Thunderous

We've had a lot of rain lately, but the thunderstorm the other day was the first one in awhile. Molly started dithering around 6, refusing to eat, went out but then booked for the house the first opportunity she got. After that she insisted on being a 1/4 inch from me at all times which resulted in my tripping over 4 million million times til I yelled at her. This did nothing, she left and then came back, I just sighed and went to sit down. I know when I lived in NY we had storms but when you get to the Midwest they take on a whole life of their own. All those wide, open places, the mountains - it does not not thunder and lighting. It roars and slams, the entire sky lights up - you can feel it in your bones.

Molly was in panic mode by now, panting and trying to hide, in the closet, out of the closet, under the end table, underfoot. There's noting you can do, I finally got her up on the couch with me, shaking and panting. As annoying as it can be, it's hard not to feel sorry for her.  Soon the rain started, falling hard, then falling in sheets, the trees whipping, branches tearing off of trees and shattering on the road. We were actually a bit curious at this point - David had put the french drains in the basement a couple of months ago and even though it's rained since then - this was not just rain. We had a stream filling the driveway and pouring into the run off ditches on the side of the road. And then.....the lights went out around 9. 

This was very unexpected and.....hmm.  We packed all the emergency candles,didn't we? We found two tiny flashlights and opened the windows a crack - by that time the rain had died down and the thunder was far in the distance, Molly calming. We both got our ereaders and read, passing the time quite pleasantly - not a big since we do this most nights anyhow. Of course the lights came back on around 2am - the TV blaring, the kitchen and living room lit up - blessed airconditioning up and running. The morning was humid and sunny though, we had some large branches but no trees feel. And the basement?  Bone dry!!