The Storms of Early Summer pt 2

The kids are gone and the campus is a ghost town. It’s a nice break from the chaos that are finals. I’m honestly happy with a little less activity for a little while. It’s been a busy few weeks.

Monday Staff Senate was something. I guess we are now having snacks and drinks. Okay. The usual BS about parents and their kids came up from the same person. It’s a broken record. I can tell everyone is getting sick of it. How many times and from how many different people can a person be told “not happening” before it gets through their thick fucking skulls. It’s borderline psychosis. it went on for well over 20 min. Sad.

We found out rather late in the game that we had a 4 day weekend ahead of us. Yay!!! I don’t think anyone can complain. We didn’t have any bad weather days so I guess it’s fair.

The fucking humidity on Wednesday. It was so fence that I could swear I felt resistance walking through it. The air was terrible. I left for lunch and the sky felt ripe for development. Boy was I correct. Shortly after we were placed on a tornado watch. That turned to a warning. Next we know northwest of town a tornado had touched ground. Hail was also coming. The radar was deceptive. The flags were blowing in a different direction. It sure did start raining big drops. My coworker and friend Ryan decided to bail 8 til while my coworkers wanted to wait and see if it slowed down. As we walked to the car the hail came and it only got bigger. I made it all until I started to close my umbrella and get in the car. That’s when a hail stone hit my head. It HURT!! I drove home in a cacophony of sounds. I was sure my car was hurting. I made it home about the time Yvette says her son is on his way to my garage. We sheltered the storm together.

I was having him over anyway. This seems to always happen on our family dinner nights. Last time we also had hail. How strange. Anyhow, we hung out and about 2 hours later his mother and sister came to join us for dinner. I cooked one of our first meals together as a 4 person ensemble. It was good times. He and I watched a comedy to digest the food.

Thursday/Friday. We had Friday off so this was my Friday. The day was fast and busy. I was full of energy. We started with a possible storm. We had some light rain. It mainly passed. That’s was our rain for the day, according to the National Weather Service. Laughable. Right before 5 it looked weird. I walked out of Yvette’s office and when I went in it was sunny.I knew something was off from my years with my father. He knew his weather. I looked at the radar. Nothing, but there was clearly something. I’m back near the office and I call Yvette. She mentions big drops. Nothing where I am until there is. Hail, not big drops. I race back on the cart only taking a few hits. Next thing we know it’s hailing wild. A break pops up. . My boss said go home and we went. It was a war zone getting home. The hail size increased. Yvette and her daughter pulled into my garage. We waited it out in awe. . Nasty storm. Our roofs and our cars will need insurance. Deductible. All over town. Lots had it much worse. Sucks. Wasn’t even forecast to rain again and we received worse than the day before.

Since we had Friday off I tried to take advantage of everyone else still working and kids in school. I took Hazel to the vet to get all her shots and have her ready for her stay at the country club for dogs. She hates the vet. I next played a little Zelda before heading out for a quick and easy trip to Sam’s. It’s so nice being able to go in a laid back setting that you will only get during the week while everyone else is working. On my way back I decided to see a movie. Heck, I was the only one in the theater when I first walked in. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. I had been hearing great things about the film. It was a wild colorful dark trip through a wasteland hell. Hemsworth was fantastic as the villain. Almost 3 hours later I was happy.

Jalapeño.

Green Chili Bunless Burger.

King Pao Chicken Noodles.

Chicken enchilada “casserole” with cilantro lime rice and black beans. Way back in September I made this for us and the family. Figured we should try it again. Her sone and I watched Tropic Thunder after dinner.

Yvette and I went out for date night. The Wharf. It was fantastic. We had a little cocktail at the bar while we waited. The old man sitting alone would not move a chair down so we could sit next to each other so I squeezed a chair in between. He then bitched at the bartender that he didn’t get his drink before us. We sat down at about the same time. Some people. Fuck them.