A Tornado in Virginia

I woke up with my heart racing last night from a dream that I had just had. It was the first dream that John was a part of (I've had dreams where I know I've had John, but none that he was actually in them).

My family was here in Virginia visiting, and we were all in our van trying to get down the highway, but it was bumper to bumper traffic. All of a sudden, people were screaming, and running out of their cars and jumping over a fence to the right of us. I looked over to my left, and I saw this massive black tornado coming. It seemed to be still far enough that if we drove we could get away. But, our car was stuck in the massive traffic jam. I got John out of the car seat and gave him to my mother to carry, as she was faster and stronger than me. I gave Kacey (my sister-in-law) my laptop, because the contained all of John's first videos.

Somehow or another, I ended up back at my apartment and when I checked Google Maps, I saw that the tornado had already come through this area. I was confused, as I thought I'd be dead. When I looked out the window, the tornado was extremely close, and I knew that the only chance I had was to outrun it. I knew that it was unlikely for me to live, but it was better than just sitting and waiting to die. I ran out of my apartment, and ran past a bunch of elderly people who were stuck in their homes. I started screaming out a prayer as I was running, to please keep me safe as John was so little and needed a mother. But above all else, to make sure he had found somewhere safe to be so he wouldn't get hurt. The rest of the dream consisted of me jumping over fences, running down the freeway, and trying to find somewhere safe.

Of course, when I woke up, I had to wake up Zak and tell him my dream. Because I didn't want to sleep with him and break our agreement (again), I just held onto his foot while I went back to sleep (neither of us wanted to turn around for me to hold his hand, so a foot was just as good at the time).