Ok, so this story is nothing CLOSE to a tragedy. I just like being dramatic.
It seems like everyday this week we have had SEVERE thunderstorms. I personally can't remember ever having this many in a row.
I was on Facebook (yes, I am BACK on Facebook now) and reading some of the statuses on my newsfeed. My best friend posted pictures of her storm-damaged trampoline.
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| Brooke's trampoline |
I looked at the pictures thinking, "Wow, what a freak accident!"
Then, right after that I read this status: "
We had a huge storm tonight! Haylee's trampoline ended up in our field. On it's way over there the legs flew off and slammed into Lewis' car so if anybody knows someone that does body work please let me know."
My response to that status was, "That's the second trampoline I see was damaged yesterday, I better tie ours down!!!"
Now, another one of my friends had a storm-damaged trampoline!! (In addition to a damaged car!) How crazy is that, that 2 of y'all on my "Top News" newsfeed had trampoline tragedies!?
Later on that evening, I am sitting with the family at the dinner table and I start telling them all about the trampoline tragedies I had heard about today. I said the words, "Maybe we need to find someway to tie ours down."
The next second, Cameron stood up and looked out the window to "check" on his trampoline. He then yelled, "Our trampoline is blowing away!"
I thought he was joking around because of the conversation we had just had about the trampolines. I pretty much said, "Whatever, Cam, you are lying."
At the point, he is freaking out and yelling. So, I stand up and look, and SURE ENOUGH, the trampoline is flipped completely on it's side laying up against a tree! I wish I had took a picture of it! That tree actually stopped it from slamming into a car or our dog! The huge limb of the tree was broke off and the coils are bent on the trampoline, but otherwise, I think our trampoline is a survivor. I tied it to a metal post for now!
Brooke's tree took out her trampoline and our trampoline took out our tree! SWEET REVENGE! :)
