May 25, 2004
an only me moment and more weather talk
I love spring storms, honestly I do. I mean, I spent half of my work night yesterday whining about wanting to go outside and see what the sky was doing. I think it's a mix of fascination and natural fear at the power that can be whirled up in a matter of minutes by the very blanket that covers you every day of your life. I'm also endlessly fascinated by the way our fear response to these events waxes and wanes as we grow older but never truly leaves. I mean, who doesn't hear the sudden crack of thunder and jump a bit?
Enter yesterday's only me moment: I was on break last night and was heading back toward work: Little drips are bouncing off the car's hood and sliding off the windshield; Then the sky blipped with light. Not your average flash of lightining, no, it was one of those crazy fast, crazy powerful POP lightining moments, and Abs jumped out of her seat, and closed her eyes as her heart sped for the moment. Right, and then the light turned green and I broke into hysterics, because at that same moment in time, the Alient Ant Farm version of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal was on the radio singing "woo!", and askin me, er, Annie, if I was ok. Let's just say lightining now has a theme song in my book.
May 24, 2004
the weather channel
You know all those shots you see on the weather channel of flooded areas in the south or midwest that seem so unbelievable? Yeah well, they still are to me, being a spoiled Northeasterner (ya know, where we have actual landscape changes that make for runoff of rain). However, this morning I awoke to heavy rain and thunder and within a few minutes we had our very own lil flood. Our street is the let off point for a local state route, and so we tend to get a few more cars than other nearby streets... thus making for excellent morning entertainment.
May 17, 2004
this just in
Moving Sucks.
In my absence I give you random pictures (more on another day without words, I promise):
May 03, 2004
When the Moms is happy
Everything else will be happy. A sampling of the never ending conversation that was this weekend:
Me: Check out my new bag, isn't it the cutest thing ever?
Mom: My new house is the cutest thing ever.
Me: uh, ok.
Mom: I love my house.
Me: I have to bring a video back to the store.
Mom: Dont you love our new house?
Me: yeah, mom, it's great.
Mom: I just love my new house.
I kid you not. She's a happy lady. She reads this blog daily by the way, everyone say Hi to my Mom the lurker.
The chances of me being able to blog again before mothers day are close to nil. So, Happy Mothers day world. I think happy Moms help the world go round, or something. Oh and, We have a kickin new home.