rms10 | Learning and earning! Well. Learning.

I'm in Santa Barbara now, and here's what I've learned in the past few days:

I can never again mock the eeee! for his California upbringing, as he did an awesome job driving in the snow this weekend.
The Chevy HHR really does handle well in the snow.
The spline tool in Supermongo is quite painless.
If you fill a 12"x15"x17" box entirely with books, it will be too heavy for Media Mail.
Empty U-Hauls do not handle well in the snow.
The falafel at La Shish is terrible. All I ask is for my falafel to be freshly deep-fried! How hard is that?
My hiking boots are not waterproof.
Our family motto really is, "On your feet, you lose your seat." I had jokingly said this to the eeee! during the family Christmas party, and told him to ask my mother for verification. So he asked her what the family motto was, and completely unbidden, she replied, "On your feet, you lose your seat." Ha! This is what happens when you have more cousins than chairs.
I love tape guns! Wait, I already knew that -- I guess I was just reminded of it.
After we landed in L.A. and were waiting to disembark the plane, the two little girls behind me (aged 4-5ish and 6-7ish) started talking to me. After listing off her favorite colors, the younger one told me she liked my hair -- specifically, she liked "how it's all sticking up." Awesome. Kudos, young girl who likes "pink and yellow and red and orange and black."
I bring bad weather with me wherever I go. It's raining! I was promised sunshine. I want my money back.