Diana's Writing Blog

I kind of dropped out of contact for a while. Last weekend was hectic. I came home expecting to babysit Grandma and my bro Saturday while Mom and Dad ran my sister down to college (in Milwaukee). Instead, I ended up going with my dad and sister while Mom stayed home and caught up on house work.

It was pretty fun. The drive is about 4 hours long each way, so we had a lot of time to talk. Okay, I slept most of the way up, but I talked on the way home. And when we got there I got to see my sister’s kick ass dorm building. She’s so spoiled. She has a store, coffee shop, cafeteria, gym, and theater all IN her dorm building. Also, she’s got one of those suite setups where she and two other girls have their own tiny rooms and share a bathroom. Boy in my day…

Then we braved the Milwaukee streets and went to Nooldes & Co. to eat. It was the best thing ever. You pick from like 15 different kinds of noodles, then you pick what meat you want on top. I sure don’t want to live in the big city (not a fan of large crowds of people or the way they drive), but could we just have all the restaurants they do up here?

Anyway, Sunday it was like 20 below 0 so we didn’t go to church and I got to sleep in. But I figured because of the weather I’d better get an early start. I went out to start up my car around 2 and he was like, “You’re kidding right? Have you experienced how COLD it is?” So, I had to hold down on the starter and flood the engine, but he finally started and sat there trying to idle while I loaded up. Fun times.

It’s been anywhere between 0 and 5 up here this week (it’s warmer here cause of the lake), but with the windchill it’s about 10 below. Plus, as far as I know it hasn’t stopped snowing since…I don’t know, December? But the car has been doing pretty good. I put the dry gas in every time I fill up now and it seems to help.

So, to make a long rambling story short, I’m behind on my story big time, but I’m still making progress. Also, yesterday we got a Mardi Gras cake delivered to the office from our Louisiana sales reps. It was soooo good. And I got the piece with the plastic baby, so lucky me. Anyway, here goes: