Waiting for Eta TS/Hurricane Day, PM

Finally is is AFTERNOON cont from yesterday....

Is it 3 pm yet? can I have my afternoon snack??

I receive text from son that he is tying down the boats at the yacht club, 

Mom any update on the storm?

I send him news, warnings, photos of radar

Decide to take a nap, after all it is 12:30 PM

Lay down with my Kindle to read, and just as my eyes are heavy and I start to doze

woooooooooooooo woooooooooo wooooooooooooo woooooooooo

what the heck is that?

I run in the living room and Beau is standing wild eyed like what IS THAT?

WHAT is that?

It is the weather radio 

The one I purchased In April, during the Virus Shutdown, when I was battling HUNGER from boredom and purchased it from Amazon for JUST IN CASE.

. It has been sitting on the  sofa side table since then, charging its batteries with light from the window.

Never Used.

I Had how to use, or  what it would or could do.

I picked up the shrieking radio, pushed Band and it went to country music for a split second, and 

started to make a different loud noise.

LOUD NOISE

then a loud voice says

Tornados on the ground near your location

WHAT!??

I flip the TV from the dratted political news, to the local weather and

for the rest of the afternoon, we had 6 tornadoes.

6 on the ground, 2 in Sarasota, 4 in Bradenton.

(don't get excited! tornados here are not like the big ones out west, they are fast and quick whirling devils of rain and wind, moving fast and gone)

we had one of them hit our yard and house in Sept of 2001, Gabrielle took down our giant tree and our fence and ripped the facia off the house. it only hit the back yards of 7 houses, that is how they are here. water spouts but scary.

Each time a new one popped up, the radio went off, the TV went off, My cell phone went off and the home phone rang with a warning to take cover.

all saying the same thing.

It was an all day woooooooooooooooooo wooooooooooooo 

and between alarms and woooo wooos I snacked!

The Good news is! that is all we got, 7 and 1/2 inches of rain, some wind and a lot of wooo woos!

for that I am thankful,

we lost a dead tree and got a lot of debri in the pool.

and a day that felt like 3 days not one.

Under the heading of good news, I figured out my cell takes panorama photos!

inside the house AND in the car waiting for the garage door to go down...

Am I thankful for the Eta weight gain?

But I am thankful for playtime on the cell phone

Waiting for Eta TS/Hurricane Day, AM

We were waiting for Eta, to choose her ETA!

Waiting for the TS/hurricane, all the day.

 It rained and rained and blew and blew,

I had no idea what I wanted to do...

Have I lost my mind?

Wed was The day we waited on Hurricane ETA to decide to give us her ETA and quit stomping around in the Gulf,    

All .I. Wanted. To .Do.  was  EAT.... 

5 AM, I received a text from my Son Dan," Damn hurricane! I have to go in now and do storm prep"

I answer" stay safe" and we go to YMCA at 5:30, home at 6:30

and 

we ate

2 egg w/toast for breakfast at 7 am (260 calories)

played on phone, the rain fell

walked Beau in the rain, 

played on phone. the wind howled

 

9 AM  I am looking for food,

made new avatars, the wind howled and the rain fell

 the rain came down, and down

made more avatars on phone

 the wind blew,

ate 4 grapes

Uploaded avatars to blog

ate another  4 grapes.

completed comments on your posts

answered all emails

watched the storm coverage

listened to Bob watching political crap

had 3 peanuts, yes I count them

Finally, must be lunchtime.

 it was 10 AM

I wanted Carbs, I wanted bread, I wanted anything that was not healthy.

Finally I gave in and I ATE POTATO CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

With a Burger on a Bun at NOON.

The storm will not be here until 7 or 8 PM........ arrrhhhhh

TO Be Continued..............