We got back from the beach on Christmas Eve and planned to have a quiet Christmas Day. Viddy and I were able to talk to Brent and Timmy (my brothers who are both on missions) and then we Skyped with Viddy's family as they opened the gifts that we made for them - and since it is after Christmas, there will be pictures to follow! We had a pretty relaxing afternoon, Viddy read a book that he got for Christmas and I read some and slept some.
Then around 4pm we decided to go for a walk. Little did we know that our night was about to become very eventful. We headed down the road planning to go on a fairly longish walk (about 4-5 miles) I was wearing thin jogging capris and a t-shirt and Viddy was in shorts and a t-shirt. When we started the walk it was about 70 degrees out and we had been talking about how beautiful the weather was. About 2 miles into the walk we decided to make the walk/jog a little longer, so we turned down a road that we hadn't been on before, but we knew where we were going.
We were walking and having a great time and just enjoying each others company and then the wind started to pick up. For those of you not in the area, there were several tornadoes that formed all along the gulf coast and up through Louisiana that day. So we started to jog in order to keep warm and then the sun started to set and the temperature plummeted. We stopped jogging because we started to sweat, which just made us colder. Once the sun set it was about 40 degrees and getting colder and we were still at least four miles from home. We walked for a little more until it was too cold and we couldn't take it any longer. Then we called our friends and asked them to come rescue us. They picked us up and took us back to their house and set us in front of the fire to warm up.
I had just bragged about the amazing weather that we had been having to my brothers who are in Virginia and Slovokia, so I guess it was only a matter of time before I got set straight :) Lesson learned: check the weather before you go out :)
Then around 4pm we decided to go for a walk. Little did we know that our night was about to become very eventful. We headed down the road planning to go on a fairly longish walk (about 4-5 miles) I was wearing thin jogging capris and a t-shirt and Viddy was in shorts and a t-shirt. When we started the walk it was about 70 degrees out and we had been talking about how beautiful the weather was. About 2 miles into the walk we decided to make the walk/jog a little longer, so we turned down a road that we hadn't been on before, but we knew where we were going.
We were walking and having a great time and just enjoying each others company and then the wind started to pick up. For those of you not in the area, there were several tornadoes that formed all along the gulf coast and up through Louisiana that day. So we started to jog in order to keep warm and then the sun started to set and the temperature plummeted. We stopped jogging because we started to sweat, which just made us colder. Once the sun set it was about 40 degrees and getting colder and we were still at least four miles from home. We walked for a little more until it was too cold and we couldn't take it any longer. Then we called our friends and asked them to come rescue us. They picked us up and took us back to their house and set us in front of the fire to warm up.
I had just bragged about the amazing weather that we had been having to my brothers who are in Virginia and Slovokia, so I guess it was only a matter of time before I got set straight :) Lesson learned: check the weather before you go out :)
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