Weekend Land

One of the dj's on my home town favorite radio station used to say, at about 5:30 pm on your average Friday, that it was irrevocably weekend land....

Well, this week, for me, it comes on THURSDAY!

We took tomorrow off to extend the holiday weekend.  I really need a few days' break from the stress at work.

Plano, Texas is a couple of hours away, and we are going to head down there tomorrow so I can shop at the closest Trader Joe's!!  YAY!

There is also supposedly a real Greek restaurant there.  That remains to be seen, but we will go take a look.

Nice to know it's not too far away, and can be done in a day trip.

We're also going to try to meet up with one of our imaginary internet friends while we're there, so that should be fun!

I'm sure everyone knows about the horrific tornadoes in Oklahoma on Monday.

My in-laws' house is about a half mile from ground zero, as they're calling it.  They were blessed.  They lost utilities for a mere 24 hours, and had no damage.  

We actually both left work and went down there on Tuesday to try to remove them from their home, but while we were negotiating (it was pretty dramatic and stressful for a while there), the power and water came back on, and has not been interrupted since.

The mood through out the area is pretty strange.  This horrific storm has had a palpable effect on everyone, even for folks with no direct connection to the death and destruction.

My step son worked for that big horse farm that was all over the news.  They let him in to help with the clean up.  They had to bury 200 horses, so he said.  Devastating.

In other news, Annabel Lee is growing, Jack is tolerating her better, and it's finally raining in Oklahoma.

I have put out a few feelers for jobs, but nothing is coming through yet.

There's a dance show coming up in 2 weeks, on June 8.  We are having an extra rehearsal tonight because we are so far behind.

That seems to happen with this teacher a lot.  I like her, but it can get a little stressful when she misses classes at the beginning and then we have to scramble to make up for it.

Well, speaking of that, I'd better get changed and start putting something together for dinner.