5.12.10 V2 Groundhog Day

The idea for this post was born during the second week of VORTEX2, but just posted now.

Feels like Groundhog Day…complete with the Sonny and Cher song – “I got you babe.”  My iPhone alarm goes off – I want to be up before media calls wake me up.  Turn on the Weather Channel.  Get up, pack, eat breakfast, check the weather, go to the meeting, get media requests for the day, assign media, race to the staging site.  Get lunch, fill up woth gas, wait at the staging site, wait, wait, wait, target, deploy, deploy, DEPLOY!  Hail!  Too dark to take good pics if you are an amateur like me, low clouds, rotation wrapped in rain, storms merge, sun sets, operations conclude.  Drive drive drive drive to hotel.  Sometimes it’s close.  Most times, it is not – but we are trying to position for the next day.  Wait in line.  Get your key.  Go to your room.  Oh yeah!  Dinner!  Walk to whatever stays open after 10.  Buy fast food, or eat the soggy Subway you bought for lunch 8 hours ago.  Take back to room.  Turn on Weather Channel.  Unpack only what you need, including what you need tomorrow.  Check for bugs and other unwelcome room occupants.  Fall asleep to Weather Channel.  Goodnight!

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