Today we had an adventure. We were just hanging out around the house when a friend of mine called and asked if we'd been watching the weather. Of course, we hadn't, so I was grateful that she called. Turns out there was a tornado heading right for us! It was about 2:50, and it was expected to hit Waukomis at 3:02. So we rounded up the older dogs and cats and put them in the bathroom. We stuck the baby kitties in a Rubbermaid tub with air holes in the lid we once used for a mouse cage and ran with them and the kids across the street to our neighbor's house. As we filed down into their shelter all soaking wet, I couldn't help but think about how nice it will be in our new house to have our own storm shelter in the garage!
We stayed in there for quite a while. Greyson probably didn't understand exactly what was going on, but he kept looking up towards the cellar door and asking, "Is it coming? Is the storm coming?" The tornado never did make it to Waukomis, thankfully. There were several funnels touching down in different directions all around us that the news followed all afternoon and evening. But we were fine. A pig farm not too far away was hit, but amazingly, the pigs all survived!
The rest of this day went along uneventfully. Susannah, I'm afraid, seems to have come down with a fever. Funny how our kids always seem to get sick on weekends. We very seldom have to miss work due to illnesses, but one of us is always missing Sunday church services to stay home with a sick child!
And now that it is about bedtime, of course, I have finally gotten some energy. I felt pretty blah most of this day and struggled to be productive, so it's tempting to stay up and make use of it. But I'd regret that decision tomorrow. You know how that goes!
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