Storms

[kyrielle]

Drew had trouble falling asleep tonight, so after trying the other (easier, cheaper) tricks, we fell back on the trick of a car ride. And I felt very close to my parents.

First, Mom & Dad used to take me for car rides to get me to sleep. I don't remember that, of course, but Mom used to tell me that it was the only way to get me to sleep sometimes. (Yes, Mom, I got one just like me, just like you wished for me. *grins*)

But secondly, as we went out there was a flash of lightning. Yes! Lightning storm! In the Midwest, I might worry if it was only that. Here, I was not too worried, and as Scott and I also both love them, it was a very nice surprise. The next flash of lightning I made positive ooh-ahh comments about it. The one after that I explained to Drew that it was lightning and wasn't it pretty, and Mom & Dad like watching it, and Mom's parents did too.

We drove for a while, the little boy in the back seat with progressively more droopy eyelids. Not long before he actually dropped off (as far as we could tell), there was a sky-wide flash of lightning, and from the back seat came a soft, sleepy murmur. "Want it 'gain."

I assured him I did too, but we'd have to wait and see if there was any more. There was, but I don't know that he saw it.

We got home with our soundly sleeping little man, carried him in, and within a minute of settling him in his bed, the sky above our house opened and it began pouring BUCKETS, for perhaps a minute or so. It's still raining a little heavily, but not to the same degree as it was. Good thing we brought him in before it started.

And now I'm going to bed, but I really wanted to write this up before I forgot.

Comments

[mdlbear]

Yay!! Colleen and I also love lightning, and still love long drives together, perhaps even more now that we no longer have to take a wakeful kid along.

[kyrielle]

*grins* I remember drives without a kiddo. Some day, one day, eventually...but not right now. That's okay. Most times he is good company on these rides. He WANTS to fall asleep, he knows the car ride will help and doesn't mind. Which is nice, because since he knows the car ride will put him to sleep, if he were fighting it that would be bad. :P

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

I've always loved lightning too. We had some really good lightning last week!

Were you getting the claps of thunder too or just lightning?

[kyrielle]

Just lightning, but it was distant - bright, but not close, near the horizon. And we had the radio on, as we always do when driving him to sleep, so it's entirely possible that there could've been a distant/quiet roll and we'd have missed it. Not a loud one, the radio wasn't up that high. :P

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

I am always disappointed when we get lightning and no thunder.

What are you doing up? :)

[kyrielle]

Was on a work call.

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I had a WTF moment when I got your reply so fast. :)