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And whee... Thunderstorm of DOOM! yesterday. That's why i spontaneously disappeared from the net.

It was really insane. Yesterday was a record-breaking day as far as heat and humidity goes. Since my air conditioner couldn't keep up, and since my mom told me we could see flashes and that there was some insane wind, i went outside.

After sitting outside for about 20 minutes, we saw what was pretty much a huge wall of black clouds move over us, with lightning all over it, in a true "evil is approaching" way. Which was awesome.

Once it was over us, rain started, and the thunder and lightning just became almost constant. And with the wind, it was really impressive. The streets flooded rather quickly, and the power went out repeatedly for short periods.

It actually lasted over half an hour like that. The whole family just sat in front of the living room window watching it. It was constant lightning, and flashing in the clouds. And completely black.

Apparently many trees broke and things were dammaged because of the storm in other areas.

At some point, due to the power failure and heat, i decided to order chicken instead of cooking spaghetti.

... that went bad.

After one hour, which meant i was about 45min away from leaving for work, i called them to see why i hadn't received my food yet. Their answer? "Oh, we didn't tell you? There's a 1h-1h30 delay due to an unusual amount of customers."

Grr.

After some complaining, they told us the delivery guy had just left with my order, and should be there in 5-10 minutes.

20min later, just as i was about to call them again, the delivery guy got there. So 25min to eat a whole chicken. That wasn't exactly easy.

At least, with the rain, i got a ride to work in the van, which allowed me to leave late.

Work is nice now. Back in seasonal, so i can take my time and do the job properly. It's odd, we're already receiving christmas stuff, and the day people are starting to switch the floor to winter mode.

And today i also had to go help in the plumbing departement. Which was kinda interesting, as a "first time" thing.

It would have been nice if the storm had kept going long enough to make the power go out at work.

Anyway, that's all for now, i need to try to sleep. And not melt instead.

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Wheee.... And another thunderstorm. That one woke me up.

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Hm, something else...

As most of you probably know, i've been thinking a lot about getting a RV/Motorhome/Thing i can travel and live in. I'm currently trying to decide between a few.

First, i was considering the idea of getting something huge, that i could live in fulltime after trips. Like the one Taku has, or some other 27ft+ long RV. But those seem very expensive on gas, and would most likely be very hard to find a place to park them or store them for extended periods of time.

Second thing i was considering. Something smaller, maybe around 21-25ft, and diesel. That would be much cheaper on gas, and easier to park somewhere. The problem is the cost, as diesel ones seem harder to find than a gas-powered one from the 70s. And that would still be rather big, so i'm not sure i could leave it in the driveway, or in front of the house for extended periods of time.

Third option. A 18-21ft one. Somewhat cheap on gas, as they have smaller engine, easier to park for short or long term, but not something i could live in for an extended period of time. And not as fun either.

Fourth, i could take a converted minivan. Even smaller, and often no real kitchen-type stuff, which is blah, but cheaper, more availible, no parking problem, and can be driven daily to go to work.

Fifth option would be to take a cheap pickup, and a camper in the box. Which could be nice, as i'd have a pickup. But this would mean really reduced living space, and no way to wire things in a permanent way. And quite often no proper kitchen area, or bathroom, or blah.

Sixth option, would be to take a small truck, or a step van. They're very cheap, easy to find with a diesel engine, and are built heavy duty. Also, they're not hard to park around here, the neighbor used to have two delivery truck in front of his house all the time. But the potentially problematic part with that would be to actually build a RV out of it. Which i'm sure i could do... But i'm not sure how good that would be.

Right now, the last option seems the most tempting to me, but well, it's the lastest one i came up with, so it obviously is for now.

But i'm really not sure which option would really be the best for me right now. Any opinion/suggestions?