3...2...1....BLASTOFF!

So, I am sitting here at work on a Sunday....yes, a Sunday, and it is the second attempt for the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121 to liftoff from Kennedy Space Center. Normally, I would be pumped but as I sit here I can hear the rain pounding on the roof of the Range Operations Control Center as well as thunder shaking the tiles on the ceiling. Good sign right? Very disheartening! It sucks, because we did scrub yesterday, which is always disappointing but, then i had to sit in about an hour and a half of traffic, a direst result of all the looney toons here to see a launch. Now I will have to do it all again so it seems. Man, I know space travel is unpredictable but come on, there goes my entire weekend! Now, there is talk of launching on the 4th of July, which in itself sounds very cool and patriotic but, again I will lose out on a very cool holiday I enjoy a lot. But the whole point is to get this shuttle up safe and successful. So I will do my job and like it! Take that!
To all my friends in Houston (Prox Ops Jess), do good and we will all continue to have jobs. We will try and do the same here in FL. For anyone who would like to check out up to the minute status of the launch you can check Spaceflight Now. Fingers crossed all around for a good launch or at least a quick scrub. Hopefully, they will scrub this early enough to get home at a decent hour and try and enjoy what is left of my weekend.