What a Horrible Night

Last night was just HORIBBLE!

It actually started around 2:00 pm when the schools announce that a treterous storm bringing tornados was headed our way.  They said it would be arriving sooner than expected.  Everyone was concerned it would hit before school got out, but that wasn't the case.

For me when I hear news like that I immediately think of Devon driving in those conditions.  Luckily for us the weather was fine - just very gusty winds at 20 mph.

I stopped at Kroger to get milk and groceries so we'd be stocked up.  I cooked a wonderful steak, corn, rolls, caesar salad dinner with ice cream for dessert.   We had family prayer right after dinner because Devon had loads of homework.



I was so tired I fell asleep from 7:30 - 9:00 pm.  Unheard of!!!  Well, the storm still hadn't come but I took the precautions to bring in Robert's soccer net (with his help) and stack the patio chairs, trim the dead flowers (has nothing to do with preparing for the storm - it just took a lot of time).

After getting a nap, I was now wide awake.  Weird!  I got the kids (except Devon) to bed by 10:00 but worried if I should have had Marissa go to sleep in the basement.  I checked all the windows and checked the weather report.  The storm is expected to hit right in the middle of the night - 3:00 - 4:00 am.  UGH!  We will all be asleep.  How will we know.

Finally Devon went to sleep around midnight … I couldn't sleep until after 1:00 am UGH!  Then I was up at 2:00 again - just checking the weather and kids.  At 3:00 am Devon's phone alarm went off (UGH Devon!).  Now I couldn't get to sleep out of anticipation for the storm.  You could hear the wind howl  and the rain pounding on the house.  Water was coming in through the front windows (Jessica's, and the office's).  At 4:00 am the storm was here in full force so I had to wake the kids and move them to the basement.  We slept (laid awake) down their for one hour before the kids were allowed to go back to their beds.  Marissa decided to stay downstairs while Devon went back up to bed.  Robert never came out of his room (since he sleeps in the basement).  I went back to bed, but again 6:00 am came so early.  I decided to let Devon sleep in and Marissa too.  At 6:50 I woke them to get ready for school. Marissa was furious that I let her sleep in.  She didn't want to miss seminary.  Luckily she was able to get ready with Devon and they left around 7:24 am.  Alex came over and together Robert and Alex caught the bus at 7:40.