Summer Storms

Well, our plans for last night were to go home, eat swiss cheese fondue and watch a movie. Everything was going according to plan, the movie was started and the fondue was awesome. But then it started storming. A good summer storm, too, with lots of lightning and thunder. Which, of course, made the dog lose her mind! I actually thought she was going to come through the sliding glass door a couple of times! When we finished eating we brought her in and let her sit on her rug while we continued our movie. Not too long after that, however, and everything died. No power at all... it came back on, then immediately went back off again. So we decided to sit on the porch and watch the storm for awhile. There was some pretty amazing lightning, so it was interesting to watch, and some of our neighbors were driving by and stopped to talk (they were driving because they wanted to listen to the Daniel Boone World Series baseball game), but eventually it got dark outside and in, so we had to find something else to do. We hunted all over the house and lit every candle we could find and brought them all downstairs. Not sure what to do, we decided to try to play a board game. Our choices were limited, since most of our games require either a large group (Imaginiff, Catch Phrase, Cranium) or power (Scene It) but we decided to break out Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit. And, despite the fact that I got my cheese totally kicked by Josh, we had a really great time. The power even came back on before we were finished, but we kept playing by candlelight anyway. So a messed up evening became one of the most fun and relaxing ones we've had in a long time! Funny how things work that way... Unfortunately, I haven't looked outside yet, but I get the feeling our backyard has become a mud volleyball court, and our dog has been replaced by a mudball with legs... oh well, we needed the rain!