To prepare for our special night, Gavin and I made a quick and easy dessert that Daddy loves! Chocolate Pudding Pie! :)
So, the night wasn not exactly the romantic anniversary you might imagine for your 5th wedding anniversary, but at least we were together, right? Friday night, we got rain. A lot. In a way, it was a blessing because otherwise Jarrod would have had a game that night, so at least he got to stay home. He got home a little earlier than normal, so it was nice to have his help making dinner. I planned crab cakes, spicy broccoli, and caesar salad for dinner. As I always do, I pulled out our wedding champagne glasses for our dinner. Mine was filled with sprite, Jarrod's was filled with red wine!
The rain was really coming down while we ate and it was getting darker and darker. I asked Jarrod if he thought we should turn the weather on and he joked and said, "Eh, if there's a tornado, we'll hear the sirens." As we were finishing up, he got up to let Shirley out and I turned on the news. They were highlighting a confirmed tornado is eastern Oklahoma and the arrow tracking it's path was pointing right at us. I started panicking calmly - you know, the panic that moms encounter when you're really worried but don't want your child to know. Jarrod and I quickly did the dishes, while keeping one eye on the sky and one eye on the radar.
The news kept saying that the tornado sirens were going off, but we didn't hear a thing, which really made me mad. What if something happened in the middle of the night? I hate that we can't hear them. We eventually moved into our bedroom to watch the weather so we could be closer to our closet. When they talked about a confirmed tornado near the airport, which is 10 minutes from us, in the closet we went. Shirley laid in there on her bed while I read books to Gavin. Jarrod brought in pillows, and we told Gavin we might have to lay under them. He thought that was hilarious and kept hiding under them. All of a sudden, the rain stopped and you could hear the wind howling so loud outside. Jarrod ran in and laid down, too. It was quite nerve wrecking. And let me tell you - trying to get down into that safe position I taught my first graders all those years while also trying to make sure Gavin was covered up WITH my pregnant belly = IMPOSSIBLE! We were only crouched down for probably 5 minutes, but I was so sore when we got out of that closet!
So, we're safe. The storm passed and within minutes, we were looking at a gorgeous sky!
We've seriously had rain almost nonstop for 5 days straight now, and it's supposed to continue through Wednesday. There's flooding all over the place and we've even had some pretty crazy hail. I can't wait for the weather to change!
