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August 2009
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August 2008 Archives
Tropical Storm Edouard was my first taste of Houston's bizarre weather. I was working on Sunday, the skies were clear, and then suddenly...BAM...it was time to send out a breaking news alert because Edouard was on its way. Edouard caught me not only unprepared at work, but at home. Even though I lived in Tampa, I was lucky that during my time there we never had a hurricane. They usually hit the other side of Florida in the Miami area. So aside, from afternoon thunderstorm (which I swear ...
Last night, I had what they say is my "official Houston welcome". Yup, that's right...my car was broken into. The bizarre thing is I didn't even know. Someone from my apartment building told me in the elevator. "Hey, I think your car was broken into," says my neighbor. "No, really?" "Yeah...little blue car. Florida plates?" ...Man, I don't know about you, but I just can't get the whole West Loop/East Loop. And I'm not the only one. My GPS system also gets confused. I swear, I get really close and as soon as I turn onto what I think is the loop my GPS suddenly loses track of me. Then it announces that it's "recalculating" in the snarky voice it uses whenever I don't follow the instructions. ... |
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