Stormy Weather

Summer is finally here and so is the crazy weather! First of all I want to send warm wishes and thoughts out to all who were caused damage during the storms this past weekend. My house fared well and so did Jays, which is were I had to crash. Now, when I say "had to crash" what I mean is that I rushed over there after I left work early to let Tucker in because I was just terrified at the thought of that sweet baby being outside in what the news was calling a life and death situation. I called Jay, who at the time had not heard a word about anything the storm's arrival nor it's path of devastation, to see about getting into his house so that I could Tuckie-sit during a bad storm. Wish granted. When I opened the front door and ran in to keep from getting rained on Tucker was very excited to see me but also confused about why I was there so early in the day. I know he doesn't speak English and I remind Jay all the time, but if he could talk that is what he would have said. Anyway, as he and I waited until the storm hit us there in Bartlett we bonded on a deeper level. I think he knew that I was scared. Especially being in a house that noise's were somewhat foreign to me as far as storms go, I was nervous when the power went out and I could no longer see the news to know when to hunker down. After hearing a loud popping noise outside the large window in the kitchen and going to investigate with the puppy, I began to realize that the sky had turned a sage green color and that I should maybe get away from such a big window. This is when I heard a screeching metal sound which turned out to be Jay's stainless steel grill rolling slowly across the patio. That was the exact moment I made the decision to get myself and the Tuck into the hallway. Now, I had been dreading this because the dog isn't normally allowed on the carpeted areas in the house and the hallway is one of them. I thought he would try to run down and into the bedrooms or the office, but he did not. I sat against the wall Indian style while he laid across me. It is unclear whether he was protecting me or if he just wanted me to hold him and protect him but he didn't move for quite some time. He mostly just looked at me with steady eyes and breaths. I love Tucker and he loves me too for the most part, but it was different in the floor last Friday. He was my brave little man. When it cleared enough for me to venture out of the hallway I went outside in the rain to see if there was a dark cloud coming. I got pretty wet trying to look and gave up. I got in and was looking out of the storm door when low and behold here came Jay flying around the corner. I didn't realize but the last message he received from me was that the sirens were on and the puppy was going nuts. After that text he tried multiple times to reach me and was unsuccessful. This scared him a little bit thinking something happened to me and the Tuckie dog. He was so sweet to worry about us, but of course I have teased him about only worrying about his house and his fence. LOL. We were bored to tears after the adrenaline fizzled out because we had no TV or computer. Later in the evening, we went to Jay's parents so that we could enjoy some much needed AC and so Jay could check his Facebook. (Yea he's got it bad... lol). No damage at Jay's house was found that night or the next morning in the daylight, nor my house for that matter but there are still so many people without power all over Memphis and surrounding areas. All the pictures on the news is terrible and I just hope everyone is okay every time I see them. I was very thankful to have gotten into the house before it hit, whereas if I had been on my way to Millington I may or may not have made it in time. Thanks Jay. My whole family got home safely and no one that I know of had a ton of damage, but please just remember the ones out there that suffered from the storm of 2009.

Things at work have picked up substantially and I can't say that it isn't welcomed. I am excited to have so much to do all day to pass the time away. Today I looked up and it was already 1 o'clock in the afternoon and I did a little dance in my chair. It will also take some pressure off myself and my co-workers to pick the numbers up a bit.

Until next time, have a good Monday and stay out of all the tree branches on the side of the road.