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7-13-12 Wildfire, House Selling, and a Baby Girl... oh my!
By ayoung102 » Posted Jul. 13, 2012 5:35pm - 299 views - 0 comments
Wow a lot has happened in the past month, and I can't say most of it was good. The biggest stress inducer was the wildfire that nearly took our out home on 6-26-12. My husband was driving home from work and called me with a note of panic in his voice, telling me I should go home because "this doesn't look good". There had been a wildfire in the canyon but I think everyone assumed we were far enough away, so we were safe. How wrong we were.
I left work and saw the attached view of my neighborhood on fire. My palms were sweating and I there was dread, but I wasn't going to let my emotions get the better of me. I kept thinking... stay calm for the baby. I rushed home as fast as I could but I was stuck in a traffic jam of people trying to get to their homes.
When I finally pulled in the driveway my husband, in typical male fashion, was out front video taping the plumes of smoke and ash falling from the sky. I walked right by him and went to work grabbing my entire maternity wardrobe... Lord knows the insurance policy won't cover that expense in full! Then pulled all the important paperwork, like passports, marriage license, vehicle titles. What did my husband grab when all was said and done? 4 pairs of clothes.
Anyway long story short as we watched the fires along the side of the road and we escaped and later watched the neighborhoods burn, we were sure our house was gone. I didn't grieve or get emotional because it really was stuff. My dogs and my family are safe, so I will stress when its over. It took at least 24hours before we saw that our house survived. It took another 4 days before we got to go back and see that there wasn't even any smoke damage. The valley our house was in allowed the smokey wind to blow up and over the berm into the park.
So we had to wait to see if our buyers were still interested in a house that had charred surrounding neighborhoods. By the grace of God they were still in!!! We close on the house next friday.
During all the craziness, the baby was the bright spot in my life. I started to feel her move, and had the gender ultrasound last week. My baby girl is healthy despite the copious amounts of stress I no doubt put her through.
I pray to God this later half of my pregnancy is stress free and happy. The exact opposite of the first half.
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7-13-12 Wildfire, House Selling, and a Baby Girl... oh my!
By ayoung102 » Posted Jul. 13, 2012 5:35pm - 299 views - 0 comments
Wow a lot has happened in the past month, and I can't say most of it was good. The biggest stress inducer was the wildfire that nearly took our out home on 6-26-12. My husband was driving home from work and called me with a note of panic in his voice, telling me I should go home because "this doesn't look good". There had been a wildfire in the canyon but I think everyone assumed we were far enough away, so we were safe. How wrong we were.
I left work and saw the attached view of my neighborhood on fire. My palms were sweating and I there was dread, but I wasn't going to let my emotions get the better of me. I kept thinking... stay calm for the baby. I rushed home as fast as I could but I was stuck in a traffic jam of people trying to get to their homes.
When I finally pulled in the driveway my husband, in typical male fashion, was out front video taping the plumes of smoke and ash falling from the sky. I walked right by him and went to work grabbing my entire maternity wardrobe... Lord knows the insurance policy won't cover that expense in full! Then pulled all the important paperwork, like passports, marriage license, vehicle titles. What did my husband grab when all was said and done? 4 pairs of clothes.
Anyway long story short as we watched the fires along the side of the road and we escaped and later watched the neighborhoods burn, we were sure our house was gone. I didn't grieve or get emotional because it really was stuff. My dogs and my family are safe, so I will stress when its over. It took at least 24hours before we saw that our house survived. It took another 4 days before we got to go back and see that there wasn't even any smoke damage. The valley our house was in allowed the smokey wind to blow up and over the berm into the park.
So we had to wait to see if our buyers were still interested in a house that had charred surrounding neighborhoods. By the grace of God they were still in!!! We close on the house next friday.
During all the craziness, the baby was the bright spot in my life. I started to feel her move, and had the gender ultrasound last week. My baby girl is healthy despite the copious amounts of stress I no doubt put her through.
I pray to God this later half of my pregnancy is stress free and happy. The exact opposite of the first half.
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