As I have talked to some of you in the past the type of rain storms that happen down here are nothing like back home. When it rains…..IT RAINS. It is the kind of rain that we might see once or twice up north each season. There is no such thing as an all day soaking kind of rain.
Well along with the rain the lightning seems to also be a little more intense. Last night a storm rolled through around 10PM and came with some loud BOOMS!!! I was watching the news this morning and 4 homes in my county were struck by lightning from this storm. WOW that is a lot for a 30 minute storm. A week ago another nasty storm rolled through and that was one of the first times I was nervous about a storm when I was indoors.
I am surronded by a lot of trees and I have this fear of living in an apartment of something happening to another unit that spreads to mine. There had to be as many as 12-14 crashes that I swear hit with 100 yards of my place. Each time dozens of car alarms sounded. But just as fast as they come into town, they leave.
This might help decided on buying a ranch instead of a colonial!!!!!! Stay closer to the ground.
July 26th, 2007
Well I came to realize something while I was on my last visit home to Michigan this past week. I thought I was well on my way to getting over the heartache of moving out of our Michigan home and relocating in Georgia. But as we had what will most likely be our last big party at our Michigan house (Braylen’s B-Day) I had this sick type feeling in my stomach about our house. What I came to understand is that I wasn’t really getting over the move but that I had this false security with Jodi and Braylen still calling Michigan home. Of course I still have a empty feeling about not being close to the family but I thought I was getting over the house move.
Something else that has started to become a big problem for me in Georgia. I CAN’T GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP!!!!! I have always had a rough time with sleep on Sunday nights due to thinking about the upcoming work week. But over the past month or so I find myself more and more struggling to get a good night sleep. It will take me some nights about 2-3 hours to fall asleep. Usually I can fall asleep in about 15 minutes but not now. I find myself just having my mind wander about work, the whole Georgia situation, and of course my family back home. Yesterday I got up early went to church, headed into work for a few hours. I then went home for a little bit and thought that I needed to keep busy so I wouldn’t get down about not being home. So I went to the local Par 3 golf course and played a round after sitting out a 30 minute Georgia downpour. When I got back to the apartment I had some dinner, cleaned up the apartment, and talked to Jodi until about 9:15PM. I went to bed around 10PM and tossed and turned for 2 hours. I finally got out of bed and tried reading a book for about 30 minutes. I still had no luck falling asleep and got up again and watched some TV. Well as it turned out I tried one more time to fall asleep and was no successful. So as of 7:00AM this morning, I have not had any sleep since Sunday morning at 6:00AM.
Its going to be a long day today.
July 16th, 2007