Current mood:	not fucking impressed
Current music:	Paul McCartney - Too Much Rain
Entry tags:	personal update

When it rains...
... it pours, and there's a lot of wind and shit that uproots trees and throws them all over my Mom's house in Fort Lauderdale.

Less than 24 hours after my return to Tampa, I get a call from my Dad. My Mom's house - formerly my Grandma's - has a lovely collection of trees and plants. The mango tree, for instance, is on the neighbor's roof. The macadamia nut tree is on our roof. The loquat tree is bent over something or other. There's another tree halfway in the canal. There's glass in the house. The big awning over the back yard is in the pool. Some wall needs to be painted, and I don't know why.

The tenants moved out a couple months ago, and the house is on the market. My Dad's the only one down there. And there are no chainsaws to be bought in the area. See where this is going?

So I'm flying down there tonight. My bags - with dirty laundry - are still packed with fall/winter clothes by my desk.

I'm supposed to be job hunting and doing laundry right now. Instead, I'm shopping for a chainsaw that I'll be checking on a plane. At least I'll be properly armed for South Florida.

Hopefully I'll be back by Sunday. And then - God willing - this month will improve.