It's been a Monday
Apr. 2nd, 2012 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coffee_n_cocoaToday was the stereotypical sort of Monday where if something can go wrong it will. Our washer broke and it'll be at least a few days before we can buy a new one. Fortunately, we all have enough clothes to get us through the week.
I also had a plate break in my hand while I was rinsing it for the dishwasher. Fortunately, I only got a little cut on one finger.
However, the weekend trip to Joplin was fun. Hubby's youngest cousin is getting married in May, and her bridal shower was this past weekend. Her older sister is seven months pregnant and due in May. She's also the matron of honor, and when we asked her if there was a Plan B in case she had her baby the same time as the wedding, she said the plan was to just go on without her. As it stands, we'll probably have her baby shower the day after her sister's wedding, so out of town family won't have to make separate trips. Both sisters seem cool with that, which I suppose is the important thing.
We got a tour of what Joplin looks like now, nearly one year after the tornado ripped through. Many of the businesses have rebuilt or are in the process of being rebuilt, but we saw the pile of rubble where the high school used to be and the skeleton of the hospital, which is also in the process of demolition. There were blocks and blocks of empty foundation lots, dotted with the occasional rebuilt or rebuilding home. The trees had been snapped off, but it was both inspiring and strange to see them with spindly new branches and new green leaves on many of them. The family said people still show up every weekend to help with construction and cleanup, and that sales of storm shelters are understandably brisk. They also said they won't take tornado warning sirens for granted again.
I got an extension for my Beholder fic. I have until Saturday to finish it.
I also haven't yet watched last night's season opener for Game of Thrones. I'll do that after I've put Bean to bed.
I also had a plate break in my hand while I was rinsing it for the dishwasher. Fortunately, I only got a little cut on one finger.
However, the weekend trip to Joplin was fun. Hubby's youngest cousin is getting married in May, and her bridal shower was this past weekend. Her older sister is seven months pregnant and due in May. She's also the matron of honor, and when we asked her if there was a Plan B in case she had her baby the same time as the wedding, she said the plan was to just go on without her. As it stands, we'll probably have her baby shower the day after her sister's wedding, so out of town family won't have to make separate trips. Both sisters seem cool with that, which I suppose is the important thing.
We got a tour of what Joplin looks like now, nearly one year after the tornado ripped through. Many of the businesses have rebuilt or are in the process of being rebuilt, but we saw the pile of rubble where the high school used to be and the skeleton of the hospital, which is also in the process of demolition. There were blocks and blocks of empty foundation lots, dotted with the occasional rebuilt or rebuilding home. The trees had been snapped off, but it was both inspiring and strange to see them with spindly new branches and new green leaves on many of them. The family said people still show up every weekend to help with construction and cleanup, and that sales of storm shelters are understandably brisk. They also said they won't take tornado warning sirens for granted again.
I got an extension for my Beholder fic. I have until Saturday to finish it.
I also haven't yet watched last night's season opener for Game of Thrones. I'll do that after I've put Bean to bed.
