Hello everyone!! I injured myself!! Not badly thank goodness, but enough where I have been ordered to rest by my husband and friends.

On Tuesday Wyatt and I were home, just doing whatever, and all of a sudden the tornado alarms all started going off. I immediately got Wyatt to our safety spot, which when Billy isn’t home is the hallway. Wyatt is 85 pounds and while transfers are no big deal for me, carrying him down the stairs would be dangerous for us both. I turned on Michigan Storm Chasers on Facebook, and they are so good, they zoom in and can tell you almost exactly where the tornado activity is. And apparently it was moving right at us, like literally our neighborhood, not just our city. I was not comfortable with this situation. I wanted Wyatt to be in the basement, safe and sound. So, I did what any mom would do. I summoned my mom strength and got him to the stairs, where I lifted him up and put him down on each step, one by one, while he had his arms around my neck. I was very scrunched up and standing all weird, and Wyatt was not happy, he felt very scared by the stairs. He almost cried but I asked him to trust me and he relaxed. I got to the bottom of the stairs, grabbed a rolling chair that is down there, and rolled him to Billy’s office. However, by that point I knew that I had hurt something in my back, and it turned out to be my sciatic. Plus, I didn’t know how we would get back up. LOL. So once the storm had passed, and we were safe, I called Billy to tell him we were trapped in the basement. He left work a little early to come home and rescue us. Billy however has pimped out his office with an enormous tv and couch, so we were comfortable, and once the danger was gone, I went up for snacks and water. We just had to hang there for about an hour and a half or so. It wasn’t too bad, except I was in pain.

I have been doing stretches and have been ordered to take it easy, which I have been trying to do but I get antsy. I felt better today and decided it was a good idea to go and try to dig up an area to plant some things, but realized that was a bad idea after I started. So I am back to resting. I need to be physically sound for Wyatt so I am doing it. Sigh.

So, we have been watching some YouTube, drawing and coloring, and reading. I feel terrible that I can’t get him out right now, but there will be other days to do that, IF I rest now. So I am trying.

On Sunday we celebrated my nephew B, who graduated from high school!! I am so very proud of him! He also has cerebral palsy like Wyatt, and has overcome a lot. He participated on the boy’s basketball team as manager, attended almost every school sporting event as their biggest supporter, and just shines his light on everyone.

The first is B. with baby Wyatt, and the second is his graduation picture. I wish him all the joy and happiness in this next chapter as he had his first.

This weekend we have the summer reading kickoff at the library, Wyatt’s last baseball game (this makes me sad, he has loved it so much!), and another graduation party on Sunday, for my bestie’s daughter. I am hoping that she has a beautiful day for it, with no rain!

We are done with school for right now, and are taking a nice break. I have some projects I want to get done, like painting our multi-purpose room and the art cabinet, finishing up the garden, and getting our crested geckos all moved into their new homes. We bought them taller tanks as they need more space to climb, and we just need to get them moved in – but that means substrate, and plants and getting it all in place. I want to totally change up our multi-purpose room because right now it is working but I think we could make it more functional and less…messy? We have a small house, lots of animals, lots of books and games, and lots of equipment for Wyatt. So I want to organize things a bit more, rather than just sticking things wherever in there. I want to move the games, get rid of the big tank that is in there and the table it is on, there is a small loveseat in there we can pitch as well. It needs more organization and less stuff, if that makes sense. I would love to have wall shelves for books and games where the tank and table are, but we will see. Maybe it would be better to have something to hide the games but also have shelves for books? We eat at the table in that room, as well as homeschool. I feel like I can do this. I just need to put on my thinking cap and get creative.

Billy and I have also been obsessed with Widow’s Bay, the tv show. It is soooo good! I love stuff like that, all coastal horror, small insular communities with secrets. Eeek! It reminds me of Haven or of the modern version of Nancy Drew that was on a few years ago. It is so good. We try to limit ourselves to one episode a night which is hard! I love a good summer thriller.

We also watched the Rick Moranis/Steve Martin version of Little Shop of Horrors with Wyatt the other night. It was so cheesy and camp and we loved it. Wyatt was just bopping along to the beats. It was a fun watch. We are really into these old 80s/90s movies right now. I think the tv show remake of The ‘Burbs sort of kicked it off for us. I have a bunch I want to watch this summer! Now and Then, Tremors, The Great Outdoors with John Candy, The Sandlot, Holes, some of the Muppet movies. Billy and I are hoping to watch a few other Kevin Bacon movies as well, minus Wyatt, like Stir of Echoes and The River Wild.

And, I think that is it from me today!! I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!