Today, while in Spanish, I was ambushed by one of my dear friends.  She often plays with my hair during class instead of paying attention since she can speak Spanish already. 

Today, however, she came prepared with hair bands, meaning that my hair would be tied into its bizarre position for more than five seconds at a time.  And she took my camera out of my purse.  So today, I managed to look like a complete dork.  Thank you, Ali.  This is for you. 

Today was typical of the bizarre weather of my city.  When I woke up, everything was covered in a fine layer of snow.  By fourth period, everything was completely blanketed, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to drive home from school because of the ice.  By sixth period, I walked outside with surprise... it was fifty degrees with no snow in sight.  However, we had hurricane force wind, when the breeze was almost completely still two hours before. 

In fact, we were going to have our school's Homecoming tonight, but the opposing team is located an hour and a half away and was too afraid to drive a school bus in this weather.  Scary, isn't it?

For example, here is a picture of the outskirts of my city.  The dust is covering the horizon to the point that you can't see much beyond the first couple of buildings.  It was ridiculous. 

After dinner tonight, my mom and brother and sister and I were riding in our car when my mom saw something that made us gasp with shock and hilarity.  We ended up turning around and pulling the car over to the side of the road so that I could take a picture. 

A stop sign had been blown over by the wind.  That is how bad it gets where I live.  Do not move here, any prospecting home owners. 

Remember that Tony Romo light decoration for our front yard that I wrote about a week or two ago?  Well, Tony Romo has been flat on his face for most of the day... the wind keeps knocking him over. 

I live in one of the top ten windiest cities of America... and I think in one of the top twenty of the world.  However, I enjoy the fact that nobody really lets it get them down.  Sure, people may complain a little, but there are still a few hundred thousand people who live here with no intention of moving away.  The sign will be re-cemented to the concrete tomorrow.  The leaves and tumbleweeds will be swept out of people's front lawns.  The dust will finally clear out of the air, and we will be able to breathe again without tasting grit in our mouths. 

Everybody has problems in their lives, but just like this wind, it will clear up eventually, and it will be okay again.  Just have faith, and stay strong in the Lord.  Romans 8:28 says that all things will work out for the good of those who love God, and I take that to be the truth.