Taking shelter.

Last night sent me to a new level of scared. There is something about that fleeting moment when you feel like the lives of your children are in danger, and there is nothing you can do about it but cover their tiny bodies with your own, and pray for the best. Terrifying doesn't cover it. My heart beat was audible as it pounded out of my chest.

When I went to bed, we were under tornado warning, but we have been before and nothing has come of it. My eyes were closed for maybe 15 minutes and then the alarms went off directing us to take shelter immediately. Boats(my hubby) and I flew into the kids rooms and grabbed them up and hauled butt downstairs. Poor Bug was freaking out and shaking, clinging to me for dear life, but it was only a response to my panic. They boys were scared, but they were really helping out by comforting Bug.

The second time the sirens went off, we cleared out our inner closet. You read that right. A closet. Its the only place we have to take shelter in a tornado in out house. It is the central point of the lower lever with no windows. Not having a basement BLOWS.

So while Boats is standing out side like all the other genius men in our neighborhood (lol), the kids and I are chillin' in the closet watching Oprah and I am facebookin' from my phone. I swear, I got more info from Facebook that the news! A lot of people said they didn't even hear the sirens. There is one like right outside our house, so of course we heard it. Our poor dog (a Great Dane mind you...) got put in the bathroom with our two cats. There is no way we would have ALL fit into the closet. I cant wait to move back to California and just have earthquakes!

While we were in the closet, the kids and I all held hands and we prayed. Prayed the God would put his arms around our community and our friends and their families and keep everyone safe and the devastation to a minimum and no life loss. That seems to be the case, so I am grateful for that. I am actually about to shoot an email out to everyone in my small group making sure everyone is ok since we are all scattered through the county.

Today is going to be spent cleaning up the house so that Boats wont have to worry about it while we are gone, and finishing up the packing which is almost done. We have a lot of stuff! I think we will get it all though and hopefully my stress level isn't through the roof.

On another note, I recently signed up to go back to school. I am SUPER excited! Classes begin on August 23, and I was able to order my books last night. I am starting with my associates since the MyCAA wont pay for a BA, but I can move to that after I get the AA so long as I stick with my same school, Ill know ALL my credits will transfer to my BA, and possibly my Masters one day. I am going to major in Criminal Justice. I think I always knew that's the direction Id go in, but I wanted to focus on raising my family. Now that Bug is two, Bubba is 4 and Blondie is 6, I can start to work on a degree for when Bug is finally in school. I should have my BA by then, and Ill definitely be able to find good work. Maybe even a job that will help me pay for my Masters!

I guess I lied in my last blog, this one had nothing to do with my title! Haha. Maybe Ill get around to posting a second blog later on. I'm on a roll!

-Mrs. J