It all started on Friday after work...
About a week ago I finally went ahead and bought a new pair of workout sneakers. I had found a pair I thought would be really great and looked cute too. Unfortunately they only had them in an 8.5 size, and most of the sneakers I tried on were most comfortable in a 9. Somehow I talked myself into thinking that the smaller size would fit me. When I got them home that day I wore them around the house and realized they were too tight. Dang. Our store in town did not get my size on their shipment this week, so I thought it would be a good idea to see if any other stores along the way to the in-laws place would have them as we would be headed there for Easter weekend. No one did, except the store in Jefferson City, MO (which is about 30 min south of Columbia, and not on the way to the in-laws at all).
Anyways, back to Friday. I decided it would be a good idea to run down to Jefferson City after work to get these shoes. Then rush back to Columbia to pack up real quick and head out to the in-laws for Easter. Getting to the store, things went great. I made great timing, they were already reserved for me, and I was out of there quick. However when I got just north of Jefferson City, my boss sent me a text that said, "I really hope you are close to home. There is a tornado headed straight toward Ashland." I was driving straight toward Ashland with no where to stop along the way. The clouds started to look scary and I was getting a little freaked out. I called the hubby to calm me down and that is when I started raining, and then hailing. Finally I had to pull off to the side of the road with all the other cars, and the hail just kept pelting my car. It cracked my windshield and put dents on the top of my car.
So these are the cute shoes I got:
And this is the crack in my windshield (which has since gotten bigger over the weekend):
Was it worth it? I am not sure. $250 deductible will fix the windshield and the dents on my car, but the shoes were only $60.
But the story doesn't end here.
Once I got home we had to make the decision on whether to go to southern Illinois that night or wait until the morning. We saw the weather report and there didn't seem to be any more weather coming behind us, so we packed up and left about 7pm.
We didn't take into account the weather in southern Missouri that was moving up and over, instead of over. What ended up happening was we caught up with the weather just outside of St. Louis. We heard on the radio and from the in-laws about the tornado warnings, and I insisted we get off the highway at Lake St. Louis, about 25 minutes from the STL airport. If you have seen the news at all recently, you would know that the tornado actually touched down at the airport.
Lucky for us that we stopped or we would have probably driven right through when the tornado hit. After waiting 45 minutes for the warnings to lift, we headed out on I-70 which was our best option since 270 was closed both ways. It wasn't long before we hit traffic. We barely moved for 3 hours. It took us that long to go about 5 miles at which point they were re-routing people off of I-70. We managed to find an alternate route there, arriving at 1:45 (6 hours and 45 minutes for a trip that normally takes 3 hours).
The rest of the weekend was a bit less eventful, but still full of flood warnings. Easter managed to stay nice enough for us to get out and enjoy service at the in-laws church and a little visiting before we took off with the threat of more thunderstorms headed that direction.
I am so over this crazy weather!
Happy Monday and have a great week.
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