I worked on campus today so I could go to two parties: a birthday party for Union South at noon, and a party on the Union Terrace to welcome the sunburst chairs back at three. However, the birthday party was on Wednesday, and the weather was bad by the time of the Terrace party, so it was almost a waste of time. Still, I did get to walk with Seabird in the morning and at lunch, and I was working on scholarships that were easier to process with the two monitors in my office than just on my laptop, if I'd been at home. Also, I got to hang out with Famie and three grad students to talk in Irish (well, mostly English) and sing a song in Irish about seaweed that was clearly about men hitting on women. The weather was beautiful, and Travalon had gone out on our dock and seen Tux Duck on our boat slip.
Travalon says, "He's always welcome there!" Though I have to tell you that Tux Duck chases away all the other mallards who come around, except for his lady love. (Not sure where she was when this photo was taken...) He's a very aggressive drake.
So anyway, Famie and the grad students and I were sitting outside talking Irish when the sun went away, the wind picked up, and then the boat warning steam whistle at the Union went off. It goes off an hour before sunset to let the boats know it's time to come in, but whenever it goes off in the middle of the day, that's bad news. It means bad weather is coming so get off the water NOW. I went back to my office and told my coworkers we should all head home, and they listened. While I was talking to them, Travalon called me, because he had gotten to work and they told him go home, the weather was too bad so the kids weren't coming today. He came and picked me up, and the traffic was horrible as everyone was heading home, but we got home just before the heavy rain started. I logged into work for another couple of hours, and just as I was logging off, my phone shrieked at me because there was a tornado warning. We went downstairs into the hallway, around the corner from the windows in the foyer, and I prayed a rosary while Travalon read a magazine. I was surprised that, while everything else was canceled tonight, the Bach concert I'd been planning to go to claimed it would still be happening. Did the tornado change that? But then I realized the same concert is happening in Wauwatosa tomorrow at three, and it's only an hour long while the concert Tiffy and I want to go to in downtown Milwaukee is at five, so we should be able to do both. Meanwhile, I am having a quiet Friday evening at home, now that the bad weather has passed by.
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