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spryngBlgh. It hasn't even been a full two weeks after Helene and now we've got a cat 4/5. If it sticks to the forecasted path, we should just get a bunch of rain and nowhere near the wind we got with the last one. I have vague hopes we might even keep our power on. But the last few storms have deviated quite a bit at the last moment, so I'm holding in anxiety like a YA protagonist holding in a breath.
School is closed tomorrow and Thursday and I've submitted PTO for those days as well. I'm trying to cram three days worth of work into one and feeling incredibly behind. I have to admit this is one of those times it's incredibly hard working remote for a company up North, because no one seems to realize the impact this has on us.
On top of these surprise days off, I will also be traveling next week and the week after, so any projects I'd hoped to have done before then... yeah, that's not happening.
Non-dayjob related, CG's birthday is Friday and I'm crossing my fingers we can actually celebrate it. She's been wanting to have a party with a few friends that we keep not being able to see because of illnesses and now storms, so... idk.
Anyway, we'll be fine. We'll be fine. I'm scared for my friends in Tampa; as far as I can tell, they're taking this seriously and those who haven't evac'ed are going to shelters. I'm scared for my friends in Orlando; hurricane Charley was a cat 4 at landfall and stayed a hurricane clear across. I remember sheltering at a friend's house, listening to the wind, and wondering if the roof would stay on. The last storm they got, there was a lot of flooding, but that storm lingered, which it seems like Milton should just charge right across.
Here's to everyone staying safe. And there not being another fucking storm in two weeks.
School is closed tomorrow and Thursday and I've submitted PTO for those days as well. I'm trying to cram three days worth of work into one and feeling incredibly behind. I have to admit this is one of those times it's incredibly hard working remote for a company up North, because no one seems to realize the impact this has on us.
On top of these surprise days off, I will also be traveling next week and the week after, so any projects I'd hoped to have done before then... yeah, that's not happening.
Non-dayjob related, CG's birthday is Friday and I'm crossing my fingers we can actually celebrate it. She's been wanting to have a party with a few friends that we keep not being able to see because of illnesses and now storms, so... idk.
Anyway, we'll be fine. We'll be fine. I'm scared for my friends in Tampa; as far as I can tell, they're taking this seriously and those who haven't evac'ed are going to shelters. I'm scared for my friends in Orlando; hurricane Charley was a cat 4 at landfall and stayed a hurricane clear across. I remember sheltering at a friend's house, listening to the wind, and wondering if the roof would stay on. The last storm they got, there was a lot of flooding, but that storm lingered, which it seems like Milton should just charge right across.
Here's to everyone staying safe. And there not being another fucking storm in two weeks.
