holy tornado warning!

Labor Day weekend was relaxing for the most part. I swam Saturday morning - forgot my goggles, so just kicked 800 yards, actually. Sunday afternoon we played volleyball again. The weather was great, not too hot, overcast, and occasionally sprinkling. It was great timing, as it started to rain pretty hard as we drove away. Most of the group went out for dinner and then to Mackenzie and Anjali's apartment for a couple movies. It was pretty exciting to actually WANT to put on jeans for the first time since I moved here!

Monday I decided to be responsible and do my homework, especially since it was pouring rain for most of the day. I was sitting at my desk working away when I heard funny sounds. I realized they were coming from outside, then I got a text message on my phone: "A tornado warning has been issued for the Emory Campus. Seek shelter. Refer to local tv/ radio for updates." It turns out those were the on-campus warning sirens. Seriously, Emory? "Seek Shelter." Could they be any more vague? For those who have been through tornado warnings before, I'm sure it made perfect sense. For a West Coaster, I'd be much happier with an earthquake, thank you. I did the intelligent thing and posted my facebook status update as, "a tornado warning has been issued for the emory campus. what am i supposed to do with a tornado warning? i come from the west coast, i know what to do with an earthquake..." Although I got the expected silly responses from a bunch of friends, I also quickly got the correct answers. Not very helpful for my situation, but at least I know what to do now:
Stay on the lowest possible floor of a building, move to the center of the building, stay away from windows, get in the bathtub. Hmmm. I live in a one-story, two room little house with big skylights where the bathroom is at the tail end of the house and doesn't even HAVE a bathtub! And I'm under several large trees. Oh well. The situation is over.

Back to the homework. I was still trying to accomplish this when the power flickered a couple times and then went out briefly. It came back with no problems, except I no longer had internet access. My landlords were out of town, so I suspect they needed to push a button or something to restart the wireless. So this is the consequence of procrastination:

I had to drive to campus to use the on-campus wireless to finish my homework. Sigh. I guess my landlords are back because the internet has returned. Good thing - we actually have a lot of things that require access for classes and other school related activities.

The grapes keep coming, I'm now up to 4 classmates with whom I share them, and I still have plenty for myself!