I had nightmares about tornados before I ever experienced the edges of one (visiting relatives in the midwest.)
Just spent the last couple of hours drinking wine, eating guac and watching storms to the south with neighbors on a nearby porch. I wanted to stay out longer, but all day meetings tomorrow and I think 4 glasses of white is enough for tomorrow...
I FUCKING LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Aww, I love that you're still smitten with your neighborhood. It is a romance for the ages. I am still smitten with my house, too. Although my house seems to think that if I feel so enamored of it, I should keep it tended just a bit better.
My house feels the same way as Liese's. Entitled little thing!
I'm watching last night's Colbert Report, and he just referenced Hookers and Blow.
... Colbert! Are you LURKING? C'mon out! We don't bite! (Unless you ask very nicely.)
Day three of Disney. Love that the kids wanted to go back to Pirates of the Caribbean twice. Owen has full pirate kit. Liv has her princess dress (Belle) and I'm freakin' exhausted. But I love that it's perfectly natural for kids to walk around this park dressed up and everybody treats them like it's the best thing in the world.
Tomorrow is pool and lunch and then flying home. Back to what is apparently SNOW and rain and 40 degree temps. Boo.
Oh, my house is a demanding creature as well.
Figured out Loki's warcry source of tonight: grey tabby, I'd guess male, hanging around my deck. Loki goes crackers.
So I'm listening to a Jamaican radio show on polyamory (multiple consenting partners) (that tag is part of the title), and I'm wondering who her audience is, and if she's going to get poly people calling in to talk about their lifestyles--I think where poly traditionally exists in Jamaica, it's really not something you talk about while it's happening. You just accept and work with its rules.
And if you asked the average bougie, they will be terribly horrified, even if that's how they grew up.
My in-laws in Tuscaloosa and out near Cullman have reported in that they're ok. But the damage in Tuscaloosa is really astounding. Don't know if anyone's posted this video yet, but it's one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen.
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I'm glad your family's okay, Hayden.
Thanks, Dana. I was away from the computer and news all day. Had no idea about all of this until my Mom called from South Alabama to see if we'd heard anything from Emily's side of the family. That was right after the storm hit. I was just there last week. Drove right through that intersection in the video - one of the busiest in the city - on my way out of town last Thursday morning.