  I don't even know where to start, here. Yesterday was quite possibly the most surreal day at work I have ever experienced. Except for the day the cat who swallowed the knife came in. But still.... Much of it was internal political wrangling, which I won't go into here, but I *can* share the weirdest aspect of the day.
We are having the A/C fixed in MRI, and apparently this requires some soldering. So yesterday, I'm hiding in the trailer, ducking the politicking inside, and this really loud alarm thing is going off. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from, so I decided to call the guy who leases the trailer to us. I went inside to call, and then realized I didn't have his number in there. So I came back out, and said "Amy, you're a bright girl, you can figure this out...." and started hunting for a kill switch or something.
Next thing I know I hear this enormous whooshing sound, and jets of white fog just come blasting out of the ceiling through the whole trailer! I, of course, manage to get caught in the middle of this, which scares the bejeezus out of me. I did get the door open and hung my head out, but had no idea whether or not my demise was imminent. Long story short, it turned out that it was the halon system discharging in response to the smoke from the soldering. Fortunately, halon is non-toxic, and usually just makes you dizzy because it displaces the oxygen in the room. I managed to avoid that. But I did need a beer afterwards.... After all that joy, I had Big Brothers/Big Sisters. My little is really opening up, which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy! I think he was gratified that he wanted to string some beads, and I said "Sure, that sounds fun!
" instead of giving him crap. I suspect his dad, a police officer, wouldn't stand for that at home. It sounds like they may be moving to Kentucky, though, so I may not have as much time with him as I thought. Which brings to mind my next thought, which is that I won't be moving when my lease is up, if my Little doesn't. I totally forgot that was a year commitment, so I'm going to have to stay until June, at least. Which means I need to figure out what I'm going to do here at work, and quick.
And now I'm at work at 6:00 AM so the A/C guy can finish up and we can start scanning by 8. I am soooo freaking tired. Emma is excited, though, because she got to come with. Hopefully Quigley and Lottie (her doggie friends) will be here to entertain her today. 
