Quite A Saturday!

It all started off normal enough, Thing 2 and my mom had planned to buy some flowers and plant them. Thing 2 had a spot all cleared out in the back yard and was ready for some plant life.

So they go to the place where they grow plants and pick out some really nice ones. They get that done and it looks really really good. It is impressive looking and will be amazing when they start growing. They decide to go back for mulch and I head off to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the draft with friends.

Skate and I play trivia until Jdub shows up. We did pretty good! I got two top ten scores for April in Countdown! The draft comes on and I'm two mojitos in and feeling good. Jdub arrives and orders a Tuaca and Red Bull. To start they misunderstand and get his order wrong and repeat back to him vodka and Red Bull. Jdub didn't catch it so I mentioned to him what I heard her say. He corrects her and she asks if he wants ice to which he says no.

With the order straightened out they now bring him a shot of Tuaca. No Red Bull. He repeats his order to her patiently. She then brings him a can of Red Bull....no glass to put the shot of Tuaca in. So she takes the can back and brings him a full glass of Red Bull and ice....frustrated Jdub now considers complaining or not. So he digs out some of the unordered ice and drops his Tuaca into the Red Bull. He does a great job of restraining himself as his order was screwed up three times now.

So we play trivia and watch the draft and all is good. Jdub then tries to order a Tanqueray and tonic which the waitress can't even pronounce and tells Jdub she will go to the bar and ask if they can make it...and so it went.

The first round of the draft comes to a close and I order The Date some wings to go and take them to her while at work. I head home and see Thing 2's new garden which she is very proud of. Everything goes well until the tornadic storms hit that evening.

Naturally around ten they roll in and sirens go off. The storm sirens go off and my weather radio goes off every couple of minutes with updates. They report a tornado on the ground North of us but since it is dark they have a hard time spotting it. It is headed away from us though. We are safe and we all go to bed.

Then the sirens go off again about two am. We get up and go turn on the tv. Another storm with tornadic activity has taken the exact same path! This time a tornado has hit the Expo Center. Well it might have been the first tornado. I'm not sure but the Expo Center is torn up now. The Date got a call this morning saying she doesn't have to work the show again today because it is canceled due to damage.

We are safe though. The garden is in perfect shape and the flowers that were starting to wilt yesterday are strong and growing!