Anyone else in VA getting these gusts? This is even more wind than a few weeks ago when I was in the Costco parking lot and the take 'n bake pizza was tossed 10 ft. in the air from my shopping cart.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Surprise!
Spencer woke up this morning to a little surprise. Mom and Dad were sleeping in HIS room. That's right; we've gone back to our old ways. About 4AM FEROCIOUS winds started to blow the trees (big ones) behind the house so that even the thickest oaks were visibly swaying. Being career basement dwellers for the majority of our married lives, we are unaccustomed to hearing the effects of windy nights and wondering whether the siding will survive. There was no way I was going to sleep. I checked on the kids, wanting to make sure they were okay, and the noise was much less violent at the front of the house. You couldn't even hear it in Emma's room (due in part to the white noise from her humidifier). Realizing that I could be close to my kids and further from the trees by moving to one of the front rooms, I quickly convinced Adam to move the mattress from the guest room into Spencer's room where we slept very soundly...until Emma woke up at 6 AM with her usual plea, "Eat! Eat!"
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Benjamin ended up in our room for the same exact reason. I tried being in his room to help him sleep until I realized there was no way to go to sleep with the wind being so loud. So I gave up in favor of some sleep.
Charlottesville is ridiculously windy right now, too. I see the University's BIG garbage cans rolling down the streets like so much litter.
ten feet, really.... there ought to be some kind of contest for that stuff..... that is crazy!
The winds are always really bad at our house too. It has kind of become white noise for us here. They were extra bad the last week though. We lost shingles and everything this time.
Loved the story of losing your pizza.
Congrats on your new home guys! We are so excited for you! Buying a home in Northern Virginia is no small thing :). I'm glad to know Saratoga Springs is not the only windy place out there. Only difference is we have wind constantly, you guys make a blog entrance when it happens :)
Miss you!
Rafa & Co.
Hey Marie! I found ya! I'm linking you to ours...I remember how windy it was that night. By the way, Spencer is a CUTIE!
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