Sky bright

I'll have to add the pictures later.  It doesn't like linking here.  *sigh*  Okay there ya go...dawn.

Okay so I am nearly feeling human again after being wickedly sick last week.  I began writing again on The Building after a few weeks off (nearly two!).  Yes, those of you who know me realize that means I've been doing the insomnia nightmare dreamscape for two weeks.  My muse gets far too hungry at times.  Sea Turtles in a pool with anger issues at being speared  - imagery of prehistoric lands and the voracious appetites of omnivores were inside that dream.  The turtles are protected on the local beaches and the cities have low to no lights to encourage crime..I mean procreation...yeah that's it.  I need to wander down to the beach this weekend if there aren't any morning storms and see if there are any nests around.  The wild life groups are good about roping them off and monitoring for eggs and turtles. 

Lightning hit three so far this week.  One idiot was in a crane during a massive storm.  Yes, they were all men.  Proving once again that more men get struck by lightning than men.  I don't have the stats on how many of them are golfers wanting to finish their rounds but I have a suspicion. 

Hurricanes and Tornado weather

Right now it's pretty much the same as this picture but not as crisp.  Had one of my old directors in town and got to see him and his family on Saturday after my insane landlady came over and screamed obscenities at me for no apparent reason and later she wrote a lovely letter somewhat saying she was wrong.  It was nice to catch up with Chris.  He's one of the first guys I met from one of my old company's take overs and made me laugh.  He was the inspiration for my Dough of the Dead series West Virginia location. 

Last night blurred into today with no sleep and a visit to the ER at a bit after 4 am.  Nasty lymph node infection that got treated immediately with a shot in my tush and two pills - I knew that meant I was pretty dang sick.  Sent home with a ZPack of antibiotics and painkillers.  That I was given painkillers meant the doctor actually listened.  I still need to catch up with two days of missing sleep and was told to take two days off work.  The doctor wrote it up giving me the flexibility to take off Wednesday too if I still wasn't 100%.  There's no way I can see that happening but definitely staying home tomorrow if for no other reason than sleeping. Maybe some more writing!

August Dog Days



Okay so I have been remiss in writing here this week.  Let's start the list.  Landlady going back and forth with her usual insanity.  I answer her politely then do my documentation.  She has no legal legs and I am not ready to move right this second.  But that said mother nature may do her own relocating of stuff in South Florida this weekend.  The tornado missed me by two towns.  That's okay I saw a few of those up close and personal when I lived in Michigan.  I haven't seen a hurricane so this may be my chance.  I filled gas tank this morning and began to download pics from my camera so I can clear my memory card :)  Yeah, I'll be snapping pictures. A few of you may recall my photos from the fires I was evacuated from my house about four years ago October in Southern California that I took. 

This past weekend was filled with laughter and sorrow.  One of my friends here had to do another intervention for her 19 year old daughter.  We still had "Christmas in July" but Sunday instead of Saturday like planned because she'd been crying all morning after getting her daughter to commit to a month in a program.  Drugs, alcohol, stupid choice in men coupled with possibly anorexia meant her once stunning daughter is little more than a battered, bruised shell.  Less than 100 pounds and dying by inches.  With the death of Amy Winehouse my friend decided she didn't want to be burying her daughter in a few years and her ex hubby and his wife helped. 

Also the other friend who I spend most of my weekends reading my tales to pool side got in a car accident on Friday night.  She was the victim of a hit and run.  She's sore and her car's in the shop but she's alive.  Her car jumped the curb and went into traffic in the opposite direction and lived to tell the tale.  She also joined us with our Christmas in July party.  It ended up being funny and silly and just what we all needed.  Facebook has the pictures from that jaunt.  My two friends dressed like Christmas Ho Ho Hosssss.....you'll see!  I went for the more conservative support of my Jewish friends and went with silver, white and light blue!  We had turkey and all the trimmings.

Walked into a buzz saw at work on Monday.  One of my co-workers unfortunately had her sister die from a heart attack on Friday and hasn't been into work since.  I had to close month end and do her job.  It's been brutal.  Now the proper programs didn't work closing the month so we are behind in work.  *sigh* it's all good right?

I did my Spam piece today at lunch.  I figured I wasn't sure when I'll be able to get online if the weather turns ugly.  The lightning storms have been spectacular but I've not perfected snapping those shots...yet.



Picture frenzy

Okay working on getting pictures into various bits.  Great weekend.

Cough *Hack* Cough

Well the new rug/carpet is down in my section of the office.  The dust is still in the wind from all the work and moving of things off desk tops.  A couple gals are fighting bronchitis which I blame on the bad air.  It looks nice I guess.  I mean I don't come to work expecting some gloriously appointed digs.  I work.  It's not for me to entertain or such but work. 

I was able to get a couple hundred pictures downloaded and I uploaded a few from the past month.  I have more pictures to get into my flickr account.  It truly is beautiful here.

Hot But fun!

I hope to download pictures from my camera today then upload a few dozen or five.  I tried to do it Friday but the place I go to had all 3 machines under the weather (aka slimed or broken in some manner). 

Friday the beach had a free concert that was back lit by an amazing storm front.  I snapped pictures so hopefully the lightning will show up in one of the frames.  It was intense.  Three out of four cardinal directions had massive thunderstorms.  The band wasn't very good but they were having fun.  Dreads and waist length hair swinging while they did bad renditions of Bob Marley tunes. 

Saturday was blistering hot but headed out west to Nick's.  Hadn't been there in a few weekends for one reason or another.  Nick played the cd he and Nick Jr had made in 2001 when they drove across the USA on a massive road trip.  It was three years before Nick Jr fell to MS.  Mind blowing on so many levels.  To see Nick prancing around, mocking his dad, getting pulled over by the cops for speeding while laughing and teasing a good 50 pounds heavier and healthier was bittersweet yet fun.  They went to Roswell NM and Nick Jr said, "Dad, I found my people."  Seeing the Oklahoma City bomb site was sad but weird because they pipe in this odd music and have chairs where they found the bodies of the victims.  Small chairs for children.  Nick Jr refused to go into Graceland so Nick shot pictures while trying to tell him it was iconic and a necessary part of the trip (Nick lost - they just saw the outside and went back on the road).  Nick Jr is healing and within a month should be out of the one air bed and back into his.  With his 6'4" frame the air bed isn't long enough and causes him troubles. 

Sunday friends came over and we barbecued and had a relaxing day.  The heat was nearly unbearable but July and August are the hottest months here so I guess I should suck it up.  *grin* and sit inside a/c locations.

Warm all over

So the local paper had to point out that the 90 plus weather with heat indexes of 100-110 was normal for July to August here and basically telling Floridians to suck it up.  I laughed since I already knew that was the mentality around the state.  Like Bernie pointed out...gators in Florida...go figure!

Storming nightly so I don't get online to write as much as I'd like since I have a healthy respect for electricity running down lines and zapping people into submission or caskets.  Florida has the highest rate of deaths by lightning.  And remarkably enough most of them are men - "Honey, I just want to get in another round of golf, the storm's blowing over"  Uhuh.  Lightning can travel something like five miles in clear skies to tap a person. 

Dunno too much more.  Heat, record high or not, is still draining.  The office chaos is still that.  Next week they rip up carpeting in my area and slather down the toxic glues to better enhance my working experience.  Like the boxing of files and offices that haven't been dusted in ten years hadn't already put enough stuff in the air to cause me to cough up a lung daily.  Oh well.