Tornado Warning!

We had a very bad storm come through on the 8th (Saturday) which sparked a few tornado warnings. Unfortunately, Tara’s cell phone was broken and she was at Target.

I heard the siren go off shortly after I put the kids to bed (around 9 or so), and ripped the sleeping babies out of bed. They were SO good! Jake (who has been very nervous about tornadoes anyway) bolted downstairs, followed by Emma. The two of them played with Abby and didn’t complain at all, which was amazing as I didn’t have a bottle for Abby or any food.

Tara got a hold of a phone at Target and called to tell me that they had brought her to the back of the store. Most of our friends in the cities were on facebook talking about what they were doing with their families. All told, we were in the basement for about an hour.

The next day, I asked Jake what he was worried about and he said, “well, two things: tornadoes and cash-for-clunkers” (driven by his fear of us trading the car in – he hates change). Tara and I almost fell over.

Mom’s Health

Got some bad news this weekend. Mom had some bad chest pains very early Saturday morning and called the squad.

She spent the next few days in Riverside undergoing tests. Virginia and Julie were great about keeping me in the loop, and I spoke to mom several times.

The net result appears to be that she has a pretty clean bill of health. It wasn’t a heart attack (not really sure what to call it). They did a heart catheterization and confirmed that that two areas of blockage that they knew about from before were basically the same.

We’re looking forward to seeing her in August for Odepalooza with Uncle Jim and Aunt Julie.