Late last night a tornado warning was announced for our county. This is the second tornado warning we've had in just over a year. I remember going upstairs last summer to get a sleeping Henry out of his crib and bringing him down to the first floor in case we had to make a run for the basement. Yesterday's warning was not quite as bad as last year's, but only because the storm cell itself was concentrated on such a small area that they were able to tell us which towns were in the thick of it at a given time. Given that information, I was able to restrain myself from grabbing my kid out of a dead sleep so we could cower together in the basement with the spiders. This also means that I was glued to the t.v. in case it made a beeline for our town. I was concentrating so hard on both the news and listening for the tell-tale freight train sound, that once, when our dishwasher started back up with a squeal after falling briefly silent at the end of a cycle, I nearly pooped my pants. And where was Dave for all of this? Why, he was out on the front stoop eating popcorn of course. My only consolation was knowing that most likely Megan's husband was also freaking out across town. Also, now that I have looked death in the face (not really, but, you know) I have come to the conclusion I do not want to die in Pennsylvania. Of all places. If I'm going to die young, I ask that Death do me the courtesy of waiting until I'm on vacation, or at least waiting until I'm anywhere else but here.
In other far more exciting news, earlier this summer I convinced Megan and Phoebe to take belly dancing lessons with me. They start tonight.
I'll wait for you to stop laughing before I go on.
There is currently much fretting about what to wear and who the teacher is and who else is going to be in the class. The beauty of small town living is the complete lack of anonymity. Chances are good we'll be shaking our bellies with a bunch of people we know and would never in a million years choose to jiggle with. And there will be jiggling, because I will be there.