JENN McKINLAY: I spent last night without power. This is not unusual for monsoon season in Arizona. We have rolling blackouts, brown outs, and full on power outages. Or we used to. For the past five years we have had a serious lack of weather of any substance. In fact, I think the rainfall in 2020 in the metro area was a whole 5 inches FOR THE YEAR. Last night, during the microburst, we got hit with 2 inches in just one hour. Good times!
Needless to say, I felt the need for some humor to get me through my candlelit storm vigil as all of my people were away from home, stranded wherever they happened to be when the storm hit. So, I share with you a random collection of things that made me laugh, because it is now mid-day Friday and still storming out but at least we have power...for now.
To be clear, I am not laughing at the puppy but rather with the wee lad as I'm quite certain he is my spirit animal. Also, if you're on Twitter, Rex Chapman is an excellent follow for funny posts. And he used "Wait for it" in his retweet, which of course is the title of my upcoming August release - in case, you live under a rock and have missed me mentioning that a bajillion times.
This is for those of you who've traveled with children. It needs no explanation except...I've lived it! This is from the Scary Mommy Book Club on Instagram, another excellent follow for laughs.
Yes, I did pull a perineal tendon on the outside of my ankle while sitting at my desk. No idea how. But when I read this, it all started to make sense. Middle age, indeed.
This gem came from a collection of book related memes gathered on www.bookriot.com. My only thought was - if you think it's terrifying for the reader, try being the author! Eep!!!
Lastly, a nod to my childhood of the 70's/80's. The Bermuda Triangle was a big freaking deal. Didn't Amelia Earhart disappear in there? I share it from the FB page of the ever fabulous author Dakota Cassidy (she is hilarious). If you don't follow her, you should. One of my readers commented, "And I really thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger problem than it's been." LOL! So true!
So, happy Saturday, Reds and Readers! I now have to go pump out my patio...again. I think I'm gonna need some more laughs. Where do you go when you need a quick chuckle to keep the terrors away?
