I got soaked. The system came in a lot faster than I expected, and hit very hard. I was blasted with rain, hail, and very strong cold wind (I'm glad I wore my hydrophobic motocross jersey today). I just threw the mats into the backseat as the car door slammed into the side of me, let the wind slam the door shut for me, and charged back to the house. Meanwhile, Ryder was in the garage with his girlfriend, who was having a panic attack, and desperately trying to calm her down. I joined them, and told her that everything was fine. I was just out in it, and I told her it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. She responded by shouting, "But you were almost blown away!"

"No I was not!" I rolled my eyes and grinned at Ryder, "I just got hit hard with a car door. I'm just fine!" Which is true. I was just fine, other than being very cold and very wet, and a little sore. 

I bickered with her for a bit. She tried to make the storm out to be apocalyptic, brought up yesterday's storms, and was convinced we were all gonna die, but I tried to tell her it was just her anxiety talking, and not to listen to herself, and I've been through way worse. But, as I know from first-hand experience, you can't even talk yourself out of a panic attack, let alone talk your friends out of theirs. Meanwhile, the storm was getting worse. The rain was pouring harder, the hail was growing larger, the trees were bending lower and lower, and the horses were running around in their pens with their ears pinned. I told Ryder to bring his girlfriend into the house, and I'd watch it from the garage. In all honesty, my ears were bleeding from Ryder's girlfriend's shrilling, and I was getting more and more irritated.

As the storm went on, I sat on the back of our ATV in the garage and took sips of my soda. Nothing very interesting happened. A few branches fell and the lawn flooded, but other than that, the storm quickly left, the wind died down, and the sun came out. When the rain was tapering off, I decided to get Hannah's rubber floor mats and actually put them on the floor. It was still windy enough to where I had to fight the door to get inside Hannah's car, but wasn't like it was before.