the perils of working in an HIV research clinic

because of the flooding, the schools in atlanta have been closed all week & yesterday my boss brought her five year old daughter to work. when the little girl was playing around in her mom's office, she found what she thought was a tomato on her mother's desk. she proceeded to wander around the office asking everyone there why there was a tomato on her mom's desk. when i arrived at work, my boss said "why don't you ask brooke why there was a tomato on my desk?" i was like "what? i don't know anything about that." then, i saw the tomato:

the perils of life in the ATL

when i 1st moved here, there was a drought.

then there were tornados.

now, there are floods. as in 15 inches of water in two days (after a week of rain already) floods. as in the "amount of rain is something you would expect in the Atlanta region once every 300 to 400 years" floods (according to the Weather Channel). as in if work is not cancelled tomorrow i'll be annoyed b/c all the schools in my county are closed so i shouldn't have to go in either even if the roads between my house & work are perfectly fine floods.

a good week

i am SO happy that TV is back. yes, i am that shallow.

things i've learned 7

1. target brand tupperware is not in fact water tight & will let watermelon juice leak into your pretty new lunch bag (but at least i had my pretty new lunch bag, otherwise it would have leaking to my biking bag which is not as easy to clean. thanks, SSG!)

2. if you put your bike helmet underneath the automatic foam soap dispenser in the bathroom at work when you are changing into your biking clothes for your eco-friendly commute home, your helmet will get soapy.

3. when you are cleaning the knobs on your gas stove & accidently turn one of them part way (but not enough to see a flame), that weird smell in your kitchen is leaking gas. and, you probably should have figured that out about 45 minutes earlier than you did.