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One of the coolest parts of living in Kansas is the spring thunderstorms.

Some might say it's the *only* cool part, and I don't have the heart to disagree with them, I'm sorry to say. But that matters not! At! All!

Right now, anyway.

Intellicast radar loop shows stuff moving in from Oklahoma right now, pretty speedily, I might add. Just a little earlier, when I got off at 15:30, there was nothing on the screen at all. And of course, the stuff isn't just moving in, it's forming and building, closer and closer to Topeka.

And, as usual, we sorely need the rain. There have been very few times when I couldn't use that phrase safely, we're living in an area that wants to be desert, but can't quite get it right... yet.

Last night... last night was wonderful. I went to bed shortly after 18:00 and slept until about 05:20... right before my alarm went off.

Karen had baked up a bunch of good cookies, about four dozen spice ones, and the were wonderful and well-received at work. However, two people had made no-bake cookies, you know, the chocolate ones? Just wonderful, more like eating candy than cookies. I love 'em, and I did have to restrain myself mightily. I didn't do too bad.

Work was a typical Monday, but we're gonna be one tech short for the next eight weeks. Additionally, some bummer news has been rumored, we're gonna get a PT tech working on Saturdays and Sundays.. The bummer about that is... that's where I make my money. In fact, about a third of my take-home pay is call time. An additional bummer? We'll be expected to take call anyway, just in case the tech needs help. Our on-call pay is a pittance, $1.75 and hour. That was just raised from $1.25 about three months ago.

I hear thunder outside, but a radar check showed nothing closer than Emporia. Of course there is a delay in the radar, and these things spring up fast.

The workers on the shop got the land leveled out today, tomorrow will be sand and then concrete the next day. I'm really wanting to get it started so's I can finish it! I'm gonna do the interior myself, of course, the wiring and insulation and sheet rock and the finishing. I'm planning on putting in a room-sized AC, and we've got the old gas stove that Karen's dad had in his basement workshop for heat.

And it's late, and I hate to miss the thunderstorms, but dammit, I've gotta get up at 05:30 in the AM, so I won't talk about politics tonight.