I wasn't sure what I was going to have to write about for today, since I just wrote yesterday, but alas, thanks to sporadic weather patterns I have at least something.

All day today the clouds kept hinting at a downpour and all the weather reporting outlets indicated thunderstorms. The sun shone for most of the day, with a few periods of cloud coverage. It stayed dry the whole day. At least, in my part of the neighborhood it did. A friend of mine talked about how it was pouring where he was at, all of 10 miles south from me. Another friend talked about dark skies and heavy rain in another section of town, also south from me. Someone else commented on lightning and thunder southwest from my location. So it appeared that the storm would be sticking around down there. When I left work and it was still sunny out, with blue skies and fluffy white clouds, I resigned to knowing that I wouldn't get to experience the crazy weather that I miss so dearly from the east coast.

That is, until about 30 minutes ago. I bright flash of light shone through my blinds and a crack of thunder followed about 5 seconds later. I shut off my light and waited, another flash of light and a faster crack of thunder. Finally, a third followed with an immediate crack of thunder. The storm was right on top of me! I text a few people with my excitement and sat there just as giddy and mesmerized as I was when I was a small child. I've been in love with thunderstorms for as long as I can remember and that will never change. It moved on, leaving behind a pretty amazing night sky and a soaked ground, but I'm glad I didn't get to miss out on it.

In other news, I have 4 weeks to find someone who is off on a Tuesday afternoon, who can take nice pictures and is willing to hang out for a few hours. I've asked two people in hopes that at least one of them would be able to come with me. I even tried to use food as leverage, but it was a no go. The other person I knew couldn't, but I asked just for shits and giggles. My consult for the artwork is a week from Saturday and I'm pretty excited about just that. I hope I can find someone between now and then that will be able to come with me.

It kind of feels like tomorrow should be Friday, but I have to remind myself that I'm not on the security schedule anymore so it's what a coworker likes to call "Friday eve." It's actually the first time in a couple months that I've felt this way. Maybe because Monday was stupid busy and I was already done with the week then. Either way ... It's almost Friday.

I heard some thunder and thought it was the upstairs neighbor moving furniture around randomly. Was very confused at first.
» randomjunk on 2015-04-02 12:27:50

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