked the windshield numerous times and completely destroyed the sunroof.  The car also has too many dents to count.  Maybe textured vehicles are the new thing?  I didn’t think so.  :(  As we pulled into the complex, it finally stopped hailing.  There was hail everywhere!  Driving on it was hard – very slippery – as was running on it.  We stopped the car and ran under a covered part of the building.  People began to come out of their condos to see the damage.  A nice couple invited us into their home where we helped them pick up hail and the shards of their once upon a time sky lights.  It was the craziest thing I have ever been through.  Wow!  My car in Cedar Park had a few but barely noticeable dents.  We are currently down to one car as we wait for the insurance company to make their way to us.  I think we need to have someone inspect our roof as well.  Some of the hail we saw was over golf ball sized!

Pictures:

hail on the ground

the sunroof of the suv

Bryan right after the hail storm

the windshield of the suv

Martial Arts/Other:

Martial arts has been good this week.  I finally finished getting all of the blue belt material in Kung Fu, received another section of the Tai Chi sword form, and received my stripe for my 3 step sparrings in TKD.  I missed class on Wednesday thanks to the storm.  I also missed Thursday and Friday classes thanks to my blood sugar.  I’m hypoglycemic, and even though I do great regulating it for the most part, sometimes it just acts up for seemingly no reason.  I feel horrible when it dips so low, and the only thing that can make me feel better is to just lay down.  You can’t take classes from bed.  I managed to make it to Sam’s photo show later Friday night.  Almost everyone was there which was fun.  We hung out there for a few hours before going to eat and then home.  Sam’s photos looked awesome!

Here is the only picture we took of the night:

mad skills

Last night we took Bryan’s grandparents to Sears for a some home items.  They are going to closing on Monday.  They have a week full of deliveries following that.  It’s pretty exciting!  I can’t wait to see the house filled with all the new furniture.  I think it’s awesome that we finally have family to visit!

Studying:

I have been studying though I don’t nearly get as much done in a day as I need to.  I should have been further along by now.  :(  I hit the social studies section of the material.  So, yeah, I don’t know anything about Texas history.  However, I did buy a book on Texas history yesterday which I have started.  I’m only to the Archaic period, but so far it’s quite an interesting read.  I should be well up to speed on Texas’s past once I read it all (which might not happen before I take the test).  You’ll definitely be seeing me with this book in hand.  :)  I think that even though there is still another couple of sections I need to pour through, I need to sign up for a testing date.  I think doing so will keep me on track by having a constant reminder that the test is actually coming!  I’m getting anxiety just thinking about it.  New topic…

Recent pictures/videos of the cats:

Bella sleeping...shhhh!

Here is a video of Sweet Pea investigating the washing machine.  😀