And the Blinds Came Crashing Down

I realize it's been almost a week since my last post, so my deepest apologies go out to anyone who looks forward to reading this blog on a biweekly basis.  Let me summarize my week to you in a lovely, yet most likely completely predictable, bullet-pointed list.

This is how my week went down:

• On Wednesday morning, as I was opening the blinds to say hello to beautiful Sioux City, the blinds came crashing down.  Don't worry, they didn't land on my head.  Instead of worrying about how I was going to get them back up, I took a picture of them and put it on Facebook.
• Since my roommate and I didn't want to sleep next to a window that anyone could see into at any point during the night, I used duct tape and a fleece blanket to create my own blinds on Wednesday night.  Once again, I took a picture of that and put it on Facebook, because I like to document all the highlights of my life here in Sioux City.
• On Thursday afternoon, there was a manly knock on my door.  And guess who it was!  None other than our beloved maintenance guy.  He came to put our blinds back up, and told us to let him know when our next problem occurred.  He is officially my knight in shining armor.  Even though his armor is not shiny at all.
• Friday approached, and I was lucky enough to have a guest from my homeland of Minnesota spend the night with me for scholarship weekend!  Happily, we got along very well, and I'm glad I got to host her.  Shout-out to my next door neighbor, who let my guest sleep on her top bunk.
• On Saturday, among sleeping in and experiencing a Mexican fiesta, I was introduced to orange floats.  It's basically like a root beer float that uses orange juice instead of root beer.  Let me tell you--my life will never be the same!!!  Ok, well I guess it probably will be the same.  But I would highly recommend an orange float.  :)
• Nothing much happened today, other than a lot of homework and a pretty decent night at work.  I got to call two people from Hawaii at work tonight, and one of them actually answered!  I had a nice long talk with him about everything under the sun.  I was also able to talk to a lady from Omaha who majored in the same thing I'm majoring in, and that was awesome!  She was so supportive motivational.  After talking to her, I felt like I could go climb a mountain or something. Props to her for getting me so pumped up.
• Finally, it started snowing tonight while I was at work.  While I returned to my dorm covered with heaps of snow, I'm pretty glad it's white outside again.  I need to get more use out of my winter boots anyway.  :)

That's about it for today.  Another shout-out goes out to one of my very good friends, who finally turned 18 today.  Welcome to adulthood, little buddy.