My god, there's no school on Friday, either. Actually, as nice as it is not having school, being trapped in the house is probably going to drive me nuts. I almost miss school, if only for the human contact.

But, a miracle that kept me from going crazy: we got out! My dad, the idiot/optimist that he is, was convinced we could make it out of the neighborhood if we shoveled enough. So, we shovel... And, he drives the car onto the street and out of the neighborhood. Lo and behold. So, we go out to eat lunch at Hops. Eating out was really really nice. Mom also has stated that she's not cooking anymore, so unless we eat out we're not getting anything good to eat. Since dad can't cook much. What he does cook usually ends up pretty tasty, but there isn't a whole lotta variety.

After the eating, we went to Aurora Newsland and purchased books and magazines. Yay. I bought Shonen Jump and Animerica Extra, both manga-collection magazines. As in, a collection of different comics... But, they both look interesting. Animerica Extra's got Video Girl Ai and Marionette Generation and Fushigi Yuugi and Utena, among others. Shonen Jump's got Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball Z, and a whole bunch of stuff I haven't heard of before.