Stupid Lightning

Yep, we got struck by lightning. Nope, I don't think we did anything bad (it was just nature, I hope).

I feel very fortunate that our house didn't burn down.

Here's what happened:

Big loud crash and flash of light. I am making the bed and both Coop and Evan are hanging out waiting for me to finish so they can mess it all up. I scream and drop to the floor, covering my head with a pillow.

I left my two beautiful, sweet, defenseless children standing there, staring at their mother who was scared shitless and didn't do a damn thing to protect them!

Evan stuck out her bottom lip and I thought she would cry, but she didn't. Coop got this "what the hell was that" look on his face, and then smiled. I guess he was smiling at his crazy mother. Blake was standing by the window and saw it hit. I don't know if he screamed or not. He would never admit it and I couldn't have heard over my own scream.

It hit the ancient TV antenna behind the garage. Blake had just wired it to the stereo in the garage so he could drink beer out there this summer and pick up the radio stations from both Des Moines and KC. (Remember, we live in the sticks. Out here, all you get are country radio stations. Sometimes we need a little rock and roll.)

No worries now, not only is there no longer a stereo, the lightning also zapped all three TV's, one DVD player, both garage door openers, the hot water heater, the telephones and answering machine, the modem/wireless router, my under cabinet lights in the kitchen, and we're still finding other things that it screwed up.

The guy from the phone company came out on Monday to fix the phone lines and the modem and he said the line was burnt in two in two places. There was also a black mark along the rafters in the basement where it burned. Like I said, I feel very fortunate that our house didn't burn down.

I had to make a quick run to Wal-Mart. Do you know what its like to have a 2 year old and no TV? Drama. Cooper did not understand why he couldn't watch Scooby Doo. (BTW, I didn't miss Scooby Doo a bit.)

So, we have two new flat screen TV's, one more to go. Also have a new water heater. Going to get the other TV, the DVD player, and the garage door openers this weekend.

Stuff can be replaced. Glad we have insurance. Most of all, glad my house is still intact and my family is safe.