Firemen Firemen everywhere

Well, what an interesting night I had. I'm a fly by my pants type of person and sometimes it pays to be.
Hubby was going to go into town without all of us (three kids and me). Suddenly (I say suddenly because that's when I usually decide I want to go-all of a sudden) we all decided to go. So we hop in the car and go (at 11pm or so-I'm a late nighter) We get a few streets away from our house and smell smoke (first son, then hubby, then me) so naturally we begin looking for the source. We are still driving and following the smoke when we see it coming from the roof of a tire/muffler shop. It's 11pm there isn't any traffic so when the light turns green we zip across the road to the gas station and tell them to call the fire dept. This empty road stays empty for the next four minutes and then bursts with all the town. Where the heck did all these people come from? The cops block off the main road, then the firetrucks are everywhere, the elecric company arrives shutting off the power to the muffler shop. It's organized chaos, but I'm wondering why all these other people are there. Where did they come from- did they jump out of bed (LOL) and run out to see the only excitement probably to happen in this place for months? Well, ok good stuff to listen to while I write. Yep I'm writing the scene as it unfolds. :-)
My current WIP just happens to have a fireman hero!! I somehow happened to grab my folder on the way out the door and have it with me when everything happens!!! Yay!! That was lucky! I feel good about this book :-).

So after the excitement (there has been a dark storm moving in the whole time-- I include the dark sky in my notes) we go on to pay a bill which is why we were out to begin with. I tell hubby, Look at the wind- trees will be knocked down we'd better get home. So, we head home and it begins pouring down rain. I mean like pouring out a bucket of water type rain. He decides to take a different road because the other is so slick when it rains you always spin. Hea Hea. Not likely. There is a HUGE tree across the road! If anyone took the curve quickly they would hit it before they realized it was there. So we turn around and go up the slick road -- very carefully and we spin most of the way. But thank the Lord we made it home safe and sound! That's all the excitement I want :-)

Except for this. Hubby just came home from work and brought me beautiful 'crazy daisies'. Such beautiful colors!! Wow that was nice!! They're so bright! I'm going to go thank him. :-)