Flooding

I know, I know. I haven't blogged in quite a while. You may be saying, "Did Lynn drown in the floods last night?" or "Has she been sleeping too much?" or "Is the fun of Francis Creek just too much for her to handle?" or "Hmm. Perhaps she has been playing too much Scrabble." Well, none of those. Simply, I've just been lazy. So I guess statement number 2 could be true - I definitely have been sleeping way too much!

As much as you might have guessed I would have drowned last night, though, I didn't. I did, however, spend a half hour stuck in a locker room with twenty other women while we waited out the tornado warning. Yes, you guessed it - bad weather has hit the midwest yet again. Earlier this week, Lake Delton drained as its banks could not hold the water and a roadway was washed out. The entire lake is gone, including the houses on its shores - so sad that all of those memories that belong to those families are now gone. Last night, we dealt with horrible thunderstorms and tornadoes here in Northeast Wisconson. When I was young, I used to be a huge fan of thunderstorms...well, I don't know what happened, but that definitely has changed as I grew into adulthood! I absolutely hate the lightnings, the thunders, the tornadoes, the rains...they are not interesting to me in the least, so needless to say, I should have a challenge with the extreme weather in the Philippines. Anyways, back to the story - I drove to town around 5:00 for spinning class, figuring that I need to bike at some point this week - the weather hasn't allowed me to get outside, and I only had done one 15-mile ride all week. The entire drive on the interstate, my car was swaying in the wind - there was one point where I thought a tornado was going to shoot down in front of me and suck me up. But there were no warnings or watches at that point, so that's why I decided to venture to town. I spent the entire two hours on the bike looking out the window at the pouring rain and high winds, and listening above to the pounding on the roof. A little before 7:00, a tornado warning was put into effect, and we were shuttled into the locker rooms to keep cover and watch the weather on the TV. I am not going to lie, I was pretty scared. After the warning dissipated, I dashed to my car in the pouring rain to drive home. Roads were flooded, and there were areas of fields that looked like lakes. Those poor farmers!

Let's see what else....I have found a job for the summer. Starting next week, I'll be subbing for summer school in MPSD for two weeks. For the second two-week session, I'll actually be teaching - yay! Math-teacher-Lynn to the rescue. This is really exciting, because I can't wait to be around students again - kids are so much fun! I also applied for several waitressing jobs throughout Manitowoc, but apparently either I wasn't qualified enough or I was over-qualified. Nice - love that I almost have a Master's Degree but yet can't get hired at a restaurant.

Speaking of almost having a Master's Degree, my plan for the summer was to work on my professional project in order to graduate by December. My project was going to be a literature review on the state of children in the Philippines, so as to sort-of prepare me for the main issues that children have. Well, I started working on it and then got overwhelmed - I also decided that I wanted to make my project more meaningful towards my internship and towards a community. So I think I have decided to postpone working on my project until I get to the Philippines and start my placement. Once in a community, I hope I will have several ideas to apply my professional project towards. So, needless to say, I will not be graduating in December, but all's good - I think it will be alright.

Kim, Scott, and Carol (Kim's mom) will be coming into town tonight to get ready to leave for their big trip to Alaska tomorrow - so that means one thing: We're going to Tony's!!!! I can't believe that I haven't been to my favorite Manitowoc restaurant for perch, having been home for a month already (hard to believe!). So tonight I'll be chowing down on a huge perch plate, complete with some Spotted Cow beer. So delicious. Tomorrow, I'll be going to a Brewers game on a bus trip with Crow Bar - Alison and Beth will be going, as well as a few other people I know. I am crossing my fingers that people will not get as obnoxiously drunk as last year (by people, I mean all the old men on the bus who insisted on having the bus driver stop to buy beer on the way home, although we were definitely in a county where they stopped selling beer at 9 PM). Let's hope not!

Love to all.