The Ellis Family

Well... I am ALIVE!!!! Although, there were moments last night when I thought I might not be today. That may be a little bit of an exaggeration, but I was definitely very scared for my life last night.
I was across town visiting with our small group, when we got a call from one of the guys that had not come that night. He told us that there was a horrible storm heading our direction in about an hour and the winds were going to be 80-100mph. Needless to say I was a little bit freaked out after hearing that. Well, we quickly closed what ever discussion we were having and I got in my car to drive home. I did not take the following pictures, but this is pretty much what I saw on my way home...When I got home I turned on the news and was talking to my Dad on the phone (I couldn't get ahold of Philip right away.) The news guy said, "If you are near Well Branch and 35 you should take cover and turn your tv up really loud so you can still hear what is going on." So... I proceeded to do so, because that is EXACTLY where we live. Meanwhile... my dad is watching the weather channel in Atlanta and can see everything that is happening here in Austin... it was CRAZY.

I finally got ahold of Philip and he is cool about it, which is what I needed. I wasn't freaking out too bad... I was in our spare bathroom, in the tub, with every pillow and blanket we own... and Baxter of course (who was also not so excited about the storm). As I sat in the tub talking to Philip on the phone, it got extremely loud outside and I could hear things hitting the house... needless to say, I started bawling on the phone; which I'm sure made Philip feel oh so great about the situation. THEN... the power went off, which means the tv is off... so I have NO idea what is going on outside my house.

After about 30 minutes of freaking out and praying with Philip on the phone, it finally calmed down and so I made my way out of the bathroom with my candle lit and went to look outside. It still looked super eery, but I managed to get in bed with Baxter and eventually fall asleep.
I woke up this morning watching the news (the power came back on) and saw that a lot of people were not as fortunate as me.

This was my safe place for the evening...