I love Bob Marley.

This morning was really rough for me, primarily because this Oklahoma weather is killing my sinuses. It is also making my two oldest children ill. So I cannot tell you have fun that is! Adding to my love of this God forsaken state was the merry go round that made up my afternoon. The problem with said merry go round, it just kept going faster and faster instead of slowing down and stopping and that is why I think carnivals have salmonella.

I had Court in a far western town this afternoon. I got there, and things drug on and on ad naseum. While we were negotiating, the skies started to get black and the hail came down. In the midst of all of this, tornadoes. The District Judge came around and advised they were shutting it down. Directly thereafter, I got good news on my case. BUT, I discovered my children were in lockdown in their respective schools due to the weather. Remember where I am folks? A far western town. Approximately an hour away from my children, who were in lockdown and I am positive just wanted their mommy. I had to wait for the weather to semi-clear and then I drove. As I drove East, the sky continued to clear up and I was pretty excited. Then I heard on the radio that another round was starting right where I had just been. It was RIGHT BEHIND ME. The sky was black. So I drove faster and tried to stay ahead of it. Granted, tornadoes are completely unpredictable and staying ahead of it is really not how that would work. But whatever. I got my kids (one of whom had finally been able to reach me and was really wishing his mommy would come to pick him up from the lockdown). Boy was he surprised when I showed up at his class room right as he hung up the phone.

Speaking of hanging up, have you ever had a person, place or thing in your head that you clung to, for whatever reason? I have one. It's a house, made of stone, out in the country. I see this house when I read books when the author describes a house (of course, this never works when the home described is made of brick). This is it. I don't know why I love it. It would be a complete and utter nightmare. But I like this idea. Plus, Pittsburgh.