As they say on Night Vale Radio: "And Now The Weather"

[ride_4ever]

This post actually has nothing to do with Welcome to Night Vale other than that famous quotation "and now the weather". It is, however, about the weather...and it's about one of those instances where you DO NOT want to be number one on the list: the Chicagoland area just had a record-breaking amount of rain and flooding, almost 9 inches over a period of less than 24 hours. The National Weather Service has posted a list of rainfall totals for 75 Chicago neighborhoods and Chicago suburbs. The suburb where I live is number one on the list with the highest rainfall total, 8.96 inches over the course of less than one day.

I will be spending today cleaning out and disinfecting my basement that flooded to a depth of just below knee-deep.

(And this is on a day when I had intended to spend most of the day writing my fic for the Con*Strict eZine deadline. I'm not looking for sympathy about the flooding -- I am all too aware of those who have had worse and I don't want to draw concern away from them -- but if anyone is so inclined to provide a bit of cheerleading for my fic-writing later today, that is something I would appreciate.)

Comments

[seleneheart]

Good luck with the writing - I hope you get lots of words out!

[ride_4ever]

Your cheerleading comes right at the time I'm on the cusp of opening my WIP Word Doc to write some more fic! TYK!

[sperrywink]

Good luck and I hope your fingers fly over the keyboard!

OMG, this is why I won't buy a place with a basement again. Nothing worse than constantly drying it out. (Same with being in a flood zone and being at the bottom of a hill.) Good luck with that too.

[ride_4ever]

TYK! That "I hope your fingers fly over the keyboard" is great cheerleading!

Also TYK for the good-luck wishes on dealing with the basement situation. Yes, it would be ideal to have a house that didn't present me with a flooded basement when we have an extraordinary weather event...but there are "trade-offs"...I like my neighborhood and I have excellent next-door neighbors on both sides of me and I am walking-distance from my work-place.

[dine]

oh wow - that's a lot of rain! the PNW has the rep of raining a ton (and it does) but that'd strain things for many of us as well

good luck with your writing!!

[ride_4ever]

TYK for the cheerleading as I continue ficcing!

And yeah, I always encountered a lot of rain in the PNW when I was there for Bitchin' Party...but not any flooding.

[luzula]

*cheers for your writing*
*also offers some surreptitious sympathy for the basement stuff*

[ride_4ever]

TYK! I appreciate the cheerleading for the fic (and I also do appreciate the sympathy for the basement stuff...I just wanted to be sure this post came through as being more about the fic writing.

[lomelinde_laurea]

*cheers you on*

Good luck with your writing project!

[ride_4ever]

TYK! *appreciates cheerleading and continues with the fic*

[kass]

I am so sorry the weather is being awful where you are.

Also, wow, I miss Night Vale. I haven't listened in years.

[ride_4ever]

TYK for being supportive!

Also, I want to be revisiting your WtNV fanworks...and your WtNV vid that you made for VividCon 2014 is one of my most fave vids EVER.

[kass]

Oh, my dear, thank you! It's a bit shocking to realize that was nine years ago. Time is weird.

I miss VVC, still.

[ride_4ever]

It's terrible how much I miss VVC....

[amedia]

*shaking my pompons for your ConStrict fic

[ride_4ever]

TYK! I did not make much progress on the fic, what with going back and forth between ficcing and basement clean-up, but more fic than I would have done without the cheerleading.

[adafrog]

Oh damn.
Also, you can totally get your fit done! No problem!

[ride_4ever]

TYK for the fic cheerleading!

[scintilla10]

Belated cheerleading for your ongoing/future fic-writing!

[ride_4ever]

TYK for the cheerleading!

And don't think of it as "belated," think of it as "more"...'cause I've still got a ways to go on this fic as I head towards deadline.

[corvidology]

I'm late but I hope you're bloody amazed by the amount and quality of the writing you've got done!

[ride_4ever]

TYK for the encouragement!

I'm currently at work, but with your today's cheerleading I'm feeling like I'll get more fic done after I get home tonight.

[vivarocksteady]

What a nightmare! I'm here to cheerlead you both on the fic and on cleaning up after a flood, which sounds like the worst thing ever.

[ride_4ever]

TYK! I am heartened by your cheerleading!