You've Seen Nothing Yet

Sometimes I listen to my morning AM station for local issues, but they have a guy on there who rants about normal things almost as if he has no idea how anything works. I'll make up an example: "And the city requires vendors to have the contracts notarized... And they leave it up to the vendors to find a notary... And the vendors have pay the notary fee themselves!

Anyway, I listened to NPR yesterday and there was a protest group chanting and the chant I remember was "We'll be back! We'll be back!..." This chant does not have a lot of punch.

It just goes to support the rule: Plan it out ahead of time.

Under The Rainbow

There was a big storm this afternoon. A tornado spotted in town. The rain pelted down. Thunder. My boss said get away from the windows. My back was bothering me and I went out to the middle of the office to sort some paperwork... After a bit I went back to my office. I heard a loud noise that sounded like a tornado but I think it was just thunder... Made a fool out of myself by running into my boss's office "Did you hear that loud noise???" I am such a wuss.

I'll never forget one tornado: 10 years ago I was taking my toddler and baby to the babysitter, Chery's. The skies darkened dramatically on the way. Just when we got there the rain started to pour, in sheets. I got the car seat/carrier detached and grabbed little Z by the hand and headed up the walk. I got halfway up and Chery's daughter came out to help. She grabbed the baby from me... but Z had disapeared!

Suddenly, overhead, I heard the sound of a hundred freight trains, a deep groan. I spotted Z, he was back in the car. I ran back to the car, I don't care what, and got in with him and waited a while for the sheets of rain to die down. We went in and watched the TV weatherman spotting the tornados where we were. I called in to work to tell them I would be late. My clothes were as drenched as if I'd jumped in a pool. Chery lent me an outfit to wear to work. I was about an hour late.

We saw the top of her willow tree had been broken off by the tornado. It's taken about 10 years but it almost looks like a normal willow tree now.

The strongest thing my Dad's given me, and I hope I've passed on to my kids is the work ethic. The dedication.

Shoe Suede Blues

I'm going to see Peter Tork and the Shoe Suede Blues right now! Had to miss the Weird Al Yankovic show for this, but that's how it goes...

UPDATE: I got there too late and they were sold out. I asked for a peek and got to stand there for a minute, cleverly saving myself $20. I saw him, just didn't see much...

From The Back of Your Head

I told my son I was pretty sure he was going to grow another foot. He looked at me, confused, and said "From where?"

Happy 4th of July!

Silently Blessed

Huh.

I just sneezed and then immediately said "Thank you." My office neighbor is not here today. Boy, am I spoiled or what? : )

All Clear

I'm home. My mom's home. She's doing really well. No C!
: )

I've Seen Worse

Okay, so I'm on my way to spend the day at the hospital with my mom. I'm getting ready to leave and I was going to bring a comic book my friend lent me because I'll have plenty of reading time... Wait, can I really sit in a hospital with a book called "The Walking Dead"?

Thank goodness for book bags.