Softball and Hockey All Weekend

It's Monday
But not really my Monday
With my new work schedule I only work Tuesday-Thursday
Yes, I know you're jealous

So technically I'm still celebrating the weekend
While everyone else is working

But if I did have a normal work schedule, this is what my weekend post would be

Friday night Nick and I went to the horse races again
But then shit got scary
I had both parents calling and texting me telling me there were bad storms coming
And when I looked up in the sky the clouds were moving one way, and the flag was flying the other

The races got canceled but we took cover inside at the races because leaving would have been stupid
Thankfully we only experienced some rain and a little bit of hail
But in the town next to my parents (their town is the one that was just hit with a tornado) a tornado touched down

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Thankfully no one was injured but that is the high school gym (where I once played basketball, yes I played basketball at one point) and it is really sad to see it like this

My parents also got a new cat

Well my sister got it

And it's a kitten

I'm not really a cat person

I'm still not sure of the name

My sister has changed it twice

And I think she's changing it again

Saturday was suppose to be a day filled with softball games

But they all got rained out

So it ended up being a lazy day for Nick and I which was nice

But then things got intense when the Blackhawks game started

Game 7 and if they lost they were done

Nick was stressed

I was not

So I sat and blogged the whole time

Then that night we went to a place called Fast Eddies which is about 35 minutes away

I love this place

The food is amazing

And cheap

Like it's all a dollar

If you are in the area I highly recommend going to this place

You do have to be 21 to get in but trust when I say the food is great

Beware not to run into these fools though

After that Nick and I headed over to the casino since it's like across the street

Because of all the rain we have been getting lately the river is starting to flood

And I think it's only suppose to get worse

Ps. we lost the money we took into the casino

We won nothing...

Then Sunday was the make up tournament that was suppose to happen Saturday

And Nick's team (Suit Up) won the whole thing!

Which is awesome because that means they get to go onto a bigger tournament

Softball is taken seriously around here, obviously

Nick also got All Tournament Team for being the best at third base all day

My boyfriend >>>>>

Sunday night ended with watching the first game of the next series for the Blackhawks

And they won by 2

So Nick was pretty happy about that

And while typing this I got a text from him saying we could maybe go to the zoo today

So I am one happyyyyy person right now

Expect lots of pictures from that!

When Something Like This Happens In My Hometown

Monday night there was bad weather around where I live
I layed down and didn't think anything of it
It was just some thunder, some wind, and some pea sized hail
I am scared of storms, but I didn't think this was anything to worry about too much

After I had fallen asleep I got a phone call from my mom around midnight
I had been staying in a town about 35 minutes away from the little town of Mount Olive
But I am always visiting there
And that is the town I lived in until I moved out for college

Anyways, she called to tell me there had been a tornado in Mount Olive
My hometown

Now, I can talk crap on my hometown all I want
But that's because I grew up there
Kind of like I can talk bad about my sister all I want but as soon as you do it you better run

So when my mom told me a tornado had hit my heart instantly dropped
My first worries were about her and my dad and my sisters
They were all fine, thank goodness

Their house is also fine
But there was damage to our town
A lot of damage

All of these pictures were taken by my sister
Her and my mom took about a 2 hour walk around town (now don't be fooled, our town is not that big by any means) but it was just a lot to take in
There are more pictures here taken by our local news station that show even more damage from an aerial view

This is nothing compared to what the people in Oklahoma are going through
And my heart goes out to all of them
But when something like this strikes home, it does something to you

I never thought anything like this would be able to happen to our small town
And I am so thankful that there was no one injured in this

So now we pick up the pieces
And the sense of community and pride that has been going on is amazing
There are so many volunteers out to help
The high school students have gone out after school yesterday and today to help clean up

I love this little town
And I am proud to say that in a time of need, we can all come together for one another and help when help is needed

Please continue to pray for not only my little town, but every single person that lost loved ones or homes in the awful tornado that went through Oklahoma