Dear Mother Nature,I'm writing to you from one mother to another. As you know, when you have a newborn, your sleep is disrupted throughout the night. Your hands are busy during the day with your older children, so those few minutes at night when your baby is actually sleeping, the pillow is heaven. Almost every night for the past couple weeks, you have been sending horrific storms to my house. That is just not nice. Because with the house shaking from 70 mph winds, the electricity out (which means no a/c), and thunder cracks that jolt my 2-year-old to a tremble and panic, this mama has been gettin' no sleep. I've been sick for going on three weeks, and I can't overcome it with a 2-year-old's nails clutched into my neck all night or having to move the entire family to the basement at 3 a.m. due to tornado warnings. Please, oh please, mother nature, could for just once, the weather in Minnesota be just a little more average.
Sincerely,
A sleep-deprived mother
P.S. I've included a couple pictures of your handiwork last night. Our beautiful sunflowers were downed, our glass picnic table and umbrella were thrown and twisted. Our Adirondack chairs that were stacked against the house, were blown across the yard. Thank you for not causing any major damage or harm to my children.
5 comments:
Wow! Jeni & Dave, you must have really done something to offend Mother Nature!
On the other hand, look at how green your grass is!?! We haven't had rain here in more than a month and our grass is about to give up the ghost. You can send some rain our way, but keep those winds going another direction.
I am so sorry you are having such an awful time. It sounds like things can only get better, so we will hope for the best for your family. Hopefully the weather is getting better and you are getting some sleep.
Well, your sunflowers were beautiful! Glad that you guys all survived the storm--and I hope you've been able to get some sleep!!
You have been busy...on your blog! It looks great! We hadn't checked it in a while and were amazed at how much you've added to it. You are so creative with the way you present it too, and your little girls are adorable. We sure had fun watching them at the wedding.
Very well written complaint letter, Jeni. I hope you get some sort of response, like a few coupons for a free day of sun and no wind ;)
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