Fay comes to visit...

Well, the phone calls and emails starting coming in yesterday asking how we were being impacted by Tropical Storm Fay...and at that time it was just slightly more than a rainy day. Here is our backyard during the 4pm hour:

At 9pm we lost power, and David declared it time to go to bed. We brought Brianna's mattress down and put it on the living room floor, with Maverick's bed next to hers. David and I setup camp in The Tracy Room. We opened the windows to get some relief from the lack of air conditioning, and all hunkered down by 9:30 or so.

We didn't get much sleep last night...here are some of the reasons why:

1. The very loud frogs we have
2. The next-door neighbor's very loud generator
3. The hard sleepnumber bed that couldn't be adjusted because we didn't have power
4. The humidity
5. Maverick having free reign of the place, and needing to bark at every new sound and smell

At 11:30 I still couldn't sleep, and was all of a sudden VERY hungry. So, by the light of my cell phone I went out to the living room where Brianna and Maverick were still awake. Bri and I sat and talked, and munched on pecans, while Maverick guarded us. =D

During that time I noticed Bri started a wet cough...something that happens to her when there are heavy rains. SO, I moved her mattress, and Maverick's, to the schoolroom so she could be in there and shut the door, keeping some of the moisture out.

Then, I went back to bed, about an hour after I had gotten up.

We woke this morning to David's cell phone ringing. His brother, Michael, was calling to say they weren't opening the shop today, so they were off work. Yippee!

Of course, this was call to go back to sleep! BUT not on that rock-solid bed! So, we went to the living room and did the best we could with the love seat, chair and ottoman. The next thing I knew, it was 10am. David was up, looking out the living room window, Brianna and Maverick had yet to emerge from the schoolroom.

We got the kids up and started to prepare to go to Michael and Angie's because they had power. BUT, before we could get up the stairs to get dressed, the power came back on! Yippee!!!

We've spent most of the day watching TV, flip flopping between the weather and sitcoms...and ate Dominos! At least until about 1pm when the announced a tornado WARNING. And that's where we are now, at 2:19...watching the weather to see if we will be impacted by the tornadoes that have been seen not all too far from our house...maybe 10-15 miles away.

Fun, huh?