The past few days have been pretty crazy due to the arctic storm that has affected many states. With amazingly low temperatures and snow, rain, and sleet, it has caused quite a scene of drama. I know that New Mexico doesn't have it as bad as other states, like Illinois, but Las Cruces experienced its record low temperature two days ago and NMSU has been closed for three days straight. Espanola is out of gas. Governor Martinez declared a state of emergency for the whole state. Las Cruces has also implemented rolling blackouts for a couple days now, in order to help save power and to ease the stress of the electrical system, which was definitely not prepared for this. So the last two nights have consisted of me quickly making dinner before the next blackout, hurriedly taking a shower so I didn't have to take one in the dark, and sitting around with as many candles I could find, not knowing what to do with myself. It's like the pioneer ages all over again. Last night I made pancakes for dinner, and one blackout happened when one pancakes was still on the pan, only one side cooked. It was pretty funny actually. This morning I woke up to no working water in my apartment. Good thing I'm off to Los Alamos today. With all this chaos, though, I consider myself lucky because I do have an apartment with a heating system, food and water, and plenty of extra blankets in case my heating did stop working altogether. My heart breaks for the homeless and for those who cannot even afford to heat their homes. So while this blizzard has provided some excitement to our monotonous lives, I still pray for those who suffer more because of it.
Now onto the photo challenge.
Post a picture of the person whom you do the most crazy things with...
This is my brother Stuart. In this picture he is attempting to shoot cans with his BB gun behind his back. Now Stuie and I have done a lot of crazy things together, but this particular day of BB gun-shooting came to mind when I read this day's photo challenge. It was about three years ago, and he and I were raking in the backyard and decided to set up cans in the pile of leaves as targets. After shooting at these for a bit, one of us (I can't remember who; it could be either way if you know us) decided we needed more excitement and was like "Let's shoot each other in the butt!" And, being crazy, the other was like "LET'S!" I volunteered to be shot first, so I walked across the lawn, bent over a little, and prepared for the sting. The sting came, but in the wrong spot, the back of my leg. Oh man it hurt. So I jumped around laughing, in pain, and demanded he do it over and shoot me where he was supposed to. So he did. Jumped around and laughed and squealed in pain again.
So then it was his turn, and he started chickening out! I would not settle for this; if I (a female) got shot voluntarily, he would too, darn it! After telling (not asking or begging) him that he would do it, he finally gave in, trudged across the lawn, and squatted a little, being sure to do the sign of the cross. I took aim and pulled the trigger quickly before he had the chance to back out again. His reaction was about the same as mine. We gained some welts in awkward places.
Good times. See following videos.
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