Yesterday was very windy, to where when people would open the door at my job, it would stay open for a few seconds because gusts would hold it open. Snow was predicted, but whenever people would come in, they'd say there were only a few flakes and otherwise it wasn't doing anything ( Read more... )

Our weather has been mildly affected by Hurricane Helene--thankfully nothing like what the Southeast has been dealing with (and Adam, if you're reading, how are things by you?), just a fair amount of wind for a few days coming off the outer bands of the weather system. It wasn't enough to deter me from going outside for a bit both Saturday and ( Read more... )

As we're in the director's final summer of conducting, every concert is special in some respect. That means even though the third concert was supposed to be AD2's alone, the director was asked to conduct a couple of marches. Give the crowd what they want, which is to see him. They already question if he's okay if he's not there, you know. This is ( Read more... )

My boss has had something going on in the evenings all week, so I ended up staying late at work this past Monday. No relaxing break for me, unlike last week, when I got a chance to run to Target. Someone needed to get birthday and Mother's Day cards for the older ladies in her life, not to mention I stocked up on snacks, mostly dried fruit. I ( Read more... )

Today is grandma's birthday. She is but one year away from 90. I didn't get to talk to her today as I had to go into work early. Mom woke up and thought it was Saturday, and was very confused when the TV show she was listening to kept saying it was Friday and it was live, as opposed to being a repeat. Eventually she caught on, in part because she ( Read more... )

It's been exceptionally windy in the past 24 hours. To wit, I kept waking up last night because it was just that noisy due to the wind. During the first week of daylight savings, that's not what I need. It's almost the wind equivalent of a bad thunderstorm, just these sudden knocks or bangs or what have you that prevent you from falling and ( Read more... )

When we got the service information for Aunt D, we started watching the weather forecast: Oh, it should be in the 50s Sunday and Monday! Great! That's perfectly doable in November should we have to be outside for a portion of the time ( Read more... )

Mom turned on the exhaust fan in her bathroom the other day and went exclaiming to my dad, it's cooler when the fan's on! Dad went, well yeah; it's drawing up the cool air and circulating it ( Read more... )

We had a high wind warning today; I think sustained winds were at 20-30 MPH, with gusts from 50-60 MPH. I'd believe it. I sat at a couple of stoplights today and my car would not stop moving. That's really disconcerting, to be honest with you. Glad I don't drive a smart car--those things likely would blow away if a gust was strong enough. The ( Read more... )

Easter is back on track this year after last year's work deal. (Easter fell on April 1, meaning our year-end festivities coincided with the holiday, yay. I basically took the year off since I had to work all of Good Friday and there was the chance I'd have to work that Saturday, though I got out of it.) Of course, that means full steam ahead ( Read more... )