Just trying to stay awake

I'm. just. trying. to. stay. awake!

Ugh, last night I went to bed in plenty of time to have a good night's sleep and get up early and teach today.  Before I went to bed I learned that terrible storms were going to hit today.  Storms from Georgia to Ohio with the worst hitting in middle TN and KY.  Weather.com said from 1-10 the tornadic activity was a 9. That made for a rough night.  I tossed and turned and could not sleep well at all.

Today when we got to school, they told us that they are closing at 11:30.  So I only had to teach one class today.  I'm not sure that I mentioned on here that I am taking over the rest of the year for a friend who moved to Georgia.  Today was my first day.  It went well, but the class was longer than I expected.  I need to have more planned for next time.

Many schools around town closed early.  Most banks and many businesses shut down early as well.

We got home and prepared our safe place.

We were very lucky.

All we got was 2 minutes of pouring rain.

But my friends on Facebook have other stories.

People were reporting pancake sized hail.

Friends showed pictures of hail the size of their palms.

Many were stuck in places other than home.

2 cars that I know of had cracked windshields and hail damage. One family was in their car.

There were at least 3 pictures of tornadoes around town.

On TV they reported seeing a tornado at Hickory Hollow- which is in the town I live. My friend about 5 miles from me had lots of hail.

I prayed a hedge of protection around us and I believe it went completely around our house.

Also tonight I have learned of a young boy from our church was in a bad car accident.  He goes to Harding and was life lighted to a hospital in Texas.  He is having emergency surgery now.  His parents are trying to make it there from TN, during all these storms.  Please pray for this family.  His name is Ty Osman.

I am emotionally and physically tired.  I am attempting to do anything to stay awake until a decent time to go to bed.  If I go to bed now I will wake up at 3AM.

Oh crud, I just thought of something.  Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month.  If Ashley remembers she will hound me in the morning about going to Home Depot.  

Maybe I should go to bed now.