A disappointing Storm

So what happened?  Where was the storm?  There I was barricaded under my bed with my torch, extra batteries, my book and a packet of Marietta biscuits.  And a mirror.  Apparently a mirror is vital for survival, and should be in everybodys survival kit.  You can use it to signal planes, ships etc.  Or you can cut up food with the sharp edge, or you can use it too look around corners, incase there is danger around there.....I just used it to check that I looked OK in case I was rescued by a hunky fire man.  Or should I be "PC" and say a hunky fire fighter!!  Are they always hunky or is that just a myth?  Anyway I didn't get to find out.

There was no storm, just an Irish style storm, rain!  And lots of it!  It was a bit windy, but the roof stayed on my house (TG!) so the mice had a roof over their head for another night.  However!! It was quite interesting under the bed, I had to try to fiqure out how to hold my book and the torch and be able to open the Marietta packet at the same time.  Rusty thought he would help, but that only meant more for him!  It put a new perspective on things for me, literally!  It made me think about how I should vacuum under the bed more often, in case I really did have to survive under there.  I had to keep moving the pile of dust around to get a more comfy position.  In the end I made it into a little mound and made a pillow out of it.  It worked well until Rusty decided to wag his tail.  That was the end of the Marietta biscuits too, they don't taste the same covered in dust.  AND the mirror didn't work the same with a film of dust over it.  Although I did look slightly better, must be the whold 'soft focus' thing.  Really I am very glad that there was no storm and it will give me time to re-think my whole survival strategy and be more prepared in the unlikely event of a real hurricane.  I should probably put the biscuits in a plastic bag, that would keep them dust free.

Right I'm off to the Library to find a book on 'under the bed survival'.  I wonder is there one.......maybe I should write it.......