This morning started off the same except I was excited that Gina and I were driving to our house in Louisiana this evening. I think it’s been five weeks since we had been there. I got another ride into work and Gina kept the car so she could get it packed up since she would be spending the week there. She has doctor’s appointments this week.
She called me at lunch time and said she was going shopping for a comforter set for Thomas’ bedroom. I said ok but do not forget about picking me up today from work. At 3 o’clock the sky turned dark and guys in the office were talking about tornado warnings being issued and then we got told that we could leave early to beat the severe weather before it got to Houston. I called Gina and she was stranded at Steinmart since in her words it was raining cats and dogs and the store had lost power. I told her to just stay there until the weather improved and that I would get a friend to drop me off at home. I left work at 4 o’clock and the weather was bad it took 45 minutes to get home compared to 20 minutes normally. Then Gina called and said that she was leaving and would be home in a few minutes. She did find a comforter for Thomas’ room along with some other items. I didn’t inquire about the other items since I wanted to discuss our drive to Louisiana. So we sat down after she got inside and we turned on the local weather which showed thunderstorms and tornado warnings all the way from Houston to Missisippi. Being that it was a little after 5 o’clock and we would be driving in bad weather the whole way we decided to play it safe and just wait until tomorrow morning to drive home and allow these storms pass through. After we made that decision we looked outside and the weather seemed to be getting very nice in Houston and by 6 o’clock the sun was shining through the clouds. We were both hungry but didn’t plan on being in Houston tonight but we always have something we can eat. So we decided to grill the chicken that we took out of the freezer yesterday. We had grilled chicken with a baked sweet potato. It was a tasty for a quick throw together meal.
After we ate I noticed that the blackwater tank was full so I went outside and opened the valve to empty it. For whatever reason Gina and I were not tired tonight maybe we just had too much adrenaline flowing through our body since we had been so excited about going to our house in Louisiana. We had stayed up watching TV until after 11 o’clock even though we both knew we had to get up at 3:30 in the morning for our trip to Louisiana. Finally, around 11:45 we got in bed and said goodnight to each other.
Even though we did not drive back to Louisiana today, it was still a wonderful day. Neither Gina nor I are looking forward to next week since I’ll be in Houston and she will be in Louisiana. She’s dreading her doctor’s appointments and I do not want to be in Houston by myself since I have gotten so used to her being with me every day. But we both know Thursday will be here very quickly and it’s only four days and it sure beats six to eight months when I was riding ships in the Navy.
Until tomorrow Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed us with.
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