I read on Chris’s blog that we had 13+ inches of rain these last couple of weeks. The rain was much needed, especially since it has been so dry these last few months. Well, along with the rain came lots of thunder, lightning and power outages. It’s scary because my power almost always goes out, even with the slightest hint of thunder. Today, I was in Walmart shopping for a few last minute salad items for this week, and in the middle of shopping the power went out. Then it went back on right away, but then it went out again, and then on again. This happened repeatedly for a good 3 minutes. Then about 5 minutes later, the entire store lost power and it was pitch black! It was scary! I even grabbed my purse from the cart and used my cell phone as a flashlight for a minute because this time the emergency lights didn’t even go on! People started to panic after they didn’t go on right away and I heard people scrambling towards the front of the store to exit. I just remained calm and stood in the isle I was in waiting patiently for the lights to come on. After about 2 mins the emergency lights finally turned on. Then after another 5 mins the power was back up. That got me to thinking. I really need to start preparing for hurricane season (which already started)! I definitely don’t want to be in Walmart when a storm is coming though. Five minutes is a long time to be without power in a store like that. Thank God there wasn’t any chaos! And thank you lord for bringing me home safely.