Spring has sprung in Michigan... The weather has been lovely, and we've been enjoying a lot of time outdoors. It's been beautiful... up until a couple days ago. More on that in a minute. Easter was wonderful. We had my inlaws down, and had great food and delicious desserts. My mom-in-law started her chemotherapy last week, and she wasn't feeling the greatest. Thankfully, her appetite is just fine, and she hasn't had any nausea. But she said she quite literally feels as though she's been hit by a truck. Her whole body hurts to the point where we can't even hardly touch her. I can't imagine how awful that must be... It's hard enough just watching her go through it. But I know everything will be okay in the end. Anyway, the best part about having them over was that she got to have a nice Easter with people she loved without having to do any work or worry about anything. She usually hosts Easter dinner at her place, and I was really glad I was able to get her to ours instead.
The weather for Easter was gorgeous, and the day after was gorgeous. But this is Michigan, and inevitably the weather turned...well, ugly. Tuesday night we went to bed a little late because we were watching 24 and didn't start it until almost 9:30. It was around 11:00 when we finally got to bed. I was awoken at midnight by loud banging noises coming from somewhere in the house, so I got up to look around. I realized it was coming from the kitchen window. All of a sudden, there were a MILLION banging noises all over the house. I realized then that it was hail. Where we live, we can't hear the tornado sirens, so I tried to turn on the tv to see if we were under a warning, but it wouldn't turn on. I tried another tv and realized our power was out. Then, it was like someone flipped the hail swtich from Reasonably Low to Armageddon High. It was deafening. I frantically tried to get the batteries into the weather radio (I know, shame on me)but my hands were shaking to hard to get them in. All the while I was trying to wake my husband to ask him if we needed to get downstairs. I gave up on the radio, hollared at Mike to get up out of bed and help me, and ran in and grabbed Hayley (who was still practically comatose) and Hannah (who was plugging her ears and FREAKING out). Suddenly, however impossible it seems, the hail got even louder. We headed for the basement and had no sooner gotten somewhat comfortable with candles lit than the hail stopped. My heart was still pounding, and my ears for still kind of ringing, but it seemed to be over. We waited about ten minutes, then headed back upstairs. It occured to me then that I ave itnernet access on my phone, so I got online. We weren't under a tornado warning at any point in time that night, but the damage we saw the next day made it look like we should have been. The grill was about 100 feet behind the house in pieces, and the grill lid was about 250 feet away from that. As we watched the news, we saw sides of houses that had been blown away, semis that had been swept off the road, telephone poles snapped in half. And all because we had 80mph gusts that night. No tornado, just lots of hail and wind. It sure was scary though... At one point when the hail got louder, it almost sounded like one of the windows broke, but luckily that wasn't the case.
But, as I said, it is spring... and I LOVE spring. The flowers are blooming, the trees are budding... it's just beautiful. And shorts weather is right around the corner, which means bonfires and smores, camping, bbq's.... it's all going to be amazing. AMAZING. This is the best time of the year because you can almost TASTE the strawberries and sweet corn and fresh salads...the warm breezes and saltwater....the roses... It's going to be a FANTASTIC summer...
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time." ~John Lubbock
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