Coffee? Tea? Serenity?

This morning, along with our alarm clock, the storms woke us.  Thunder in the distance.  Lightning flashes.  Mike hurried to get out the door in hopes of not having to drive his entire way to work in the stormy weather.  Around 5am, our phone rang.  This never happens.  Makes your hair stand up.  It was Mom.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Mom was awake at 5am.  The weather woke them, too.  She was concerned because of the tornado warnings that were issued for our area.  We called each other back and forth as the weather was passing through to make sure that all was well.  Mike was blessed with getting on the road just in time.  He was able to drive most of his way before the storms hit.  All eyes and ears were on the tv - listening and watching carefully.  Take cover orders were given.  WHAT?!?!??!  Take cover?!??!?!??  This must be serious.  Mike called, cell to cell, to tell me that he arrived safely at work.  I was sharing with him what the weather man was reporting at that time.  I heard the house phone ring.  I thought it was my parents calling in.  I continued to speak to Mike.  Scott answered the ringing phone, looked at me with the strangest of looks and said, "Mom, you are NOT talking to Daddy!"  He hands me the phone to hear Mike's voice on the other end.  I'm not sure for how long, but I was sharing the weather report with my cell phone - no one on the other end - and I never noticed.  Mike said that he heard a few beeps and then the call was disconnected.  I never heard anything but the weather man and the house phone ring.  Stranger that that was the fact that I was the only one who thought that to be funny.

As the weather started to calm, Mom phoned again.  She stated that she had been up since 4:15-ish.  Welcome to my world!  I wake at 4:30am every day.  It was somewhere near 7am and she was already tired.....ummm....yeah, I know THAT feels.

At about that same time, my mother-in-law phoned in to check on us.  She had been up early too.  The big difference between her, Mom, and myself was the fact that she has already begun to cook a meatloaf.  Because of a mid morning doctor appointment, she wanted her lunch prepared before they left.  She called again to let me know that she was on the road and heading to the appointment.  A short while after that, she phoned again to say that the mid-morning appt. was ACTUALLY at 1pm.  I'll bet the air in that vehicle is as thick as muck.  I asked if my father-in-law had misunderstood the time of his appointment.  She simply answered, "I don't know!"  I can't help but laugh.  The two of them are just too funny!  I told her NOT to choke him.  I told her that I did NOT want to visit her in prison.  At least I made her laugh.

Storms in the air.  Storms in the truck.  Stormy everywhere.

The weather storms passed us by without any damages.  Our neighbors in the city to the northeast were not so lucky.  I pray that their power is restored quickly.  I pray that the damage to buildings does not damage their spirits.  I pray that the damaged doctor's offices will not cause havoc for patients and office workers.  May the pieces be put back together with God's Divine help.