See, I’m Not Always Irrational
Real severe thunderstorms rolled through our area last night. They were in fact so severe that when we woke up in the morning, we had huge tree branches all over our yard. Fallen trees also lined our streets that many of them had to be blocked, forcing us to take several detours on our way to the diner this morning. Oh, and the storms knocked out our power - we had no electricity from 7p last night to 7p tonight.
Anyway, the lightning last night was the worst I’d seen in a while. One actually hit a pine tree that’s right in front of our yard and it sent pieces of wood as far as at least 100 feet. A horse from a neighboring farm was also sadly hit and died :(. I’m wondering why it was even out in a storm like that.
So, when all the lightning was going on, I locked myself in the spare bedroom with all the blinds down and a comforter over my head. Melvin and Avery were out on the porch playing.
I KNOW!
I was sooooo freaking out because it was really bad out there, and I kept yelling for Melvin to bring Avery inside. Of course, he just kept telling me that they were fine and that Avery was having fun. Yes, he was having a lot of fun. But would he let Avery play in the middle of a highway just because he’s having fun? How about a loaded gun? Would he let Avery play with that too just because he’s having fun?
Yes, I KNOW!
I really, really wanted to go out there and just snatch Avery and bring him inside. But aside from my stupid phobia, I also didn’t want to undermine Melvin.
Well, this morning as I told this story to our neighbor, Deb, she was just like, “Whaaat?” And Deb is not one to be rattled by mother nature’s fury easily. She’s been through some pretty rough weather and even she could not believe that Melvin was out there with Avery in the middle of the storm.
Now, to Melvin’s credit, I don’t think he had any idea just how severe the weather was. And really when they were out on the porch, the storm had just started so the lightning wasn’t too, too bad. I know he wouldn’t put Avery in harm’s way and after realizing that his action was probably not the safest thing he could’ve done, he felt really terrible and has promised to not allow Avery outside again during a thunderstorm.