A Special Moment....

For those of you that don't know me, In the last few years I have been through some pretty big highs and lows in life. A little over 2 years ago I hated life and everything about it. To be quite honest I thought several times about getting out life. A surprise visit from my brother and some deep heart to hearts changed a lot of my outlook on things. The following months after that slowly started getting better and better and over the course of the last 2 years I have been on an amazing journey that has led me to places and storms all over the country, something I am very thankful to be able to do! Over this journey I have met some great people and today a big moment in that dream took place. Over the last year or so I have gotten big into Twitter, and a few of the people I have gotten to know on there just happen to work for the National Weather Service. After a few attempts to meet up, today Jason and I were able to get over there for a tour of the operations and learn a few things. The outside setting was not what I had expected, it is a smaller lot surrounded by mainly trees and a hill that the radar sits atop. When you walk in the front door the 1st thing that catches your eye is a beautiful poster laying out the timeline and photos of the 1996 Oakfield F5 tornado. Over the next 2 hours I was just in awe, everything that goes into that operation is astounding! Afterwards we went and sat down for a bit and had lunch with Rusty Kapela, a pretty awesome moment to just sit and talk weather, sports, cities, etc. After I got home an had a little time to reflect on the tour, it dawned on me that it was a moment I have dreamt of for quite awhile now, just to sit there and listen and take it all in, to learn more about the very thing I love from the very best in the business! So to Paul Collar, Morgan Brooks, Rusty Kapela, and Marc Kavinsky...I can never say thank you enough! Today was a very special moment in this amazing journey! :)