Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck, some nights I call it a draw

Hopefully this will be the end of my car issues, at least for a while.  I gave my car back to my mechanic because it wouldn't start on Thursday when I was trying to go to school.  Although he was able to get it started Thursday night, I still wanted him to check it out.  Besides, it's been having some problems getting started and accelerating, especially in the morning.  So hopefully he figures out what is wrong with it and I get my car back for good!  Also, I've been in need of a new motor for the passenger side window, as well as new headlights (the reflective part behind the light itself).  I've been going to Island Auto Supply for weeks now trying to get those parts and every time I come in they tell me that they don't have the part and to come back in two weeks.  So I've been back four times and I still don't have the parts.  I told my mechanic and he is going to check somewhere else and see if he can fix all of these things at once.  Not the most interesting story, but it's island life...

I got to play volleyball yesterday!  This was my first time playing since I broke my rib and it was so much fun.  I really miss playing every week.  Afterwards, we stayed, drank a bit, and socialized.  It was really fun, but I got a little bit out of hand.  Luckily I have some amazing friends that took care of me.  This morning, I woke up with sand embedded in my skin, which poured onto the floor as soon as I got out of bed.  I spent a good 20 minutes sweeping sand off of my floor and brushing off my bed.  I think I took the beach home with me last night.

I also gave some ants a great meal!  At about 4 am, I woke up with my feet throbbing.  I thought that was a weird thing to be hurting, but I figured it was just because I was walking on sand for about 5-6 hours the night before.  I started picking off what I thought was sand embedded on to my feet, but it was hurting more than normal, so I turned on the light and checked it out.  Turns out, I had over 35 fire ant bites on my feet.  They started itching immensely.  I was actually shaking because I wanted to scratch them so badly.  It was awful.  I had to go get some calamine lotion today because the normal anti itch cream just wasn't cutting it.  It's not helping much.  This is by far the worst meal the ants have taken from me since I've been on the island.

In better news, I did really well on my recent quizzes and tests!  I have another exam coming up on Tuesday, but I don't think it will be too hard.  I can't wait to go home in December.  I know it's still a ways off, but I'm so excited.  Yay!