Happy 16th Birthday to me!

My birthday started at 7:10am, when I kinda half woke up, looked at my watch, and decided to sleep in for a while longer. Five/ten minutes later the phone rang. Chana got it and gave it to Mummy (who was asleep), then Mummy passed it on to me. It was Auntie Beth, ringing from NZ to wish me a happy birthday. After that most of us went back to sleep for a while. Then I had a coffee and took Sparkie for a walk before we all sat on the family bed for presents.

Because we are in a small country town at the moment, I only got three small presents, but Mummy’s going to get me something else when we get to a bigger town.

 

It was stinking hot day, until about 2pm when a storm appeared on the horizon. There was a warning out for hail, strong wind, and heavy rain. We heard some thunder and the clouds were getting really dark so Jessica and me decided to take the dogs out before the storm hit. About ten minutes into the walk there was really loud crack of thunder, the lightning was getting close, and we could see the clouds moving in fast. So we abandoned the walk and headed home. Just before we reached the bus there was another rumble and the wind picked up. I yelled at Chantel to pack up her toys and Jessica quickly started to help. We were about to bring down the awning when the wind started blowing even stronger. Mummy yelled at me to grab a pole holding the awning up, but the wind was blowing bits of grass and dust into my face so I couldn’t see. Eventually I covered my eyes with my arm and grabbed the edge of the awning. Mummy started dropping the poles and then the wind caught the awning, nearly ripping it out of my hand. I had to forget trying to protect my eyes and use both hands to hold it. Jessica grabbed one side as I dropped my pole. The rain started just then and the wind drove it into our faces. Daddy unhooked the awning from the side of the bus and we were yelling at each other over the wind and flapping of the tarpie. We dragged the tarpie inside, and just as we were nearly in the door there was a crack and a fizzing sound. I saw sparks flying off a power box as thunder rumbled around us. Finally we were all inside, and Jessica’s saying how scary it all was. I’m just glad we got home when we did!

After running the dogs and playing in the cool of the evening, Jessica decorated my cake and we all sat down for dinner.

Somebody had the silly idea to get me relighting candles – I blew them all out, looked away, then looked back and several had relit themselves! I think it was Chana’s idea. But anyway, it was funny.