Stormy nights

Down here in Arkansas (over yonder...), we're used to a little severe weather here and there during springtime. There are usually a few tornadoes and some scary nights. But this spring is just ridiculous. There's been extremely severe weather for the past three weeks in a row, at least two or more nights a week. I'm sick of it!

I also haven't been getting a lot of sleep during these storms because, of course, almost every single one has occurred in the middle of the night. It's not necessarily because of the storms that I'm not getting any sleep (unless the sirens start howling, then we take cover) but because Harley is a nervous wreck during them. And where do you think Harley runs to for safety when he's getting anxious about the weather? That's right, straight to my room where he needs me to tell him it's going to be all right. In a way, it makes me feel good. After all, he is like my furry child and I love him to death. But, as I said, I don't get very much sleep.

There is going to be another wave of severe, probably tornadic, weather coming into the region tonight and is going to be a threat over the next two days. Wonderful. The weather man is saying it could be the worst we've seen yet. In all the years we've lived in this area, the really bad stuff usually misses us. *knocks on wood* I'm not feeling terribly concerned yet but that doesn't mean we're always going to be in the clear.

Let's hope mother nature is in a good mood.