Elelctricity out

Oh boy, electricity went out in office. Apparently whole block is out. School let out early before it happened. Receptionist left casue she can't file in the dark. Manager and I filed in the dark using our smartphone lights for an hour before the electricity came back. Then the internet didn't work on manager's compute to finish my training on the latest project. I didn;t have the heart to tell her I could access my email on computer. She let me go early since can't work without internet. I visited my Mom in the hospital. Brother was there. I got hungry so went to the cafeteria. Then a great storm swept through. Tornadoes in 4 cities near us to set off the sirens. Nurses closed the curtains and shut doors as a safety precaution. One town was half destroyed and four people died. After the storm moved east causing more tornadoes, I went home.

Roommate's latest idea is to grow flowers in my yard and sell them. My yard is not that big to do that and make any money from it. You have to buy seeds and/or bulbs which cost $3 packet or $25 for 1 rose bush or $25 for 3 bulbs or get bareroots for $10 for 3 which take 2-3 years to get flowers. Then we have to care for them like watering and fertilizer plus all rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels have to be stopped from eating them. And how are we going to sell them, on the internet, put up a flower stand on a dead end street, and too late to farmers markets. Even a flower stand in the city requires a mobile shop permit that is over $500. Roommate got upset with my excuses not to do it. I was being practical and can see this won't be successful. I told him my tiger lilies will be coming up, like 2 dozen bushes from prior owner. He can sell those.