fish out of water

god threw a wrench in my plans today...sometimes he does that. and a lot of times its totally unexpected. THIS was a major curve ball for my day (and in fact, my entire upcoming week!):

"Because of a power outage this morning in the Clyde Building, the building will remain closed through the end of Friday, Jan. 29. All classes in the Clyde Building will consequently be canceled."

can you believe that!? maybe if i were a normal person i would be excited about this email. but i guess im not normal...because i was not exactly excited about it. it left me HOMELESS!!! i had so much i needed to get done today...in the clyde, of course. :S today was the only time my partner and i could work on our 443 lab together. and now it is going to be VERY difficult to find another time to do it.

BUT, it also meant that my 443 and 485 homework isnt due tomorrow. and that comers quiz will have to be postponed til next week. and that i had time to work on 485 with my fellow homeless friends (which btw is only 3 problems and took 6 hours but we're still not done). i guess there's good to be found in every curve ball. or the fancier way of saying it is "every cloud has a silver lining."

it was funny to walk around campus and to see so many displaced engineers. it was weird. nobody knew where to go! :p our LIVES are in the clyde. our lives ARE the clyde.

if you were to have walked into the library (or the terrace) you probably could've overheard conversations about what really happened in the basement of the clyde. some say it was a fire. others say a transformer blew. one person heard there was a gas leak. we know for sure that a guy got burnt and was sent to the hospital. we think he drilled into a power line. but no one REALLY knows the whole truth. all we know is that my poor home was (and currently is) out of power. and they're not letting anybody inside.

so all thats left to do is to make the best of this slightly inconveniently thrown curve ball and roll with the punches. but dont worry, we got this. :)