Yikes!

The other day I was taking a shower and heard a loud crunching noise and then what sounded like glass shattering. What the!?!? I looked out the window and saw a huge (or what seemed like huge to me) tree branch that had fallen and landed on the middle of our new patio table. Oh.my.gosh. My first thought wasn't about the table, but the fact that Greg was just out there with the dog 5 minutes earlier and we were all out there all day long. Greg, Lily and I sat out there and had breakfast after a nice run in the neighborhood. Lily took a nap and Greg and I resumed reading the paper and a book and probably sat out there for 2-3 hours. Then my mom came over to watch Lily while I played soccer and Greg coached lacrosse. Mom and Lil' were sitting under the umbrella for a couple hours and my mom even did some yard work while Lily stayed under the shade. So, we figured someone was out there for a little over 5 hours throughout the day.

There was no wind, no rain...nothing. The tree branch had probably been broken during the wind storms last fall and decided today was the day to come down. The telephone and cable wires both were snapped. It stinks that our table, a chair and the umbrella got broken, but that's stuff that can be replaced. And stuff is all it is - I just thank God nobody got hurt.

So, if a tree branch falls in the forest, who cares if it makes a noise or not. Just be thankful nobody is under it!