Thursday, September 24, 2009

Kittens, Eyeballs, and 107 Degree Heat, Oh My!

I am dead tired. Like physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. Once again, I have to apologize for not writing anything recently, but this time I totally have a legit excuse! Well, maybe. Since my last post, I've adopted two hyperactive kittens that now live in my room almost full time, have stayed up more than 7 hours to complete one assignment for a class (not surprising that it was for an honors course), and run a mile in 107 degree weather. Hopefully you know that it as been 107 degrees Farenheit. If not, I'm concerned for you and me because either you need to re-evaluate your thought processing skills or I'm gonna need some freakin' good air conditioning! And on a completely un-related note, kittens apparentely can learn how to drink from a straw by watching you drink your Starbucks. Just sayin. Anywho, along with my tiring schedule of kittens, hw, kittens, hw, kittens, sleep, kittens, sleep; I also have school during the day which is just about the final blow. Today I woke up, rolled out of bed and rushed my tired self to school, just in time for my first class, science. Thank goodness I thought! I'm not late and I had time to grab the comp book I've been needing! I sit down expecting the usual boring lecture about light waves that were cool for like two days. Two weeks, not so much. But oh! A new topic today! The human eye?! That's great! Something new, something to keep me from falling asleep! Wait, why are you putting on gloves? What's in that bucket? Oh. Then I wasn't so excited. The bucket was full of cow eyeballs that were still in the preserved eye socket. And she held one right over my desk. I almost puked and/or cryed. Suddenly, she puts it back and is searching for a different example, but none of the nine in there are meeting her expectations. She says and I quote: "Hmm.... I think it's in one of the other buckets." It's horrible enough to have one eyeball in your possession, but to have three buckets full of eyeballs sloshing around in their preservative juice? Now that is just wrong and very frightening. She also told the girl in the back to look in the cabinet right above her desk for cow eye bucket #3. But look out because the other body parts might fall out if you aren't careful! Everybody's heads slowly crane towards her, slightly fearful and very concerned. She says nervously: "Oh, they're not human! Nervous laugh...cough... cough." Umm...I think I need to get a pass to the bathroom... and never come back. And now,once again on an un-related note, the kittens are biting my toe. A clear sign that it is time to sleep because I might mess up their important mid- morning play time if I'm not asleep soon. So, I bid you all adieu and goodnight, Eilidh.