A scare, a big accomplishment, and the next chapter of the fire alarm saga

I was a little worried about my Spanish test today. I'm having a hard time getting down the tú form commands. I let myself off work a few minutes early to do some last-minute studying before I took the exam and felt better by the time I started walking to the foreign language testing center. I got my wallet out as I walked so I could walk right in with my ID and get started. There was only one problem.

My ID was not in the little pocket with the rest of my cards. I took everything out of my wallet, sorted through it, and still came up with nothing. I wondered if I could just tell the FLTC my student number and still take my test. I sent up a quick prayer and checked my back pocket seemingly on a whim. I don't remember putting it there, but there is where I found it! My test didn't turn out to be as hard as I thought it would be - my favorite kind of surprise.

I got out of my test at 6:15 or so and began the trek home on my bike. I had been mentally preparing myself all day to tackle the last two hills - killers, both of them. I didn't even make it halfway up the first one on the way home yesterday, but today I conquered! I went all the way down to the first gear and stared at the curb to the side of me all the way up. Just have to make it to the next sidewalk crack, over and over until I got to the top.

There wasn't anybody around, so I even took a moment to do a little dance. Shh. :)

I made it to the same place as yesterday on the second hill, but I got back on my bike sooner this time and rode up the last bit of incline before the glorious trip down, down until I arrived home.

Now for the last story of the day.

A few months ago, Jill had the ultimate bad day complete with fainting at school, illness, and being busy out of her mind. To top it off, when she got to our apartment all the fire alarms were blaring. All the alarms. In our apartment only.

Since then, the alarms have become something of a joke. Jill, Sara and even I have been caught in a few screaming buildings. (Jill more than Sara or I.) The latest chapter of the saga happened this morning when Sara was in the HFAC and the alarms went off.

To my knowledge, Mara is the only one who hasn't been caught in a building when the alarms begin to wail... So far.