Week in Review

This was a short school week for us. We took a break from school work on Labor day so we could visit with family and friends. We did get some school work done on Tuesday and Wednesday while watching and waiting to see were Hurricane Dorian was going to go. It has not even been a year since our area was devasted by Hurricane Florence so we were all on edge.

My youngest daughter had fun during the week looking at our globe and finding different places. She has a friend that lived in Guam for a while and we found it together on the globe. She then said to get there from here in North Carolina, you would have to fly to Los Angeles and take a boat to Hawaii. From Hawaii, you would have to get on another boat to go to Guam. I told her that you can actually fly to Guam and not have to take a boat.

Thursday morning started off with tornadoes and tornado warnings all around us. I decided we should take the day off from school to focus our attention on the weather. I also had to go into work at 3:00 that afternoon. I was able to leave work around 7:00 (my normal leave time is 9:00) so I could get home safely before the strong winds started. I was able to make it home safely on Thursday evening through some heavy downpours.

I didn't get much sleep Thursday evening, because I kept waking up to see how close Dorian was going to be to us and how strong the winds were going to be and make sure there were not going to be any more tornadoes. When we got up Friday morning, I had a migraine, so I told the kids they could take another day off from school. We fared okay during the storm. Just a few limbs down in the yard and we never lost power through it all.

When we were surveying our yard for damage, I noticed that our Yucca plant had bloomed and I almost missed it.

 I am so glad that this week is over and praying that there are no more hurricanes this year.