tornadoes and a deer

i'm really, really sick and having a really, really hard time focusing at work right now so here's an update.

last week Will and i were watching one of my favorite shows ever Parenthood when it was very rudely interrupted by a weather alert for a tornado watch...and then a warning...that it was coming straight towards us. we watched (and i panicked) as the radar map showed a nasty storm coming our way from winston and there reports that there had already been a couple spotted near the house. Will called up to the fire station down the road and asked if we could head over there for the time being until it passed, but it was already full! we ended up sitting in front of the tv for the next couple hours watching and waiting. luckily nothing came within a few miles of the house. but then the next evening.... an even worse storm and another tornado formation was headed our way. lucky for us (again) it didn't come that close to the house but the thunderstorm and wind took its toll on our little country bumpkin road (and my nerves!)

my husband the hunter has been living in the woods lately tracking his prey and finding where the innocent little deer creatures sleep and eat, and the paths they habitually travel along. he set up his deer stand and informed me that saturday was his lucky day for hunting so he would be waking up at 5 am to continue his tradition. last year on october 30th, he shot (as his brother says) "the oldest deer in the forest" at his parents hunting club in georgia. the year before that, again, on october 30th, he shot the "biggest deer ever in his life" out at his uncle's farm. this year proved to be lucky too. he woke me up at 9 am to tell me to get up and come outside to look at his trophy deer. being sick and cranky, i put up a fight for a few minutes until i realized that my 23-year-old hubby was dancing around like a child on christmas morning and this was something really important and exciting to him. i bundled up and followed him out to the backyard to admire his hard work and also, take a picture:

he spent the rest of the morning cleaning the deer and packing up all the meat.
i went back to bed.
all is well.