DFW Weather makes a not so happy night

The weather was just outrageous last night. Threats of tornados and baseball sized hail. I was up basically all night just tossing and turning. I have to wonder because I have never lived in this kind of weather environment before (I mean the tornados) What do you do when it is the middle of the night? The satelite for the TV doesn't work, maybe the power is out. Do you take cover? Well, I would get my babies and sit in the pantry until the storm passed. Do you wake the children up to take cover when you are not even positive that there is anything truly coming because you have no communication with the outside world?

Texas weather is incredibly unpredictable. They have a saying here that many people have shared with me time and time again from my first stay in Texas that says; "If you don't like the weather just wait five minutes."

Well, I DO NOT like the weather. Not even a bit. I find myself not even enjoying the new weather that arises after the five minutes.

There was no Autumn with trees full of beautiful colored leaves about to fall. Instead it seemed as though the trees went instantly bare and ugly for winter. The Winter does not give you a full bed of beautiful snow. Winter brings a few hail and sleety storms that send everyone here who drives into a "tizzy". Accidents left and right, people dying, schools closing. People who are true northerners just wouldn't believe it. The spring so far has brought nothing but inclement weather. Severe thunder storms, even freezing, rainy weather. I am thankful for LOWES lovely year long guarantee on the flowers that we purchased to landscape our front yard. **If any die as long as we have the receipt we may return them for a new plant.** And Summer is just a stretch around the corner. I arrived in the summer from Hawaii. I stepped off the plane here at Dallas Fort Worth and instantly realized that the heat was up to 110 degrees. The summers are miserable for me. My skin gets blotchy and I get cranky when I am hot. Summer is the season for shorts and tank tops, bathing suits, and flip flops. All of which I DO NOT enjoy wearing.

Alright I am done complaining about the weather. I shouldn't complain about something that I cannot change anyway. I am trying to get away from that. It only makes you seem like a miserable, grouchy person. Oh the things I need to work on.