Stephanie W. ⚡️

@stephanieway.bsky.social

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Wife to C, Mom to A & L, Lightning Scientist, Michigander stuck in Texas, Trying my best to love my neighbors (she/her)

Beautiful Victorian-style house with a wraparound porch.
South Beach in South Haven, MI, with the red lighthouse in the background. The distant skies are clear to the left with a storm to the right. An orange sun is peaking between breaks in the clouds and reflecting off of the water.
A(14) and L(10) drinking Faygo pops.
Plate with apple pie sitting on an American-flag themed tablecloth.
NOAA research hut at the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse.
Beach in the foreground with Lake Huron in the background.
Tornado on the Wizard of Oz float.
Me with an all gray cat on my lap.
Interior of Basílica Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain. The sun is streaming through the warm-colored, stain glass windows, giving everything an orange/red hue.
Small rainbow flag sticking up out of a small model of a volcano, which is sitting on a green shelf.
Book cover depicting an underground community on Mars. The book is “A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.
Car thermometer that reads 100°F.
Back end of a black Ford F-150 with a custom license plate that reads “WARBOY”.
View from the first base side of a Cardinal’s baseball game in process. The St. Louis arch gleams under a blue sky in the background.
Screenshot of an error message on a MacBook that says, “Your system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using.” This is followed by an extensive list of open and running programs, some using nearly 9 GB of memory.
Back of an envelope with a message written on it that says, “I know, now I’m just like grandma!”
Video filming down a school hallway with broken windows, wet and destroyed ceiling tiles, debris littering the floor, and the sound of water dripping. As the video pans to look out the window, downed trees and a portion of building with the roof torn off come into view.
A street lined with trees that have had there tops broken off.
Message from C that’s a photo of a Culver’s cup sitting on a table at a Culver’s.
Dark gray t-shirt with a multicolored lightning bolt on the front.
Circular magnet that reads, “I put the B in LGBTQ”.
Radar reflectivity factor from the Lubbock, TX NEXRAD radar showing that the earlier wide swath of rain broke apart around the city of Lubbock.
Screenshot of radar reflectivity factor from the Lubbock, TX NEXRAD showing a wide swath of moderate rain across the region.
Animated family of four (based on mine) peaking around a wall.
Selfie of me holding a sign decorated with clouds with purple rain, lightning bolts, and a tornado. The sign says, “Stephanie poured everything into 250 classes!”
Mug that says, “I did the math…the answer is penguin”.
Radar reflectivity from the Lubbock, TX NEXRAD radar showing rain all around Lubbock, with no rain falling IN Lubbock.
Sign posted in an elevator that reads,“Texas Tech FROM HERE YOUR DEGREE IS WORTHLESS,” which is a play on the school’s tagline of “From Here It’s Possible.” Underneath is a description of how academic rigor is being eroded and of how the administration is misleading students by asking faculty to withhold information from them.
Group text between my mom, my siblings, and me.: Mom: I forgot to tell you about the older lady yelling and swearing like a sailor!!! Me: #LifeGoals Mom: LOL. 😂 Steph, I needed a good laugh today.
Panda Bear bookmark with a smooshed body and a screaming face.
L(9) and I standing on a street next to a giant tumbleweed that reaches to my chest and her shoulder.
Heavy duty Ram pickup truck with extra large tires, extra large exhaust pipe, and a specialized Texas licenses plate with an oil rig on it that reads “FOSSFUL” [fossil fuel].
Me, in a navy dress with a pink floral design and wearing a navy broad-rim hat with pink flowers.
Sign next to a flight of stairs going up a hill that reads, “Texas Hole”.
Disc golf basket with a disc laying on top of it.
Me, standing Vanna-White-style in front of the back half of a buffalo statue, which features a large phallus and accompanying testicles.
Two stickers hanging side-by-side from pegs. Both have cowboy boots in the middle and are surrounded by the words “COWGIRL (left sticker) & COWBOY (right sticker) BUTTS DRIVE ME NUTS, TX USA”.
Path cleared through a large amount of snow. Deer are in the path, and the sides of the path are taller than the deer.
Decorative ground stake with measurements in inches. The 24-in mark is just barely visible in the snow.
Hymn book open to “Chief of Sinners Though I Be.”
Text message from my sister, a high school Spanish teacher, saying, “A STUDENT TURNED IN AN ASSIGNMENT ALL IN FRENCH WHAT THE HELL,” to which I replied, “ChatGPT FAIL!!!”.
Picture of Diana Butler Bass’ most recent book, “A Beautiful Year”.
Valentine made for my husband by our daughter. It reads as follows: Love you Dad!!!!! Thank you dad you do just fine Please will you be my Valentine?
A thank you note written and illustrated by my 9yo daughter and addressed to me. It reads as follows: Dear Mom, Roses are red violets are blue, Thank you for all you do. You glow like an angel in a pool of light Your humor and kindness makes spirits bright. Thank you Mom!!!!!
Text message with a friend who says, “This weather has everything all screwed up, 😂” to which I reply, “Story of my life! 😂”
Image of TX Sen Ted Cruz wearing a TX flag mask and pulling a suitcase with the words “because Ted Cruz booking a vacay shouldn’t be our best storm warning” next to him. All of this to promote saving the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Beyond a backyard fence can be seen a tree covered in hoar frost.
Photo of my bedroom window, which is covered in a sheet of ice on the outside.
Picture of the worksheet mentioned in the post. DM for complete alt text.
Red-orange sunrise over an open field.
Picture of the book from which the above quote was taken. The book is “The Electrical Nature of Storms” by Donald R. MacGorman and W. David Rust. The cover is all gray with the title and authors in silver and with a silver etching of a tornadic supercell with lightning coming to ground out of both the rear flank and the forward anvil of the storm.
Map of my local area, which is obviously not current, depicting “Tom’s Mug & Jug Party Store” at a local intersection.
A small patch of blue sky surrounded by puffy, white clouds. Large snowflakes are floating in the foreground.
My 2026 word is “zip-line.”
Pileated woodpecker eating from a hanging bag of bread.
Brother looking at sister with his arm around her, while sister scowls into the camera.