This has been a very stressful week so far. Unfortunately, nothing seems to be going right for me. And it's only Wednesday! I almost feel like I need a patient monitor to keep an eye on my heart rate and whatnot. I really hope that this week starts to calm down so I can get my life back in order. Maybe I should try to just sleep the rest of it away.
Luck and tarot
Our luck has been off-and-on lately. While we didn't get hit by the flood, my husband did get into a car accident due to the roads being wet and slippery. He didn't get hurt but his car is totaled. Even though that means he has to buy a new car, the rental he has right now is nice. Bad things have been happening but they aren't terrible. (And I'd rather be car shopping than shopping for WholesaleInsurance.net Dental Insurance.) I have about 6 more episodes of the current jdorama I am watching. Ideally, I'd like to have that finished by Monday but I'm not sure our schedule will allow it.
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The flood is over?
The rains have finally ended. My daughter's school was closed on Friday because the buses couldn't get to many of the bus stops in the area. I'm very glad that there was very little rain this weekend and that the water is receding. We can now drive around town with almost no problems. (The only problem left is mud on the road.) It's nice when life is back to normal.
No more water!
There is some massive flooding going on in my area of the state. Luckily, my house is on a bit of a hill so we are unlikely to have any flood problems ourselves. However, many of the bridges in/out of town are getting close to being underwater. Of course, there is supposed to be more rain tonight. The rain isn't supposed to stop until Monday. (I hope it doesn't rain on Sunday so my daughter can play tennis.) It will be terrible if the rain keeps going. A friend of mine showed me a site called My Drama List. You can keep track of what Asian dramas you have watched. As I was filling out My List, I realized that I am missing a few reviews on here. I could have sworn I wrote reviews for the three seasons of Trick but they aren't here. I'm not sure I remember the shows well enough to review them properly and I'm not even sure I could re-download them to re-watch them. I will have to figure out a good solution.
JDorama review: Boss 2
I absolutely loved the first season of Boss so I was looking forward to the second season. For the most part, it didn't let me down. The only part I didn't like was Kimoto's "banishment." While they tried to replace her with two characters, it just wasn't the same. Granted, I would love to see Kurohara Rika become Kimoto's protege of sorts. That would be a pretty awesome spin-off.
My favorite part of the series is that it is a detective series but it keeps humor in their lives as well. It's not all stuffy or anything. I am really looking forward to news of a third season.
More storm damage
The hurricane has done more damage in the area than I thought. While we still haven't had any problems, there are still about 300 people in my little town without power. When I went to lunch yesterday, the grocery store had all of the frozen food freezers blocked off and all of the perishable items were gone. McDonald's seemed to be the only eatery unaffected. I'm hoping to finish Boss 2 today. If getting distracted by baby clothes on sale doesn't get in my way first. I don't even have anyone to buy baby clothes for! Man, I am pathetic.
Hurricane Irene
We have survived the hurricane that hit the East Coast this last weekend. Luckily, we did not lose power nor did we sustain any damage. However, I was not able to finish the last episode of Boss 2. I should have it finished in the next few days. (It's a whopping 90 minutes long!) Thank you for your patience.
A new review is coming!
On Monday, you will have a new jdorama review! I have one more episode of the second season of Boss to finish. I haven't decided what I'm going to watch next. I'll happily take suggestions before I get completely distracted by Acura TSX custom floor mats. It's weird...I usually have my jdoramas planned out in advance. Like 2 or 3 shows in advance. Now I have nothing ready. Eep! Panic!
Earthquake!
You might have heard that there was an earthquake on the east coast yesterday. I, unfortunately, did not feel it. I happened to be working in our filing room and I guess the filing cabinets were too heavy to shake. Only my co-workers freaking out gave me any indication that something was happening. I've decided to just be happy that the filing cabinets did not fall on me. That would have been awful.
Back to School Time
It is that time of year again! Time to get the kids ready to go back to school. My daughter is going into the fourth grade this year. For the first time, we grabbed one of those "what you need" sheets to try to get as prepared as possible. The list was a bit crazy though. She needed eight lined notebooks. EIGHT. And ten pocket folders. I'm not sure why she would need to many notebooks and folders. Math. Science. Social Studies. English/Spelling. She might need a notebook for her reading assignments...book reports or whatever.
We cheated a little and got her a binder for the folders. She could probably put the notebooks in there too. I guess we'll see how it goes next week.