Another tornado crisis averted.

I can't believe that it's almost halfway through the year. Things are still kicking along. I got the crockpot recipe that Laura found going around 11:30a or something and it's currently set for 4.5 hours. Looks good, though. Not a very soupy recipe, so we'll see how it looks.

Another couple of storms again this week. Oh, I guess the last time I wrote was just before the big tornado that hit Moore, OK. Anywho, the 19th was when it all started. This storm went right over us and a tornado landed a few miles from our house, to the East. We were in the bathroom and all that. Connor actually kinda had fun because it was something new to hang out in the bathroom for a little while with piles of blankets, pillows and both dogs. It wan't a long time, so that was good. He was starting to get antsy. We went in and out a couple of times, though.

The next day, the 20th, was another big day of storms/tornados. Unfortunately, it was a devastating one that hit Moore, OK, about 20 miles South of us. About $2 billion in damages I guess. Anywho, it luckily missed us, but it could have easily been us, I guess. I think Edmond is in a "favorable" location or something because storms and such always seems to miss above or below us. Knock on wood.

A storm shelter would be a great fall back, but they're pretty expensive and it's a rental. Who knows how long we will be in OK.

I've been super tired lately. More than normal, like more than usual fatigue. It's sort of like last Summer when I was super tired and I may have had mono. Feels like that. Hopefully, it passes.

Back to my fantasy story. I've written a little more outline, but I'm doing a lot more details in my head regarding the story, i.e. getting more in-depth. I just need to get it down on paper! I dunno why, but it's hard to get my ideas onto paper. I just need to write it even if it's all scattered so I at least have it down and go back later to flesh it out.

This weekend we're going to head to Bartlesville to go to Sunfest, which is something that Laura used to go to I guess. Hopefully Connor isn't crabby! He's still at like 8 teeth or something, although I don't know how Laura counts those. He rarely lets you look at his mouth.

He's napping right now and I'm just watching the news about the storms/tornado possibility South of us. And North, too. Got lucky again!

I have a little time before I head to bed. I guess I just need to do a recap of the first few months of 2013. 

Laura and my birthdays weren't too overdone, I don't think. Honestly, I can't remember much from a few months back anymore...not sure why, but it's definitely because of Connor. I'm sure I can remember if I sat down and thought about it hard, but not quick recollections. 

We did travel to Colorado in February with Connor. That was a pretty stressful ordeal, but we learned a lot from it. It went generally okay. I think there were just things that we would do differently the next time around. Of course, the next time around would be totally different as Connor would be much older. The next one will probably be in August or September (or both?) and he'll be a year and a half. hopefully we won't need to take the car seat, but then again, I don't think he'll sit for an hour or so quietly. You never know, I guess. It's just that the car seat was so big and heavy. We did okay, though, for the most part. We enjoyed our time in Colorado and caught up with friends/family. 

At this point, Connor was still only taking a few steps, but by his first birthday, he was walking like it was nothing. They develop and grow up so fast.

Next up with Connor's first birthday. We had it in Tulsa and had close family/friends. He got a lot of gifts and I think he had fun. He ate a good amount of the cake that Laura had made for him. She also worked on a lot of the cake toppers for him and they turned out great. 

April was still on the cold side for this year and it's only recently been starting to warm up. Laura had applied to the Portland VA, but the two openings was cut to one and, in short, it looks like we're staying here for the time being. We'll keep trying, though, whether it be Portland, Denver, etc. It's really not bad here, but the past couple of days and dealing with tornadoes could change that outlook. 

We had a big Mother's Day/grandparent's anniversary two weeks ago. It went well, as usual, though I think at times it was a little stressful due to weird, unforeseen events. 

At any rate, that's where we are now. 

I haven't been playing WoW since May 1st or something like that. I've started to work on my fantasy book a little more now, but still "stuck" in a sense. I need to just get over the first few pages and just write. I have a weird tendency to make each page write perfect as I write it so that when I'm done writing, the book is done. However, after reading some techniques on writing and outlining, I decided I'm going to try a general outline first and then fill in the details later. I just need motivation to finish out the story, but for that I still need to come up with a good resolution. I think I need to also accept the fact that the first draft is going to suck a lot. It'll take a long time of reworking it to make it even acceptable. I hope to have Laura read it first and give some critiques.

That's really it. Connor has been talking more and more and having more personality. He's sort of starting to get an attitude. I think he's trying to learn to speak more clearly, I've noticed. Some words come out more and more pronounced, relatively speaking. He does understand a lot more though. I think he's bored during the days. I do try and go out and do interesting things, but I dunno what to do. I dunno about Gymboree yet. :P He loves to play outside, though. He wakes up about 6a, still takes a couple of naps, one around 9a and then around 2p and goes to bed around 7p. Not sure when to transition to one nap, I know we need to soon, but he's not ready for it, I don't think. He does get tired a lot and sleeps the two naps for an hour and a half or more each, plus he usually sleeps through the night, so, at the moment, it seems that he does need it. He'd be pretty cranky with one 2-hour-ish nap, I think. 

I still need to go to the doctor, too. And the dentist. I just keep pushing it off. Story of my life!

Well, this week was tornado week here. One landed a few miles from here while we did our precautions in the bathroom in the middle of the house. Today was another threat, but it missed South of us. Demolished Moore, OK. Could be time to move, regardless of jobs!

Well, I should head to bed. I was going to get more writing done tonight, but alas, didn't get to it again. I just need a laptop with no internet connection or something. I get distracted too easily.

Wow, really, another month gone by RIGHT AFTER I said I'll write soon...sheesh.

I think I'll try to write this week. I've been itching to work on my fantasy story...still thinking about the best way to go about this plot every night while trying to go to sleep. I just can't come up with a cool storyline/resolution.

Hopefully, it'll hit me soon.