I Thought I Was Going To Die....

I went to ride Ariel today. Storms were building up and I could hear it thundering. Nella and Sharon came out a few times and told me that the storms were going to miss us so I didn't worry about it. You know how animals can tell if there's a bad storm coming or that something bad is going to happen? Yeah, Ariel tried to tell me but I ignored her. She tried bucking me off for the first time in the six years that I've owned her. I got on to her for it and 15 minutes later I took her to the barn to groom.

As soon as I set the brush down to take her back to her pasture it started pouring. Not a puny pour but an all out "I'm a freaking flood!" pour. "Yes, yes, of course! Why not?" I exclaimed to Ariel. "Maybe we can run to your pasture and..." then it began to hail. Okay, the bad thing about this entire situation was that the roof of the barn is made of tin, therefore, it was extremely loud, and when the wind blew it sounded as though the whole building were going to take flight.

Now at this point, if you know me well enough, I was having a freaking spazz attack. I'm scared senseless of severe or bad storms. I thought that any second a tornado was going to come down and swipe the barn from the face of the planet. I took Ariel to her stall and then grabbed the two orange kittens before going into the boarder tack room where it was much quieter. I texted Vulpecula and then went out of the boarder room witnessing lightening strike the electrical pole in one of the pastures. "I'm going to die!" I said aloud before checking on Ariel who was wide-eyed and tense. I tossed her some hay which calmed her down and got her mind off the weather.

When it finally settled down I decided to put my helmet on and dash for my truck before it started up again. Right when I was about to run I saw Nella and Sharan speed by in her van. I jogged after them knowing that something was up. Then I saw it.....my truck windows were down. I ALWAYS unroll them because my air doesn't work very well and it gets hot in my truck. Needless to say, it wouldn't have mattered if I had remembered beforehand because it had been hailing. "Dang it! Dang it, dang it, dang it!" I yelled throwing my things into the truck and continuing my jog after Sharon and Nella.

I reached them and discovered what the problem was. The wind had destroyed the water tank. They now have no water out there. Not until someone can come out and fix it that is. They're going to call someone tomorrow.

I got in my truck, determined to drive home, only to discover that my windows were fogged up. I had to wait five minutes and then I had to wipe the water off from the INSIDE of the window so that I could see out. XD It was quite funny.

There was also two humming birds trapped in the barn. They couldn't figure out that in order to get out they had to fly down and through the doors. Silly birds.

Anyway, it was quite an exciting first day back home. I just hope that it isn't so eventful tomorrow. The seat covers for my truck are currently in the dryer. Heh...