We had some bad weather come through Alabama tonight, and of course I was at home by myself since my boyfriend decided that leaving me at home with no car when he knew the weather was supposed to get bad so he could go hang out with his friends was a good idea lol. I WAS irritated, but I'm over it. I'm not going to be mad over it.
The sirens went off in my area once. Thankfully, I had been watching the weather all evening and I had already wrestled all the animals into their respective carriers. Sabrina (cat) went into hers with no problem. I got the carriers out, opened the doors, and she walked right into hers, laid down, and went to sleep. The other cat, on the other hand....well, twenty minutes and 12 band-aids later, she was in her carrier. I finally just wrapped a towel around her really tight so she couldn't swipe at me. I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place. I got my budgie in her carrier, and the hamster in his. I love my animals with all my heart and there's no way I could just leave them. I guess that's a big part of why I'm so obsessive about watching the news now when the weather starts to get bad. When it was just me, I didn't care.
I got the cats in the closet. Right after that, I heard hail hitting the window so I went ahead and grabbed the bird and my hamster and hung out with all four of them in the closet. Oh yeah, and I prayed. A lot. I hate tornado weather, and it makes it worse for me when there's hail. I don't panic, but I'm really big on being prepared, because I couldn't stand it if something happened and someone (human or animal) got hurt because we weren't prepared. The cats hissed at eachother and the hamster and the bird squeaked and squawked at eachother the whole time, but we came out fine.
I didn't even lose my trashcans!!! Skeptics would say that's because I always forget to take them to the curb and by the time I remember on the right day they're so weighted down with trash that NOTHING could move them...if they had gotten blown over, I would have had a huge mess in my yard and my neighbor's yard, and that would not have been pleasant. I just thank God that I'm ok, the rest of my gang is ok, and everything that was in my yard before the weather got bad is still there.
All we have now is some bad flooding, and I'm still trying to get ahold of my boyfriend to tell him not to drive back tonight. I'm sure I will though. He's really good about checking the messages on his cell phone, although he's not that good at leaving his cell phone ON so people can get in touch with him the first time they call about something important. Oh well...I'm just so happy and so busy thanking God that we are all okay. This is the first time I've gone through a bad storm since I moved out of my mom's house, and I was worried about getting the animals ready in time. Those guys and gals are my babies and if anything happened to them I would be devastated. I should have known better than to worry though. God took great care of us, just like He always does.
The sirens went off in my area once. Thankfully, I had been watching the weather all evening and I had already wrestled all the animals into their respective carriers. Sabrina (cat) went into hers with no problem. I got the carriers out, opened the doors, and she walked right into hers, laid down, and went to sleep. The other cat, on the other hand....well, twenty minutes and 12 band-aids later, she was in her carrier. I finally just wrapped a towel around her really tight so she couldn't swipe at me. I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place. I got my budgie in her carrier, and the hamster in his. I love my animals with all my heart and there's no way I could just leave them. I guess that's a big part of why I'm so obsessive about watching the news now when the weather starts to get bad. When it was just me, I didn't care.
I got the cats in the closet. Right after that, I heard hail hitting the window so I went ahead and grabbed the bird and my hamster and hung out with all four of them in the closet. Oh yeah, and I prayed. A lot. I hate tornado weather, and it makes it worse for me when there's hail. I don't panic, but I'm really big on being prepared, because I couldn't stand it if something happened and someone (human or animal) got hurt because we weren't prepared. The cats hissed at eachother and the hamster and the bird squeaked and squawked at eachother the whole time, but we came out fine.
I didn't even lose my trashcans!!! Skeptics would say that's because I always forget to take them to the curb and by the time I remember on the right day they're so weighted down with trash that NOTHING could move them...if they had gotten blown over, I would have had a huge mess in my yard and my neighbor's yard, and that would not have been pleasant. I just thank God that I'm ok, the rest of my gang is ok, and everything that was in my yard before the weather got bad is still there.
All we have now is some bad flooding, and I'm still trying to get ahold of my boyfriend to tell him not to drive back tonight. I'm sure I will though. He's really good about checking the messages on his cell phone, although he's not that good at leaving his cell phone ON so people can get in touch with him the first time they call about something important. Oh well...I'm just so happy and so busy thanking God that we are all okay. This is the first time I've gone through a bad storm since I moved out of my mom's house, and I was worried about getting the animals ready in time. Those guys and gals are my babies and if anything happened to them I would be devastated. I should have known better than to worry though. God took great care of us, just like He always does.
