ugh, what an absolutely miserable day! it’s dark and raining steadily; the only thing that would make it worse is if it were cold outside, so thank goodness this is houston. 😉 there are flash flood warnings for the afternoon, as usual when we get any large amount of rain. yuck yuck yuck.
softball was cancelled last night after the downpours began yesterday afternoon. yes–i am officially on a softball team! yay! i’d told betsy i wanted to play, but she didn’t know if she’d have a spot for another girl because last “season” (i.e. june-september) they were full. but one girl isn’t playing this time, so i got a spot. hooray! so here i was all excited to play our first two games last night, only to have the torrential downpours begin. ah well. next week. maybe. rainouts are always a problem this time of year.
training academy is going well so far, not as boring as i’d worried. yesterday morning was dull because it was all logistical stuff, and the first part of yesterday afternoon was dull because it was just a broad overview of space station (which i already know). but yesterday afternoon was really interesting–it was an overview of station operations which included things like scheduling and different operations phases (like assembly, docking, etc) and other stuff i didn’t know the specifics of before. so that was good. this morning was dull to begin with (briefings on security and safety, giant UGH), but then we started the nasa history part, which was interesting even if i did already know it. this afternoon we do a 2 hour in-depth lecture on the challenger accident that i’ve heard is very good, and then we have 2 hours of shuttle operations overview. so this afternoon should be good.
now that i’ve put you all to sleep….
there’s supposed to be a party tonight where ron’s band is playing, but with all the rain, i wonder if it’s still on. hmm. if nothing else, my apartment still needs to be vacuumed.
last night i ended up going over to becca’s for a while to have pizza and drink wine with her. she had her potential house inspected yesterday and the inspector found some cracks and things but was ok…until he found water damage that quite possibly was extensive. like $25,000 to go in just to find out the extent of the damage, because it’s around a window and could have extended to structural supports for the roof. for the whole story, go and read her entry for today. so bascially, he told becca to “run, not walk” away from the house, so today she has to go sign the papers to break the contract, and she has to start looking again. 🙁 poor becca. it sucks that things turned sour with this house, but at least she was smart enough to get an inspection, which some people don’t. i mean, this is exactly what the inspection is for, and in the long run it will save her a lot of money and headache. so that’s that.
