An actual tornado hit the area. Sorta. It hit Maryland, and areas around ours got blasted pretty hard. Power was out for a while, as close as Manassas. It made the news a little spicier that evening. One death - that was very sad.

I happened to be in the McDonald's parking lot when it came by here. EV and Jeffrey had just had doctors appointments. EV was supposed to get a shot, but it ended up being postponed. We went to get a McDonald's sunday anyhow. And as we sat in the parking lot eating our treats, my friend Kelly came by. We were talking there in the parking lot when the sky got quite suddenly very dark. And the wind was getting started and you could tell the rain was just about to pour. So Kelly fled back to her car. It was all very sudden. The trees were blowing all over the place. As I went to drive out, a realized half an old tree had broken off and was blocking my retreat. So I turned around to leave the other way and discovered 2 more huge limbs had come down on and around a couple more cars, parked not far from me. So glad I wasn't parked under a tree.

I skipped my other errand and headed straight home. The rain had already made huge puddles on the road. It was just crazy weather. But I still didn't think too much of it. It was soon discovered that our neighbors tree had blown over - very tall one.

The kids at school had only minimal excitement. Kayleigh's class is a trailer. All the trailer classes had to come in the building. But her class was already in the building for some other reason. So they didn't even know about the storm. Except they couldn't get back to their trailer for their backpacks. And I guess they dismissed the school just a little late, waiting for the storm to settle down some.

Then Chad came home with information about bad weather all over. And tornado warnings. My Dad didn't believe him, so we turned on the TV and watched all the footage about our crazy weather that day. Which continued some into the night.

Watching the news is not healthy for my family. Or at least it wasn't that night. B/c I decided to make a trip to Costco that evening with Chad, leaving the kids with my folks. My Dad called me while I was in the store - "Your daughter, Kayleigh, is a bit upset." She was crying and thought we were out in a tornado. She'd heard some more news about more tornado warnings and was sure we were doomed.

The next day, we learned that areas around here were without power. Even my doctor didn't have power a couple days later, which he happened to mention at my appointment.