WHOOOOoooooOOOOoooo

No, the title of this post is not my usual "Whooo!" of excitement. Rather it's meant to represent the sound of the wind howling outside my window at this particular moment in time. WHOOOooooOOooooOOO!
Yes. I am actually making that noise out loud to see if it sounds right. And I wonder why people think I'm weird...

On to tonight's rant. As it is 9:30pm on a Friday, I should by all rights be relatively tipsy and on my way out to have a serious weekend jam. However, my usual plans have been thwarted by two annoying aspects

1. The weather
As mentioned before, the wind is currently whoooo-ing quite strongly outside my window. And this is not the lovely warm KZN wind...this is true Eastern Cape wind. The kind of pervy wind that makes its way into your clothes and bites at all your warmest body parts. Needless to say, I prefer my body parts to remain unbitten (by the wind, anyway ;) hehehehe!). This wind is like needles of ice, tiny frozen flies, being dropped into a lake in Greenland in the middle of winter and many other cold-related cliches. On the other hand, my cosy bed and lovely thick feather duvet are inherently more appealing, regardless of the strong sense of FOMO present tonight.

2. Life
Yes, life has got in the way of my plans once more. At the beginning of last term my law lecturer announced that we would be having a test on 17 May. No biggie, plenty of time to plan ahead. Then my philosophy lecturer announced that we would be writing a test on the term's work. When? On the 17th of May. Gee, thanks Tom and Dr Kruger. Now I get to write a test on each of my majors ON THE SAME DAY. Yay. Lucky me. And seeing as I'm keen to celebrate the SRC's 101 Year Birthday (read: get drunk and eat free cake) tomorrow night, I cannot afford to have my usual Friday mare or else I'll never get all my studying done in time. Sad Tayla. :(

So here I sit, alone, sad and lame (in the pathetic way, not the crippled way). My only consolation is that many of my friends are also being faders tonight because of the weather and the mountains of work that lecturers have decided to drop on us in the few weeks before exams. Sigh.
Actually, just listening to the whoooOOOOooooOOo outside...perhaps staying in tonight isn't such a bad idea. Tea, a good book and my duvet...versus freezing wind, alcohol and a skimpy outfit.

Ya...I'm going to go with the tea. And if that means I'm becoming old and responsible, so be it. Last year in the June holidays I found myself sitting on the couch at home, drinking tea, stroking my cat, watching British comedy and knitting (it was a scarf for a friend...). I have long since come to terms with my impending senility. :P

(WHOOOoooooOOOoooo...)

PS: my previous post about fashion faux-pas seems to have mysteriously disappeared. If anyone can help me solve this strange occurrence - and return aforementioned missing blog post - I would be much obliged.