Tales from the Shark Tank

Yes, we had tornadoes through this part of Indiana last night. We also had a spectacular sound-and-light show; one lightning strike was so close my husband and I weren’t sure it wasn’t actually in the back yard.

We are just fine, though. Power went out about midnight, wherefore I took our son out for breakfast, but it was back on by the time we returned. Our cell phones don’t work at the house for the moment. Phone calls require going about a mile and a half. I noticed, as I was out and about today, that there are a lot of such dead zones, so I suspect tower troubles. If that’s what it is, then it should sort itself out as the cell companies do repairs.

And I had another follow-up visit with the oncologist today. She says everything is good, and that my chance of recurrence at this point is less than 0.25%. It can’t get much lower and still be quantifiable, which is a tremendous relief.

So that’s that. Tomorrow I register my kidling for school; the day after that J. and I will go spend a day hanging out with a woman who has been among my close friends since college and her high school aged son. That will be fun; I don’t see near enough of them. I’m very much looking forward to that.

And that’s enough to go on with. Both J. and I are counting the days until school starts, albeit for different reasons. But someone asked me today, just making conversation, what I would find to do with my time once he was no longer home all day. I had some ado not to laugh in her face.