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Things have been a bit wild around here this last week. Our tornado was actually straight-line winds. Important distinction, but still a huge mess to clean up. Or at least I would have been cleaning up if not for the emergency trip to my parents’ into the equation. This left my kids on their own, including a 16-yr-old who has fallen in love with the chainsaw. Not nerve-wracking at all. Today, I need to regroup and prioritize raking, writing and preparing a whole bunch of upcoming website changes I’ve been putting off for way too long. Please to send chocolate, coffee, and handsome minions.

I was all set to get back to “normal” work schedule today. Here’s how I woke up: “Um, Mom? There’s a tornado warning. It’s hailing on my truck.” (The one where The Nights Of Yes almost comes true) If you need me, I’ll be in the yard cleaning up cottonwood.

Here’s what I do while the kids are gone: Recreational Complaining: Last weekend while I was away, something happened to my ergonomic keyboard. It got wet somehow, I think. Certain keys transposed themselves so that when I press the left shift key, I get an open parenthesis instead. Other keys are messed up, too, rendering it unusable. The replacement won’t be here until tomorrow. Until then, I have to type on a regular keyboard. I. Hate. It. Hate. It. Ow.