February 4, 2011

  • 2.3.2011

    It snowed again yesterday.  Of course, it's all been washed away by the rain now, but it snowed nevertheless.  I was at  my clinical rotation when it started.  I happened to be looking out the window, listening to the sound of hail & sleet chunking down on the cars below, and I noticed a snowflake drift lazily down in front of me.  And just like that, almost immediately, our professor rushed us downstairs to send us home.  I thought it was a bit of an overreaction, until I went outside and saw the street covered in chunks of ice.  On the way home, I saw no less than two car wrecks.  I live less than ten minutes from there.

    The most beautiful thing was driving through the sleet, which just made the road look wet and miserable, straight into the snowstorm.  Birmingham slowly transformed from miserable wet city to one that was elegant and serene, blanketed in soft snowiness.  It happened in phases.  I was astounded.  Until I saw the first wreck.  To my credit, even though I've never driven in snow, I figured out what exactly I needed to do to never lose control (God-willing). 

    The snowflakes were coming in big clumps, and as I watched them hit the ground, they exploded into a tiny puff-- a quick exhalation, and then there was no trace of them.  What a mesmerizing sight.

    That was all yesterday.  Today, Anthony took Rephe and I out to look at cars for him.  We stopped at one dealer that seemed pretty trustworthy, not that I'm an expert judge of car dealers.  We were excited about one car that was in his budget, until they told us they couldn't sell it to us because it had transmission problems, after all.  Anthony was being a really smooth talker for us the whole time... I was impressed and fairly grateful.  Rephe and I were struggling to answer even basic questions.  XD.  So after that disappointment, we went to a place that just shot us out of the sky based on our budget, and decided just to eat (or did we eat before the second place?  It bothers me that I can't remember).  Since Anthony had never been to the cheesecake factory, we took him there.  Shockingly, I had a hamburger there (I usually go for pasta)... and it was great, but Rephe's tacos weren't... so we left a tad bit maoin'.  And then we decided to go to the dollar theatre and watch Due Date.  :3  It's been a loooong time since I've been to the theater.  The movie had some funny parts, but I doubt I'll remember it months from now.  Regardless, we had fun.  I'm glad today happened.

    ^_^;  Now, back to work.  I love you, Rephe.