I
went to see my ortho today and unfortunately all my efforts were in vain
in curing my foot - the bone is still broken and I'm in my walking boot
for another 2 weeks. My doctor seemed confused as to why I might think
my foot would be better after two weeks. I tried to explain to him that I
have super human healing powers. He didn't buy it. But he did say the
new lump in my foot is bone growth over the fracture. So, some progress.
My
cube mate C is struggling with hypothyroidism which I happen to know about because I have relatives who have that. I bought her some books that are useful
and put in little tabs for the important pages (she's not much of a
reader). To thank me she brought me some eggs from her neighbor's
chickens. They even still had feathers on them they are so fresh.
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| feather fresh! I'm going to make an omelet for dinner tonight |
The
big excitement for the week was Wednesday. I was planning to work late
because I had had a dentist appointment that morning. One second the skies were
bright and sunny. I was focused on my architecture. The next second a
bunch of people were rushing into my cube so they could look out my
window. I was annoyed and about to yell at them when someone yelled
"there it is!" I turned around to see an oddly colored sky...and a
tornado! C was like "hurry up and pack up and get out of
here!" The few of us left in the office hastily gathered our things and
as I was headed to the exit a loud alarm started going off. One of the developers I work with grabbed my arm and dragged me toward the door (I'm fast in my walking boot but I can't run unless someone drags me). I
got out just in time. Everyone who was still in the building ended up in
tornado shelter jail for 1 1/2 hours.
I
managed to get to my car without blowing away or being struck by
lightning which was more of a challenge than it appears to be in this
writing. A REALLY loud siren started going off as if the end of the world was upon us. Then
the hail started.
6th
Ave was a NIGHTMARE. Every traffic light was out. It was hailing so
hard it looked like it was snowing. Major Jake is okay though :) Then grass
and leaves from the trees were blowing all over the place and it was
hard to see. I started thinking that maybe I should have stayed at work.
It was scary. Every time I came to a stop on the road I could feel Major rocking back and forth from the force of the wind.
Then
I got to Havana and there were tree branches all over the road. Finally
exiting onto Colfax I saw 3 traffic lights still working and thought
"I'm home free." Um, nooooo. After the first three lights all the
traffic lights were out. I had to pull over twice for fire trucks. I got
to Monaco parkway (to get off Colfax), got stuck in more traffic-lightless traffic. But the lights were working on 18th Ave and I thought
"NOW I'm home free." Until I got to the block before 18th crosses
Colorado. Colorado was closed because of flooding. I'll spare you
further details about driving down narrow residential streets and the
endless lines of cars. I finally cut through City Park and got to
Downing. 2 1/2 hours later I was finally home.
The
people who got stuck in the tornado shelter all suffered hail damage.
My cube mate C had her damage appraised today - $3,000.
I think I will start telecommuting on storm days :)
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