{April 10, 2008}

Aiden is lying asleep on the sofa next to me with a full tummy, so I suppose I should write something. I’m new to blogging so we’ll see how this goes.

What began as a perfectly normal blustery day last week, turned into a day full of surprises.

Getting dressed Thursday morning, I thought how pretty the weather was; sunny, warm and breezy. Stephen and I tag-teamed Aiden, dressing and changing him for a trip to Sam’s Club. We drove through the bank, made a quick stop at McDonald’s for coffee and breakfast then headed in the general direction of Sam’s. The weather was so beautiful that there was a giant tent sale in the parking lot.

We loaded Aiden into his backpack carrier, returned a few articles of clothing, grabbed an icee and began roaming the aisles. After picking up some bacon and tasting some samples, we were perusing the cheese coolers when the electricity seemed to glitch. The lights clicked off and on several times before deciding to remain off. Management then began to herd customers to the center of the building. We watched as rain and hail poured through several open skylights, and listened to the pounding of the golf ball sized hail on the tin roof. Aiden was slightly put out by the semi-darkness in the store, but behaved wonderfully during the whole ordeal.

On the drive home we discovered that several tornadoes had ripped through the area; trees were across the highway and interstate, traffic lights were down and gas station canopies collapsed onto parked cars. Some people are still without electricity. We arrived home thankful to find that our neighborhood was only affected by the rain. Even our car didn’t sustain any damage from the hail.

So that was my excitement for last week. This week is proving less eventful so far, but we will see.

New Mom