For those who care (which I hope some of you do), my city of Dougherty County (Albany, Georgia) was under a Tornado Warning for about 30 minutes very early Thursday morning between 7:15am and 7:45am. Yes, we had a twister to touch down, but it was miles away from me. I live on the west side of town and the funnel was spotted and touched down on the east side close to a highway. No one was hurt, but numerous trees were knocked down by the strong winds and covered streets.

I was home alone and scared shitless. I saw the warning on the television and the siren went on outside, ordering us to "Seek shelter." I was shaking uncontrollably b/c I was so scared. I turned the television off, grabbed a notebook, my bible, a neclace with a cross on it, my cell phone, and a radio and headed to my bathroom which is the only room in this house that doesn't have a window. I sat in the bathtub and just began praying. I tried to change the dial on the radio to hear if they were giving us any instructions, but they were just playing music. WTF?! So, after about 15 or 20 minutes, I thought I heard a noise. I've been told that a tornado sounds like a train and that's what I heard. OMG, it was just my heart thumping so loudly in the silence. It was racing soooo fast. I get out of the tub, slowly open the door and listen to see if I heard anything in the hallway. Nothing. I turn on the TV and NBC still says "Tornado Warning for Dougherty County" on the screen. I turn the TV back off and return to the tub and wait another 10 minutes. After nothing happened, I came back into my room, looked out the window, everything looked and sounded normal, I turn on the TV and NewsCenter 10 still said "Tornado Warning for Dougherty County" on the top. Something tells me to turn to Fox 31. That's when I caught a meteorologist saying, "I just have news that the Tornado Warning that was issued for Dougherty County and Worth County have now been cancelled."

Those were probably the best words that I've heard in a looooooooong time. I thanked the Lord, cried tears of joy, called my dad to make sure he was okay (he was fine), and then I left a message on my baby's cell phone. I wasn't sure if Sean knew about the extreme weather conditions that had evolved overnight with Hurricane Ivan since he's all the way in California, so I wanted to let him know that I was safe and sound in case he heard anything later on in the day. I tried not to cry in the message.

Yeah. I tried. He called me later once he got the message and told me that he was so worried about me. He's such a sweetheart. I don't know what I'd do without him because he's so special to me. He couldn't have come into my life at a better time. I wish I could just hug him right now. *sigh*