#7 - Making record-breaking plans - June 8

Today set some things in motion.  Firstly, Katrina took care of registering our family for an attempt to break the Guiness World Record for most people doing the same dance at the same time.  The radio has been advertising, and the kids want to do it.  Each ticket is $15; the money goes to improve the Walkway Over the Hudson.  It needs things like running water, a paved parking lot, etc.  So we made a donation and will get to be a part of the attempt tomorrow.  (Spoiler for tomorrow:  WE DID IT!!)  We also figured out the situation with the circus tomorrow afternoon, which should be fun as well.

Secondly, Katrina was talking with someone from church who offered for us to stay with them for a few weeks, between leaving the hotel and moving into our house.  They're a really cool family, and it should work out okay.  So the fruitless search I was doing for a temporary place for us to live may be over.  We'll have to figure it out for sure in the next week. 

I have to make mention of the weather here.  It is spectacular.  I think it's just annoying to many residents, but it is truly spectacular.  Yesterday morning was bright and completely clear.  Christian and I walked over to Wal-Mart at 4am to buy a notebook for him.  The full moon was bright, it was nearly 70 and windless.  At about 1pm, thunder shook my office building.  Nobody stops work, but I've never heard thunder like that in a building. It sounded like construction.  Rain pelted the windows.  In 30 minutes, it was gone and the sun was back.  When I got home, the rain was pouring in sheets and lighting lit up the sky.  Gorgeous. 

I cannot wait to lay in the living room in our new house and watch a lightning storm through our skylight.