… that’s good I guess.
Today was the big day. The day of digging under the Viaduct in West Middlesex looking for suspected dyanmite that may have been buried back in the 1930’s. I worked from home so that if they did order an evacuation I could take Tink out of the house. She’s all I have. If I have to go, she does too.
I walked over to the post office a little after 8 am. The viaduct was already closed down and PennDOT and the fire department were working on closing the side streets. Back in the house, Tink knew something was amiss. She stuck close most of the day, investigating strange noises. There were plenty of those because of the disruption of traffic on Main Street. There were also several fire fighters stationed outside my house to keep folks from going down the alley to Main Street (right at the bottom of the viaduct). I felt old as I talked to them when I got back from the post office. I was one of the younger guys in the department when I was a volunteer fire fighter. Le sigh. I took my Easy-Up canopy out for them since it was getting hot as hades and muggy. Standing out like that all day … bleh.. boring and tiring.
I took my lunch at the Golden Bear. Its a few hundred steps out my back door, in the direction of the digging. Not much going on in there since the road is blocked all around it. The digging had begun a little after 9 am and there had been nothing much said about what was found. The rest of the afternoon storms passed around us. The heaviest arrived just before 2 pm. Tornado Warnings went out. Northern Mercer County was getting pummelled by high winds and a possible funnel cloud. We missed most of that storm. The roads were reopened. I’m not sure whether the dig was haulted because of the storms or if it was just over. The fire department packed up just as the storms were starting to rage to the north.
Back to work. An afternoon meeting and some issues with server support finished out the day. Figures… Couldn’t just let the day fade away quietly… It had to turn ugly. Yep… The day turned into a real dud. No explosives found, crazy storms and dealing with stupid server maintenance contracts. Hopefully, that stuff is all worked out. The storms pounded the area with thunder, lightning and rain. I took a quick nap after dinner. I awoke to a weird colored light coming through the window. When I looked, there was a beautiful rainbow. I rushed downstairs to try to get a picture. It was short lived but the wierd sky remained for quite a while.
Tink settled down and is sleeping up in the bedroom. I’m sitting here watching Harry Potter, when I should be doing laundry. The last few days I”ve felt fatigued. As the dark skies changed with the passing of each storm, I remembered what today is… July 26th. Two years ago this day Mom passed away. The dark clouds match my thoughts this past month as I think about those days leading up to her passing. I think about the phone call from Dad as I was getting ready for work. The drive from here to Dad’s seemed to take forever even though its only two blocks. The next few days were a blur. Dealing with all the stuff that goes on with the death of a loved one. One thought or feeling I do remember quite clearly, was the joy I felt in greating all the folks who came through the line at the funeral home. Mom had touched so many folks in one way or another. While it didn’t take the sting of the whole thing away, visiting with all those folks is what got me through those days.
I should stop babbling about the past and all the crap that went on today. I should just go get the laundry I am supposed to be doing, bury these thoughts down that deep dark hole that creeps up now and again, and do something productive with my evening. Catch ya around the net.
~Cappy