What gets my heart racing…

You know, everyone is blogging about V-day, welp, not here! I refuse!!

Instead, I’m going to blog about dang ole’ weather. Yesterday had me quaking in my house slippers. Because you know, authors live in their pjs and slippers. BTW, I should be queen of that rule!  Checking the mail,  no really the postal kind that you have to go outside to get (should I mention in my pjs cause I’m lazy like that?). It had begun to sprinkle when I came in from my bit of exercise for the day I sat down ready to Challenge at Romance Divas. I knew it was going to rain, the clouds were heavy and gray, the smell was in the air and all that normal “it’s going to rain today” stuff. Anyhow, I’m happily moving along in the Challenges when only a few of us were left in the room. By now the weather had gone from a light sprinkle to “Oh my frigging gawds was that a cow!”

It was then I decided it’d be a good idea to check weather.com because lets be truthful, I’m in the south and we’re kinda known for twisters. Low and behold, we’re under a WATCH! Not a warning, where the chances of a tornado are like slim, oh no, a WATCH! Barely having typed this information into the chat and hitting enter I hear a loud BOOM. My world goes dark! Suddenly my heart picks up it’s lazy pace and goes for a marathon.

Would now be a good time to mention I have a huge fear of being home alone, stranded if you will, while the weather is bad? I mean, I can handle raining, high winds and stuff. But come on… there is like no where to hide in this house if a twister comes and we don’t have a storm cellar.

So, being a night owl and have mastered walking in the dark I know exactly where a lighter is and get two candles burning. Then I wander through the house and manage to find an old desk phone. Yeah, they still make the kinds that have to be plugged into the wall and have cords. I know, I was shocked too! Anyhow, I get it hooked up and call my hubby. Guess what he says? “Oh we’re under a tornado watch!” My thoughts: No, really? Grrr!!

A bit nervous, I ask where I should hide. Yeah know, just in case. He offers his recommendations, which totally goes against everything I didn’t pay attention to during those drills in school. I hang up and glance out the window. Golf ball size hail. Nice! The rain begins again only this time it’s doing a lovely circle pattern, whipping around in all sorts of directions. Care to guess what my fragile nerves are thinking?

Oddly enough, my cat Phoebe, who would rather be left alone unless she needs food, decides she wants to be all up in my lap. I hold her and she’s nuzzling against me as if it’s her dying wish to love of me. Now I’ve heard cats have a knack for predicting really bad weather. I tuck this thought away hoping it won’t freak me out more. That didn’t fly!

Some more pacing about my office, rethinking the advice my husband gave me, I decide to give up on being stressed out and lay down. After all, I’ve been really sick and had been thinking of taking a nap anyhow. Laying there, I can hear every little sound outside magnified by 100! Finally I manage to fall asleep.

Several hours later the sudden shock of blinding lights coming on wake me up. I squint to focus at the alarm clock, 5:46pm. Damn! The power went out long enough to annoy the crap out of me but not long enough where I didn’t have to actually cook dinner. I pull myself out of my comfy spot under the blankets and then try to reconnect my laptop to the internet so I might access the damage. *Smacks head* Duh, I unplugged the phone cord from the router so I could use a standard phone. Get it all hooked back up and my mother-in-law calls. I hear: “Blah blah blah, two tornadoes…” What? You mean there were two? Holy crackers!!

Searching the net and the news stations I’ve seen no proof or reports of these two tornadoes but hey, she did say a cop told her about it. Jury is still out on if I believe it.

And that was how I spent yesterday. Nice right?

Oh and for those interested, weather.com says it’s suppose to rain for several more days. Lovely!