How ironic, Tuesday Peanut was off from school due to Tropical Storm Fay. Last night we were under a Tropical Storm Watch and it was raining, hard. The wind was blowing, hard. The county above us closed their schools. Hubby and I expected that school would be closed again today.

We watched the late news. School was still open. We went to sleep and kept waking up to howling wind and rain. In the morning Hubby checked the news. School was still open. The rain was getting worse. We’d get squalls that would make the rain sound a like hail hitting the house. But I promised myself that if school was open Peanut would go.

You see, last year Peanut had some problems with going to school. She was afraid to leave me, a bit of late separation anxiety. This year I wasn’t going to keep her home unless it was totally necessary. So I wasn’t being unsafe. I didn’t want to give her an excuse that every time it rained she thought she’d get to stay home.

Anyway….around 11:15 I heard that a tree was down in our area and that power was off. I figured the schools would be closing. Nope. Peanut spent the day at school and enjoyed her Friday. Her day went along normally. She was thrilled that she didn’t have any homework.

And by now, the rain and the wind have stopped. I”m praying for all of those in Florida who were affected by Fay. We were blessed again without any terrible weather, damage or injury.

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