weird weather

yesterday i got caught in a monsoon. it was insane. i had no real plans yesterday, and decided it would be a great day to nerd it up. i left galveston right after lunch to hit up hobby lobby for supplies, and maybe rent a movie. hobby lobby is up the interstate only about 20 miles from galveston. my quick trip turned into hours when the sky apparently had a huge seizure about 10 minutes in and slammed I-45 with ridiculous amounts of thunderstorm rain, lightning, wind, and zero sunshine. we're talking pitch black at 2 in the afternoon. tornado anyone? interstate traffic completely stopped, signs falling on cars, access roads flooded and tons of cars stuck and flooded. it was weird weird. i ended up in houston because i couldn't get off the interstate (you thought i was being dramatic about the access roads flooding? nope). and what better place to take refuge from the storm than by shopping at the galleria? haha. but didn't even buy anything. anyways, it was weird. and kinda scary. and makes me want to live in a place that doesn't flood just that much more.

in other news, we just turned on the AC. the AC and heater haven't been turned on even once since the end of october. open windows with the breeze (ocean breeze at that) has been enough on hotter days, and lots of blankets when it was pseudo-snowing. knowing me and my major aversion to being hot (and my deep love of the AC), you realize this is momentous. the electricity bill has been our friend lately. buuuut welcome back air conditioner, how i've missed you.