those are the sounds I heard out side my house about 12:15 am this morning. First, I saw this huge white flash... thought it was lightening since it was raining, windy and such but then as I heard more explosions and our power went off, I realized it was much more than that. I called Tim downstairs (he was actually already on his way) as I peered out the front door to my neighbors house where I could see the eerie glow of a large tree laying on the power lines in their front year. As I stood and watched, I noticed it wasn't just a normal glow, but the tree was actually catching fire b/c of the electric flowing through. I called 911 and reported and though I live literally houses down from the fire station, it still seemed to take forever for them to come. Not long after the police came (they arrived first) there was another HUGE blast, with sparks and zapping sounds and then an eerie silence as more of our street plunged into darkness.
Needless to say, we had little sleep last nite. Between the howling wind, driving rain, flashing lights from the fire trucks that were outside our house, and a child that was woken up and scared beyond belief... it was a long long long nite. Our power was off until this morning and the tree still lays blocking a bit of the road and entangled in some of the lines from last nite.
In other news, I received a nerve-wracking phone call this afternoon from my OBGYN office. I guess during my last routine exam, they found rare cell changes and want me to come back for a retest in March. They said that they weren't precancerous, cancerous or HPV but didn't give me any other information. I, of course, am panicking but there isnt much I can do. Of course I have been doing tons of research, but without knowing or understanding it all... it still freaks me out. I guess the worst part for me right now is... we had been hoping to conceive our third and most likely final child in or around March and I am now wondering if this finding will have to quell those plans. We had actually talked about trying earlier (like as in last year) but things never seemed right, so we waited. I don't know what to think... I am always healthy, never have had any issues and now this :( I am scared, frustrated, and just want to fast forward to March to have questions answered.
Needless to say, we had little sleep last nite. Between the howling wind, driving rain, flashing lights from the fire trucks that were outside our house, and a child that was woken up and scared beyond belief... it was a long long long nite. Our power was off until this morning and the tree still lays blocking a bit of the road and entangled in some of the lines from last nite.
In other news, I received a nerve-wracking phone call this afternoon from my OBGYN office. I guess during my last routine exam, they found rare cell changes and want me to come back for a retest in March. They said that they weren't precancerous, cancerous or HPV but didn't give me any other information. I, of course, am panicking but there isnt much I can do. Of course I have been doing tons of research, but without knowing or understanding it all... it still freaks me out. I guess the worst part for me right now is... we had been hoping to conceive our third and most likely final child in or around March and I am now wondering if this finding will have to quell those plans. We had actually talked about trying earlier (like as in last year) but things never seemed right, so we waited. I don't know what to think... I am always healthy, never have had any issues and now this :( I am scared, frustrated, and just want to fast forward to March to have questions answered.
3:41 PM
Jen
Keep your Faith. I have a feeling things are fine. My prayers are with you and Tim and the hopes that MArch brings you good news.
keep us posted on things.
7:53 AM
well, if you don't have to go back until march, it is obviously not something terrible! keep your chin up! :)