Ah the joys of summer

Today we actually woke up in the presence of the sun. I was beginning to wonder if we needed to start building the proverbial ark. Forecast for today, sunny and 85! I’ll take it! Except I have to go up to the University – I’d much rather go to the beach.

Recent adventure include: I attempted to drive to my friend Meghan’s house for a pre-4th of July shindig. On the way I managed to get caught in a freak storm, the rain wind and lightening was the worst I’ve ever been caught it. Had to get off the road and wait it out while having a complete panic attack because I realized I’d left the window behind my desk open. If a storm like this hit home… kiss the laptop goodbye. This is just the sort of time when you realize that you are far, far too attached to you computer, and the consequence of loosing could be earth shattering. (bye, bye dissertation!) Not that I’m not smart enough to have it backed up elsewhere, but that whole day’s work wasn’t backed up. I used to tease my fellow student about his paranoia regarding this sort of thing, now I must admit I’m eating crow! I finally managed to get Dan on the phone and persuaded him to leave work and go home and close the windows. He had fun informing me that it never even rained in Norwich and he apparently thought I was nuts. Touché!

I actually spent most of the actual holiday at work at my desk. I finally knocked off mid-afternoon and to go over to mom’s and hit the beach. Except that little storm cloud keeps following me around. The weak sun we had in the morning vaporized and the rain rolled in. Good thing we had the top down on the Jeep…

On a good note, between dodging the storms, holiday obligations and wedding shower gift preparation I have finally managed to get another chapter in my thesis finished. Phew, only five more to go…