The Storm
We have had some figurative and literal storms pass through the house these past few days. The literal storm was a nice Spring thunder storm. Now they definitely didn't qualify as a "Southern" storm but there was some thunder and lightening. The rain washed the pollen away and left a sweet smell in the air. And the thunder scared our little guy right out of his bed. Sunday night Gabriel came running into our room around midnight. And he runs. He doesn't call for me he just hops out of bed and sprints into my room. I awoke to the sound of little feet flying toward me at a high rate of speed. Once I recovered from my minor heart attack I heard his little voice say "mom, I'm so scared". I asked why and he replied "because of the funder". It was so cute. So I did what my mom did for me - I let him sleep on the floor next to my bed. (The big difference from Gabriel's overnights compared to mine are Gabriel gets to sleep on the old crib mattress that I keep under my bed, complete with a sheet, pillow and blankets. When I crashed on the floor in my mom's room I got the floor . . . the hard wood floor.) It didn't take long for Gabe to get comfortable in his bed. I watched as he lay there feeling safer just by being in our presence. I hope this isn't the last time he runs to me to protect him from the funder.
The other "storm" that hit our house this week was more destructive than the rain and wind. This "storm" caused two lights to blow out, the dishwasher to break, the dryer to start screaming, and the headlight in the van to go out. What is up with that? All that in less than a full week! To top things off, today Eli broke his mini-blinds, the cat puked on the floor and when our landlord came to look at the dishwasher he informed us that when he put in the wood floor he basically blocked the dishwasher from being able to be pulled out. In order to fix the dishwasher they might have to tear out the floor in the kitchen. April showers . . .
The other "storm" that hit our house this week was more destructive than the rain and wind. This "storm" caused two lights to blow out, the dishwasher to break, the dryer to start screaming, and the headlight in the van to go out. What is up with that? All that in less than a full week! To top things off, today Eli broke his mini-blinds, the cat puked on the floor and when our landlord came to look at the dishwasher he informed us that when he put in the wood floor he basically blocked the dishwasher from being able to be pulled out. In order to fix the dishwasher they might have to tear out the floor in the kitchen. April showers . . .
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