Tonight was supposed to be everyone's first soccer practice. I was running around like a crazy person today getting everything done that needed to be done. After getting the kids from school, we started the mad dash of getting unpacked, homework, snack, changed for practice etc.... in order to get everyone ready and The Boy out the door first around 4:40. The Princess went outside and came back in to report that it was "getting windy and she heard thunder". "No you didn't" I responded. "And it's not windy. It was just hot out there. It's fine." I do not claim to be a weather person, but we had just gotten home about 10 minutes prior to this report and it was neither windy nor thundering at that time. So I hurried everyone along, My Wonderful Husband (aka The Coach) came home from work and got ready, and he and The Boy left for practice. I left shortly after with The Bear and The Princess and made a quick stop at the store for dog food before heading over to the park. On our way to the park, I began to see very dark skies and lightening. Storm Fields, otherwise known as my daughter, reported from the backseat that it looked like rain, she DID hear thunder, and now she saw lightning. She also chose this moment to inform me that she was watching the news today and it said 30% chance of rain, possibly severe thunderstorms. I kept my mouth shut at this news although I wondered why she didn't share this information earlier. We were only minutes from the park at this point so I figured we shouldn't turn around since The Boy and The Coach were already there and I wasn't sure if this storm was going to pass. Within a minute of that decision, I get a call from The Coach telling me that he sent the k-1 team home since there was lightening. So, I see. Now to decide if this storm would pass in time for the 2-3 team to practice. We quickly figured out that was not going to happen. We called parents, canceled practice and got the heck out of the park just as the heavens opened, the rain poured in buckets, the sky lit up, and the thunder rolled! This turned into some storm - our front lawn was more flooded than after a day of rain. The kids were disappointed to miss their practice and I was just plain exhausted from all of my running around that turned out to be in vain. Luckily, I had found time to get dinner ready before we left, so at least we were able to come home and have a nice warm dinner while the storm raged outside and the lights went out a few times. What a day!
No comments:
Post a Comment