But today has taken an unexpected turn, one that finds me sitting at home, rather than at my office.
When I woke up this morning, it was supposed to be a relatively normal Monday, particularly in comparison to the events of the weekend. I got up, got dressed, kissed my boys goodbye, and got in the car to get to work.
It is my custom to arrive a few minutes early and do my Bible reading sitting in the parking lot. It seemed there were fewer cars than usual, but arriving around quarter after 7:00 always puts me as one of the first people in the building, and I thought perhaps a few people stayed home to work on their damaged property and deal with insurance agents and whatnot.
However, one of my coworkers was wandering around the parking lot on a cell phone. I caught bits of his conversation as he approached me. "No, you turn around and go on back home...No point coming here...Sure, I'll stay to tell everyone...Can't believe they didn't have something on the news to tell us."
I'd pieced together what he had to tell me before he hung up and said it. Power out all over campus. No way to even get in the building (electronic keycards), much less do any work. See you tomorrow, maybe.
