Brandy and Dannie's Wedding

Ok, so this post has nothing to do with their actual wedding, sorry guys.

This post has to do with the drive there and back!

We'll start with how Jeff got out of work early, super cool because it's about a 7 hour drive to get to St. Louis....immediately followed by a 2 hour drive up to Decatur. Lots of driving ahead of us.

We hit the road at about 2:30, fully loaded little car, complete with the dog on my lap. It doesn't take long before we run into trouble. This doesn't include Soco farting in the car.

So here's the list...and it seemed to constantly be one thing after another, as soon as one would clear us, there'd be another right there.

Rush hour traffic
Car accidents
TORRENTIAL downpours, the kind where you can't see the car infront of you!
Construction Delays and detours
And last but not least and the best and FIRST one to date: TORNADO SIRENS!!

At first I thought the car beside us had some kind of a blowout, repeatedly, and then it went away. And then it came back again a few seconds later. WHAT IS THAT NOISE?? I never put two and two together, thank god. About 30 minutes down the road I realized what it was! "Oh, wait, it's raining really hard and we're in the mid-west!" I'm glad I didn't realize it at the time or I woulda had a heart attack. Then I was on the lookout for tornados all the way across Missouri. That is a long drive by the way, especially with a hot panting and shaking and nose drippey dog on your lap.