It didn't just rain last night. It stormed, a violent, scary storm. No tornadoes, but even so the wind got up to 75 mph in my neck of the woods. I was all excited because great big tree limbs fell all around my car without any actually landing on my car, and I thought it was extremely cool that they landed so close without doing any damage, but upon further inspection it turned out that one of them scratched my paint. But considering that if the one that did the scratching had landed just a foot to the West it probably would have caved my roof in, I'm not complaining. Besides, we're all so very happy to have the rain that nobody's too upset about having to spend today cleaning up huge chunks of tree. Though, I would imagine that the unlucky few hundred people throughout the state who lost their power and are still waiting for it to come back on can think of plenty to complain about today.

Warning: The following is incredibly gross and not for whose with weak constitutions.

My kitten likes to sleep wrapped around my head at night, tangled up in my hair. Sweet, right? Except, you know, I just figured out that she still has worms. I'm not going into further detail. Suffice it to say, deworming the kitten is a top priority at Casa del Jean, and not just for reasons pertaining to her health. Can I get an "ew" from the audience? How about an "Oh my God, that is so nasty!"

Anyway. The book store should get my last text book in tomorrow, so I'll go buy it, along with some school supplies. Yay, school supplies! While I'm there I'll try to scope out the campus a little. I already know it pretty well, as I attended classes there right out of high school, and again in '96, but it might be helpful to see what's changed. I already know that the book store is not where it used to be, I had to stop in the library and ask for directions when I went to buy my books last week. Mainly, I want to learn if there is any place on campus to get a decent cup of coffee, or if I need to plan on leaving the house early enough on school mornings to make a pit stop at Java Dave's before heading to campus. The student union is right next to the building that houses all of the classes I'll be taking, but somehow in all of my previous sessions at this school, I never made it inside the student union. I went in there for the first time last week to get my ID and parking permit (which, by the by, was free; one of the perks of small universities), and it's pitifully small. The student union at OU was a huge building, practically a shopping mall, with a pretty expansive food court. The student union at RSU is a one room building with a lounge off to the side containing a TV, a couple of sofas and some video games (coin-op arcade machines, not a Playstation or anything decent like that); the rest of it is a single hall filled with tables and chairs, with the Student Services counter along one wall, and what looked like a small grill at the back. The grill was closed and caged off when I went in the other day, so I couldn't see what's on the menu, but I'm betting they serve coffee. Whether or not it's good coffee, I have no idea.

Since being declared a full-fledged four year university last year, they've started expanding and making a lot of improvements. New book store, new luxury dorms, new radio station ... here's hoping that a new student union is somewhere on that list.

That's all I've got for now. Before you leave, go read this.