Wednesday night this was true in a literal sense as about 2 months worth of missing rain all fell on Michiana (that’s the really annoying nick-name this area of Northern Indiana/Southern Michigan has) over the course of about 6 hours. What came from that storm helped fulfill the more philosophical angle of that saying as well.
We had to hunker down in the basement for about an hour as “heavy rotation” in our area caused a tornado warning to be declared. The flash flood warning lasted all night. Randi was home with us, but the three youngest kids (who happen to be scared to death of tornados) were ALL spending the night at friend’s houses. So the calls began back and forth making sure everyone was safe (and calm). The warning came and went without incident, but we ended up with a nice river of water in the basement. This was most likely due to the gutter system on the back of the house getting ripped off by all the ice build-up last winter and me not getting it repaired yet. D’oh!
So…
1) The company I helped build from the ground up declared (after 10 1/2 years) it’s plan to sell or merge and laid off all but a skeleton crew to keep the lights on. I was one of the ones to go.
2) The flexible spending account I’ve been paying in to (which is a use it or lose it type of account) closes upon termination, so all the sandbagging I’ve done building up to Randi getting braces this summer was for naught. I may be able to get a bridge put in for myself in the small window I have left, but money WILL go to waste.
3) Sheila finds a lump on her neck which added a lot of tension to an already tense time. She did get in the doctor who was not concerned with it and made her feel a lot better. (follow-up next month if it’s still there!)
4) The storm hits at night, frightening our children who were at friend’s houses. Two want to come home at 11:00pm, but due to my having drank a few glasses of wine, their uncle Shane had to bring them home. (he’s usually in bed by 9 or 10) Sorry Shane! Water comes flowing through our basement.
5) And finally yesterday (well, hopefully “finally”) as we were driving around
Joy! 🙂
But hey, it could be a lot worse. I just feel like complaining right now…
I hope all goes well with your wife….
Complain all you want! Sounds like it is justified. Are you sure you will lose the FSA money? I thought that what ever you put into it was available to you until the following March.
Keep us posted on Shelia – Its always tense when your not sure whats going on.
And, it is so nice to have such a wonderful brother-in-law as Shane. I am sure he knows that you would help him out in a pinch too. Thank goodness for family. I hate being so far away from everyone.
Got to go and get some food ready. We are cooking out tonight. Wish I could ask everyone to join us!
Love to all – Sandi
oh good grief! 🙁
and my sister is going thru the lump in the neck thing right now as well … doctors are completely unconcerned … i guess this is not all that uncommon. IM me if you want to talk about it.
and you know … you could call your friend in south bend when things like the van happen. i don’t have a huge car, but we maybe coulda fit everyone into it.
let me know if you need any help with the house/gutters/basement … i ain’t got nuthin’ but time right now anyhow.
yeah, that night was pretty scary wasn’t it? But I did get to snack on reeses the rest of the night!!!