This is Ridiculous!

Ok. I'm sitting in a dock in Chicago Ridge, IL, (can you guess what windy city that's close to?) and on the bottom of my browser is an exclamation point inside a stop sign symbol. This is from my Accuweather Add-on for Firefox and it's a sign of a Severe Weather Alert for my hometown. So I click on it wondering what sort of weather Sheila is in for while I bask in the warmth of Chicago and Milwaukee. And this is what I find...

OHZ003-006-010-017>019-027>029-036-037-047-181200-
/O.UPG.KCLE.FR.Y.0002.090518T0600Z-090518T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KCLE.FZ.W.0001.090518T0600Z-090518T1200Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...LORAIN...
FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...
MANSFIELD...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
934 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 2009

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

CLEAR SKIES...DRY AIR AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
PLUMMET TO NEAR 32 DEGREES BY SUNRISE. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY EVEN
DIP INTO THE UPPER 20S. A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED AND WILL
CAUSE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY
FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

Did you see that? If not go back and look closer. I'll wait.

See it now?

FREEZE WARNING!!

I mean, come on already. We're halfway through May and June, which holds my anniversary, is right around the corner and these guys are calling for a FRIGGIN' FREEZE WARNING. And did you see the part where it says "a few locations may dip into the upper 20's"? UPPER 20's?!? Now the good thing is that we are supposed to have dry weather, as in no precipitation. If we did it would likely turn into snow!

Snow in May.

Is there anything more depressing?

Maybe it would be snow in June.

When I left the house today all the windows were open. I imagine by now they are closed. But then Sheila's hot all the time. When the rest of us are freezing our tuckus's off she's walking around in shorts and a t-shirt. So maybe the windows are still open. I know my bunk heater is running and it's only about 52 outside where I am now.

Ohio weather. Simply Ridiculous.

On to other things. Isaac went to his first dance Saturday. Three girls showed up at my house Saturday evening to pick him up and make sure he got there. The curious thing was that none of the three were his current girlfriend. Hmmm. Not sure what to make of that.

So he gets home that evening, at about 9, and I ask him how it was.

"It was alright."

"Was (girlfriend's name) there?"

"Yeah."

"Did you dace with her?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I don't know how to dance. Besides, she doesn't either."

"So what'd you do for two and a half hours?"

"Mostly just walked around the room."

I thought of commenting on his lack of wooing skills as far as the dance was concerned, but then I remembered that I wouldn't even go to a dance when I was his age, even after being invited by a girl. Even into high school I never would go. So I guess I had no room to talk. So...

"Did you eat?" I said.

"Yeah." And that was it.