What a long, pain-in-the-ass day it has been...at least it's over now. I hope I'm tired enough to sleep through any of the storming tonight. I'm pretty tired.

Side note: After growing up here, and never having been in an area under a tornado warning and only going in the basement one time in my life because the weather was really threateningly bad, I've now been directly in the path of two tornado warnings within the last month or so. Today, I'm working late, working hard...get up to get ready to leave around 8pm, and the production guy says, "It's a hurricane out there." I was oblivious to that point. Then, of course, I find out there's a tornado warning for Lake County. Guess where I work? Wonderful. Eventually, I got in the truck and left, braving running halfway across a completely empty parking lot to my car in a lightning storm, and got on the highway.

Hopefully the freakin' quarter-sized hail that pounded the shit out of my truck did no damage. I could actually SEE the windshield shaking with each hail strike. It was harrowing...and annoying, because we could have driven out of it, if the selfish assholes up ahead hadn't just STOPPED in the middle of the expressway under a bridge to protect their cars. Smart? Yeah, sure, aside from stopping in the middle of the expressway. Selfish? Definitely. So we'll see...

Anyway, it's off to Florida tomorrow until Friday...I'll try to update this, but we'll see how it goes...have a good week, everyone!

Even though I've never seen the show at all, thanks Laz...I needed this. :)



















I spent today with football on in the background, transcribing tape and typing out stories due tomorrow. It was horribly reminiscent of my PFW days, except worse.

Yesterday, I played in the Arkush Open once again. For not having golfed in about two years, I played pretty well, shooting a 125 (for me, that's good). What killed me was my short game. I would get to the greens in 3-4, but then 4 or 5 putt and screw myself over. But, it was, indeed, a good time, as usual. And it only briefly rained, while we were at the clubhouse in between the front and back nine. Score!

Otherwise, work is brutal...and we got brutal news of a freeze on new hires. That means we're shorthanded until January, dammit. Very disheartening news, let me tell you.

But, the good news, I guess, is that I get to go to Florida from Tuesday through Friday, albeit for a conference. Still, to get out of the office is sweet.

But I'll try to post between now and then. I hope.