Monday, July 15th:
Today was a hot and humid, so Theo and I stayed at home all day.
[Theo loves to show people how he can stretch]
We had a small earthquake close by this morning. I didn't feel it 😊
Theo spent some time in his KidWalk. The vest really helps hold up his torso, so he can focus on strengthening his legs.
[He's just too handsome!]
That evening we cut Theo's fluffy hair, gave him a bath, and put him to bed.
We had an active weather alert all day because of the heat and humidity, so Josh and I turned on the news to watch the weather report.
[Feels like 106 at 6:46 PM]
We had a 10% chance of tornados and 45% chance of high winds. As we watched the news it became apparent that they underestimated this storm. We had 100 mph straight line winds, hail, rain, and lightning reported with the line of storms.
And then three tornados popped up! We continued to watch the news and saw that the tornados were becoming more abundant and getting closer to us. At one point there were 10 confirmed tornados on the ground at the same time including one at O'Hare and one at Midway. Our alerts started going off and we decided to grab Theo and go into the basement.
Josh took Theo downstairs and I ran into our bedroom to grab my phone charger. While I was in there the wind got so loud! It sounded like a train was coming! I grabbed my charger and hurried downstairs.
Luckily, the storms moved quickly and we didn't lose power (unlike most of our town). After about an hour we saw that the line of storm had passed and the tornado warning was lifted, so we came back upstairs.
Even though we didn't lose power we did lose the internet and the bridge on the 55 was closed for a few days.
Over the next few days the number of confirmed tornados went up!
It looks like we were between an EF 1 and an EF 2 at one point!
We ended up with 30 confirmed tornados during this outbreak! One person was killed and a lot of people in the area lost power when trees were knocked down. I'm so glad that we have a basement, so that we can feel safe during these scary storms.
Tuesday, July 16th:
I was supposed to be trained today by the outgoing Office Manager, Ellen, but we still didn't have internet, so we rescheduled for Friday.
Ms. Jess came over and took Theo to the splash pad. We were able to fit Theo's wheelchair and his bathchair in the van, so she could take him through the splash pad in his bathchair.
She said he had fun, but didn't like some of the water spraying him!
That afternoon we went to PT and then to see Sherman. They still didn't have power at Sherman's house, so Theo had his lesson outside. It was a beautiful day with a nice breeze. Theo even started to doze off a bit!
Wednesday, July 17th:
Theo and I stayed home and played until I took him to OT. Later that afternoon Ms. Jen came over for feeding/speech therapy. Theo ate seven yogurt drop pieces and signed "all done" when therapy was over.
Thursday, July 18th:
Ms. Jess came over today to watch Theo, so I could run some errands. That afternoon I took Theo to Thrive for OT with Ms. Laura. Theo kept trying to show everyone had good he was a stretching and grabbing his toes!
Friday, July 19th:
Ms. Jess came over again to watch Theo while I had training with Ellen. She showed me how to go through the inspector reports, up load the files to Sharepoint, and file everything in binders. I'm glad that I have some experience in this field or else this would have been very overwhelming! They are currently working on FIVE projects at the same time. You gotta be organized to keep all this stuff straight and being organized is one of my skills!
Most of my work is done on the computer, so when Ms. Jess is here I can work in the basement with the dual monitors. When it's just me and Theo at home I can work upstairs.
[Basement office]
Training went a little long, so Ms. Jess took Theo to PT that afternoon.
Weekend:
Once Theo was down for his nap on Saturday, I was able to start working. It will definitely be a lot easier to work when Ms. Jess is here or when Theo is at school, but we'll make it work!
You know it's Sunday because Josh is home and working on his Jeep!
I sent this to my best friends who live in Vegas where they are breaking records! It's way too hot!
The Tour de France ended today! Tadej Pogačar won in 2020 and 2021 while Jonas Vingegaard won in 2022 and 2023. I love both of them! They are friends, but are very competitive, which makes it so fun to watch! Two months ago Jonas Vingegaard got in a bad crash and spent two weeks in the hospital (punctured lung, broken bones, etc). He recovered, but they were not even sure if he would compete in the Tour this year. He did and I was rooting for him, but Tadej Pogačar won by over 6 minutes. Jonas Vingegaard came in second and Remco Evenepoel came in third. It was a fun 21 days! I know some of these guys are going to the Olympics, so we will see them there!
You'll take it next year, Jonas!
I seriously just love these guys!
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