'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I still have my fingers crossed for Sass
Me too.
My mom called, the parents are fine and they have power. They were out seeing a matinee at the dinner theatre. They had no idea that they were just blocks away from where the initial touchdown was. Oy.
Oh, and I finally have confirmation that all the extended family in SW Mo and NW AR are fine.
aurelia, that is great news.
As for me, I had a scary-ass commute and we've got another 30 minutes before the all-clear (they keep pushing it back, though), but so far so good.
The radar did look like things were getting ugly again as the system reached the east side of the state. Stay safe.
Timelies all!
Glad that people are checking in safe.
I hope the exposure finds Sass.
I broke and put the small room ac in. Just as an option.
I met one of my pool buddies...outside the pool! It's funny, after 2 years we're just getting around to exchanging names. So now I know pink cap, blue suit, now pregnant lady is Emily, and she knows where I live!
And in stupid news, I got into work at 7:35 to discover the whole system borked. There was a bug that only rears its head when the system is stupid fast on linux. Which it is, for now. Until it grinds to a halt. That ate my morning.
And then I discovered a metric we'd been computing for ages has a major bug, so who knows how long we were getting misleading results. And I have to replace the tool anyway. Which, doable, but man, a lot of work has to be done to fix the historical data. Luckily, I think I can foist that off on my minion. Except she's out today and tomorrow, so I'm also doing her job. Which I do not have time for, but I have to make it.
And I ate too much pizza provided for us in celebration of the transition (too much for me > half a slice, I had 2.5) and so I'm skipping dinner and feel vaguely ooky. I've been up since 5:15. I didn't escape work until 4:15 and that was sheer fuckitall. I easily could've been there until past 6.
Ugh, I am finally home. I never, ever want to deal with a tornado thing at school. K-12, all packed in a basement for 1 1/2 hours, all teachers thinking about Joplin, getting conflicting half-assed reports about how bad it is.
Kids freaking out -- little kids. I was fine during, but then afterwards it was this huge adrenalin dump release thing. So tired now.
Everything's pretty ok here, but it was pretty scary where I was. You look around at all these little kids and think "Fuck, I am responsible."
I am so tired.
Erin, so glad you and your kids are all safe. What a scary day this has been - tornadoes are frightening enough, but now Joplin is in everyone's minds, and the possibilities are all too easy to imagine. Handling being responsible for a roomful of scared kids is pretty major, too - no wonder you're tired! Take care of yourself.